640 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
carefully near Hamilton without seeing a single individual, while 
across the bay, four miles off, Mr. Dickson reported it quite common 
and breeding in the woods near the Waterdown station of the Grand 
Trunk railway. (MclIlwraizth.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.—I have two nests with sets of eggs of this 
species collected by Mr. Edward Reinecke, of Buffalo, N.Y. One 
nest containing four eggs was found on Navy island, in the Niagara 
river. The nest was placed on the limb of an elm, near the top 
about 50 feet from the ground and very hard to get at. (W. Rane.) 
659. Chesnut-sided Warbler. 
Dendroica pensylvanica (LINN.) BairD. 1858. 
Accidental in South Greenland in 1887. (Wznge.) Tolerably 
common throughout the summer in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) An 
abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Rather un- 
common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tujts.) <A rare 
summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Tolerably com- 
mon summer resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. 
Moore.) Common summer resident at Montreal; breeds in Mount 
Royal park; nests with eggs found from June 5th to 24th; observed 
here from May 11th to August 18th. (Wduntle.) A scarce migrant 
and possible resident in summer at Quebec. (Dionne.) 
A common summer resident in the vicinity of Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Not uncommon about Lansdowne, Leeds 
county, Ont.; I found a nest with four eggs, built in a small elm three 
feet from the ground, June 3rd, 1896, and plainly identified the bird. 
I have found it breeding commonly near Madoc, Ont., making its 
nest in hazel bushes. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant at 
Toronto, Ont.; rare summer resident, probably breeds. An abund- 
ant summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. H. 
Fleming.) Observed several in low bushes along the Parry Sound 
railway on dry ground and in burnt woods where the second growth 
is low, in Algonquin park, Ont., in June and July, 1900. Common 
and breeding along the C.P. Ry. at Missinabi, Ont. (Spreadborough.) 
Not as common as formerly in summer though it still breeds in fair 
numbers around London, Ont. (W. E. Saunders.) Common as a 
migrant, breeding in varying numbers every year at Guelph, Ont. ; 
