CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 693 
July roth. (Wzintle.) A common summer resident in eastern 
Quebec. Taken at St. Foy. (Dzonne.) A common summer resi- 
dent around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common 
everywhere in eastern Ontario; sometimes remaining until the end 
of September. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular summer resident at 
Toronto, Ont. An abundant summer resident in Parry Sound and 
Muskoka districts; breeding usually on the edge of the forest or in 
gardens of the settlers. (/. H. Fleming.) Very common summer 
resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May toth and leaves about 
September 25th. (A. B. Klugh.) A very common summer resident 
at Penetanguishene, Ont.; breeds very frequently in wild rose bushes 
in meadow-lands. (A. F. Young.) 
The catbird was found to be one of the common birds of the Red 
River region, where it was breeding in June in situations similar to 
those it selects in the east. I traced it westward to Turtle moun- 
tain, on the 49th parallel, but did not find it in the Rocky moun- 
tains. (Couwes.) An abundant summer resident of low thickets in 
Manitoba, especially to the north. (&. 7. Seton.) Common summer 
. resident at Aweme, Manitoba; arrives about May 17th and leaves 
about September 18th. (Criddie.) Breeding from Manitoba west 
to Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) Fairly common in the timber and 
underbrush along creeks in southwestern Saskatchewan. (A. C. 
Bent.) This is a very common summer resident at Indian Head, 
Sask. ; it was first seen June 2nd, 1892, and became common in a few 
days; breeds in great numbers; first seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., on 
May 17th, 1894; common by the 2oth; abundant in all thickets at 
Medicine Hat, Crane lake, along Swift Current creek, and on the east 
end of the Cypress hills, in June, 1894; this bird was common wher- 
ever there was brush in Wood mountain and on Rocky creek to the 
Boundary; four nests were found on Frenchman river, two in willow 
thickets and two in wolf-willow (Eleagnus argentea) ; it was a common 
species in all the ravines in the Cypress hills and in Milk river valley, 
and wherever there was brush in southern Alberta; first seen at 
Edmonton, Alta., May 25th, 1897, heard a number of them singing 
next day; they soon became common and began to breed ; common 
from Edmonton north to the McLeod river, in June, 1898; heard in 
the bushes at Deer Park, Columbia river, B.C., June 6th, 1890; later 
in the month they were found breeding in the valley of Pass creek, 
near Robson; quite common at Trail and Cascade, and in low bushes 
