698 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
CCLXX. TROGLODYTES VIrtLior. 1807. 
721. House Wren. 
Troglodytes aédon aédon OBER. 1904. 
One specimen taken on Sable island, N.S., May 4th, 1902; one seen 
May 24th, 1906, and another September 29th; one seen October 15th, 
1907. (J. Boutelier.) A scarce summer resident around Montreal; 
seen feeding their young within the city in 1890 and 1891. (Winile.) 
Rare in eastern Quebec. I captured a female of this species in 
Quebec city in the spring of 1880. (Dionne.) An abundant summer 
resident around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common in 
eastern Ontario. I have seen this bird frequently in Leeds county, 
but nowhere so common as in central and northern Frontenac; there 
it is quite numerous and sometimes makes its nest in a hole in a 
fence-rail. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common migrant at Toronto, and 
fairly common summer resident. Common summer resident in 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; breeds in hollow fence-posts, 
stumps and under the roofs of houses. (J. H. Fleming.) Common 
along the Parry Sound railway in Algonquin park, Ont;. nesting in 
hollow stumps. (Spreadborough.) Common in town and country 
around London, Ont. Average date of arrival in twenty-two years, 
May ist. Average date of departure in nine years, October 8th. 
Snakeskins are generally a feature in the lining of country nests. 
(W. E. Saunders.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. 
(A. B. Klugh.) An abundant summer resident at Penetanguishene, 
Ont? Al Younes) 
BREEDING NoTEes.—This bird nests in holes everywhere they 
exist. Nests have been found in fence-posts, trees, stumps and 
buildings. The entry is filled up with twigs and the nest made of 
bark, rootlets and grass, lined with feathers and hair. From four 
to seven eggs are in the set, which is laid in May, June or July, at 
Ottawa and at Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it. (Garneau.) 
Breeding commonly in the vicinity of Toronto. A pair have several 
times built their nest in a paint can that was hung up on a nail ina 
shed at Kew Beach, Toronto. (W. Raine.) Builds at Ottawa in 
trees, boxes or old hats nailed up on the side of a shed or barn. The 
nest is composed of twigs, leaves and hair, lined with feathers. Eggs; 
seven to eight; white, thickly spotted with reddish-brown. (G. R. 
White.) Occupied an old robin’s nest at Kingfmere, Que., 1909. 
(J. M. Macoun.) 
