CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 599 
resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) One individual seen on Sable 
island, N.S., on September 30th, and one on October 8th, 1902. 
(J. Boutelier.) Many old nests noticed at Sydney, Cape Breton 
island; first seen May 18th, 1902. (C. R. Harte.) Observed at 
Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 1898; in woods, 
Union Road, Prince Edward island, July 5th, 1888. (Macoun.) A 
common and in a few localities abundant bird, here as elsewhere a 
tireless songster. It prefers deciduous trees, particularly large 
maples. (Dwight.) Common summer resident in the interior of 
New Brunswick, but only seen at St. John in the migrations. (Cham- 
berlain.) Common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York county, 
N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Common in Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brit- 
tain & Cox.) Taken at Beauport; not rare around Quebec. (Dionne.) 
An abundant summer resident around Montreal. Breeds in the city 
and in Mount Royal park; I have found nests from June 6th to 
August 13th, and observed them here from May 11th to October 6th. 
(Wintle.) 
A common and abundant summer resident around Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in eastern 
Ontario. (Rev.C. J. Young.) Regular summer resident at Toronto, 
Ont. A very common summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka 
districts of Ontario. (J. H. Fleming.) Breeding in Draper town- 
ship, Muskoka, Ont.; abundant everywhere in Algonquin park, 
Ont.; a pair nested in a mountain ash near the buildings at Cache 
lake; the nest is made chiefly of birch bark; I watched them build- 
ing, they always stopped work as soon as the sun was well up; it 
seemed to get too warm for them as the tree was in the open; very 
abundant all down the Moose river and north to East point on the 
east coast of James bay. (Spreadborough.) Very common summer 
resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May roth and leaves about 
September 23rd. (A. B. Klugh.) A common summer resident; 
at Penetanguishene; breeds in the hardwood woods; nests are quite 
common. (A. F. Young.) 
Abundant about Lake Winnipeg, at Norway House, and between 
Norway House and Oxford House. In the vicinity of Oxford House 
its song was heard almost continually. After leaving that point we 
heard nothing more of the bird. (E&. A. Preble.) Abundant at 
Pembina, where it was breeding in June and again on the upper 
