600 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Missouri. (Coues.) Common at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) Abund- 
ant summer resident of woodlands in Manitoba, and breeds in 
suitable places. In July, 1883, a nest was taken which contained 
one bird ready to fly, another half grown and an egg which was near 
being hatched; the nest was composed outwardly of wasp-nest 
paper. Common about Fort Resolution. (£. 7. Seton.) Abundant 
at Grand rapids of Saskatchewan. Breeding at Chemawawin. One 
of the most conspicuous songsters in the country. (Nutting.) A 
common but irregularly distributed species from Manitoba west to 
Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) First noted at the Grand rapids of 
the Athabaska; common down the river to Fort McMurray; common 
up the Clearwater to Methye portage; very common between Methye 
lake and Isle a la Crosse. (J. MM. Macoun.) One seen by Bishop 
near Maple creek, Sask. (A.C. Bent.) This species was shot at 
Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan, 2nd June, 1827. (Richard- 
son.) North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie river; rare. (Ross.) 
First seen at Indian Head, Sask., June 7th, 1892; soon after, they 
became common, and began to breed; the first arrivals at Medicine 
Hat, Sask. were on May roth, they never became common before I 
left for Crane lake; a pair seen at Old Wives creek, Sask., May 29th, 
1895; another pair seen at Medicine Lodge, on Rocky creek, south 
of Wood mountain, June 14th, 1895; first seen May 13th, 1897, at 
Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd found a nest in a small alder tree 
about ten feet from the ground, the nest had three of its own eggs and 
one cowbird’s egg; common from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River 
Landing, lat. 56° 15’, in June, 1903; common ‘from Edmonton to 
Athabaska pass; also in the valley of McLennan river, B.C., in June, 
1898; seen in the Crow Nest pass, July 29th; rather scarce at Banff, 
Rocky mountains, in June, 1891, breeding in the Bow valley; breed- 
ing in the Columbia river valley at Robson in June, 18go, nest in the 
fork of a tall shrub; quite common near the International Boundary, 
between Trail and Kettle river, B.C., in the summer of 1902; a few 
seen at Osoyoos lake and along the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905; 
seen and heard at Kamloops and Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889; common 
at Chilliwack in the spring of 1902, and seen along the river later in 
the summer. (Spreadborough.) Common at Ashcroft and abundant 
at Ducks. (Streator.) The most abundant vireo both east and west 
of the Coast range in B.C. (Brooks.) East of the Coast range this 
species is commonly distributed, and a few were found at Lake La 
Hache, B.C: (Rhoads.) 
