610 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
mon on May 12th. (Crddle.) Abundant migrant in Manitoba 
breeding in some localities occasionally. I noted it breeding about 
Portage la Prairie and in 1906 found it at Rirtle, Fort Ellice and 
Saskatoon. (Atkinson.) Saw a few near Maple Creek,~ Sask., 
May 29th, 1905, which were doubtless migrating as we saw none 
later. (A.C. Bent.) This seems to be a rare migrant at Indian 
Head, Sask., it was first seen May 11th and disappeared by the end 
of the month, not seen further west on the prairie; one individual 
seen at Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 15’, in June, 1903; first seen 
at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897, not very common, seen chiefly 
in the mixed timber along the river hardly ever seen in poplar 
woods; a few individuals seen in the foothills south of Calgary. 
(Spreadborough.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie river ; 
very rare. (Ross.) One specimen found dead in the woods at the 
Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.—Nest on the ground, composed of bark, grass 
and leaves, lined with plant down and hair, in woods near Ottawa. 
Eggs 4-6, creamy-white, spotted and sprinkled with reddish-brown. 
(G. R. White.) This warbler commences to build its nest about 
May 2oth. The full complement of eggs is usually laid by May 
28th. On that date in 1906 I found a nest in an upturned root 
near the Rawdon creek, North Hastings. It was constructed out- 
wardly of leaves and weed stalks, and lined with fibres, finer leaves 
and hair. Was noticeably deep and cup-shaped and firmly con- 
structed. The bird fluttered to the ground as I stood by the root 
and tumbled along as though hurt. (Rev. C. J. Young.) This 
warbler is one of the first of the main drove of warblers that arrives 
from the south. They come early in May and herald their arrival 
by singing their weak see-see-see-see song. The young are able to 
be about with the adults by the roth of July. Although resembling 
the parent birds, the stripes are not so well defined in their plumage 
as are those of the parents. The old birds are very alert and watch- 
ful when the young are unable to know danger themselves. (W. H. 
Moore.) On the southeast corner of the farm lot that adjoins 
Wildwood on the north, and but a few rods from the boundary 
line, in a stretch of low ground, there stands the turned-up root 
of an old fallen tree, the top of which is over a dozen feet from 
the level ground. In what was once the “upper” side of this 
“turn-up’’ and about half-way in its height, I discovered on the 
