CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 657 
beech trees grow; it makes its domed nest on the ground among 
the leaves; one I found, 29th May, 1896, contained six eggs. (Rev. 
C. J. Young.) Common migrant at Toronto, Ont.; rare summer 
resident; breeds. One of the most abundant summer residents 
in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; breeds on the ground, 
usually in the open hardwood bush. (J. H. Fleming.) Every- 
where common in hardwood bush in Algonquin park, Ont., June 
and July, 1900; from Missinabi to Moose Factory, James bay. 
(Spreadborough.) Abundant around Toronto; breeds in many places 
near the city. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) Abundant resident in all suit- 
able localities around London, Ont. (W. E. Saunders.) Common 
summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May 6th and leaves 
about September 22nd. (A. B. Klugh.) A specimen was taken at 
Moose Factory, James bay, in the summer of 1881, by Walter Hay- 
don. (E. A. Preble.) 
A common summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba. It arrives, 
on an average of eight years,on May 15th, and leaves about the 
middle of September. (Criddle.) A common summer resident of 
woodlands throughout Manitoba. (&. 7. Seton.) A common breed- 
ing species, noted in 1906 from Portage la Prairie west to Edmonton. 
(Atkinson.) Only one specimen seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., May 
17th, 1894; none at Indian Head in 1891; abundant from the mouth 
of Lesser Slave river to Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 15’, in June, 
1903; common from Edmonton to the crossing of the McLeod 
river, in June, 1898; first seen, May 14th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., 
by the 22nd they were common in poplar timber on the hillsides 
along the rivers and streams. Nests finished but no eggs by June 
3rd. (Spreadborough.) Not rare between Athabaska Landing and 
Lesser Slave river; first noted May 30th; a few seen at Fort McMur- 
tay, lat. 56° 40’. A few individuals at the north end of Methye 
portage. (J. M. Macoun.) This very pretty bird breeds on the 
banks of the Saskatchewan, and perhaps in still higher latitudes. 
One was killed at Cumberland House, June 1st, 1827. (Richardson.) 
From Fort Yukon, some distance down the river, this bird is known 
to breed. Dall tells us that it is common in that region, and on 
May 30th, secured a single specimen above Nulato; its nesting 
tange extends within the Arctic circle on the Upper Yukon. (Nel- 
son.) Osgood took a male at Skagway, Alaska, May 31st, 1899. 
At Glacier it was tolerably common in the dense woods of spruce 
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