THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Subgenus " Dendroica." Gray. 



210. Yellow Warbler. (Summer Warbler ; Yellow- 



bird.) D. sestiva. (Gmel.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds in the 

 city and in Mount Royal Park. I have found their 

 nests, containing eggs, from May 29 to July 7, and 

 observed this warbler here from May 7 to Septem- 

 ber 3. A nest of this species, with the bird on, 

 June 18, 1892, contained four eggs of - a unique 

 chalky appearance, one of the eggs being all white. 



211. Black-throated Blue Warbler. D. crerulescens. 



(Gmel.) 



" Transient Visitant," common. Observed from 

 May 4 to 22, and June 21, 1887, I shot one on 

 the spur of Mount Royal, also a male specimen 

 July 1, 1885, at Calumet, so that it is likely a few 

 breed near Montreal. In the autumn I have seen 

 them here till October 5. 



212. Myrtle Warbler. (Yellow-rumped Warbler.) 



D. coronata. (Linn.) 



" Transient Visitant," abundant. Observed here 

 from May 3 to 19, and from October 8 to 10. 



213. Magnolia Warbler. (Black and Yellow Warb- 



bler ) D. maculosa. (Gmel.) 

 u Transient Visitant," common. Observed here 



