CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 643 
says this species breeds on Montreal island, as he has seen them on 
the eastern part of the island in July. (Wznile.) Seldom met with 
around Quebec in summer; taken at Beauport. (Dzonne.) A rare, 
irregular spring migrant in May and June. A pair was observed 
gathering nest material, June 15th, 1902, at Scotch Lake, N.B. (W. 
H. Moore.) 
A moderately common migrant around Ottawa. (Ottawa Natur- 
alist, Vol. V.) An uncommon warbler in eastern Ontario; I saw 
one specimen in the grass at Lansdowne, Leeds co., Ont. A few 
breed on the Magdalen islands. I obtained a nest with four eggs 
taken there in June, 1898, ten feet from the ground, in a spruce tree. 
The eggs are fully as large as those of the black-poll warbler, but are 
differently marked. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Not abundant in the 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. I have met with it only during 
migration. Regular spring migrant at Toronto, Ont., not very 
common; one fall record, a young female, August 24th, 1906. (J. H. 
Fleming.) Though usually by no means abundant I think no spring 
season passes without a fair number visiting this locality. If they 
pass this way in the fall in any numbers I think they do so in com- 
pany with D striata, which they at this season much resemble, and so 
are not noted. Occasionally in May they are unusually abundant— 
my note for roth May, 1888, reading: “Heavy thunder storm about 
3 a.m. and another at 6 a.m. Morning much milder than of late; 
atmosphere very hazy. Vast influx of migrants, many of which 
had no doubt been kept back by the cold nights the past week. Bay- 
breasts were astonishingly numerous, and in fact, though it may 
seem strange, although many of the common warblers were here in 
full force, D. castanea was certainly the most numerous—so much 
so in fact that at one time I counted no less than twelve feeding on 
the ground at one time, and in the space of a few feet. The insects 
had been beaten down by the previous night’s storm. I also saw 
several of these birds taking a dainty little bath in a puddle of water 
in company with many birds of widely divergent habits. (J. 
Hughes-Samuel.) Passing migrant at Guelph, Ont. Abundant 
this fall (1903). Seen about May 15th, and again about August 27th. 
(A. B. Klugh.) I found the nest of this species north of Waterloo, 
Ont., May 22nd, 1899 ; nest in a hemlock, five feet from the ground. 
(W. Raine.) 
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