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Royal Park. I have shot several specimens of this 

 species, on the spur of Mount Royal, and have 

 observed them on the mountain, from May 8th, to 

 August 29th. 



Subgenus " Contopus." Cabanis. 



146. Wood Pewee. (Pewee.) C. virens. (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," common. Breeds in Mount 

 Royal Park. Mr. A. C. McKeand found a nest of 

 this flycatcher containing three eggs, June 26th, 

 1885, in Mount Royal Park ; the nest was attached 

 to the fork of a small horizontal branch of a tree 

 growing on the top of the mountain. The nest of 

 this bird is a difficult one to discover, as it is gener- 

 ally built upon a thick horizontal branch. Ob- 

 served here from April 23rd to September 19th. 



Genus Empidonax. Cabanis. 



147. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. E. flaviventris. 



Baird. 



" Summer Resident," scarce. I have not found 

 a nest of this species here yet, but have shot several 

 specimens of the bird. I shot a female of this fly- 

 catcher June 2nd, 1>88, in the woods below Hoche- 

 laga, and shot one, of two seen May 31st, 1892, on 

 the spur of Mount Royal. Observed here from 

 May 8th to September 26th. I believe I have seen 

 the Acadian Flycatcher. (E. acadicus (Gmel.) on 



