1897] Bird Notes for June. 95 



nesting of birds. We are indebted to Mr. White for the 

 following : 



Wilsons Warbler. — Still here on the 5th. 



Pine Warbler. — Seen at Rockliffe on the 6th. 



Mourning Warbler. — Seen building nest on the 6th. 



Loon. — A nest of this bird was found on the 21st at Lake 

 of Islands, Gatineau, containing two eggs ; the nest was prin- 

 cipally remarkable for its absence. The eggs were within six 

 inches of the water, on the bare ground. The old birds were 

 quite tame. 



Phoebe. — A nest of the phoebe was found on the 2ist con- 

 taining five eggs. It was built on the end of a log projecting 

 over a cliff near Lake of Islands. 



House W^r^;«.— Young birds were flying on the 22hd. 



At the Experimental Farm there have been about twenty 

 species of birds breeding during the summer. The increase in 

 the number of cat-birds building on the farm was noticeable this 

 year. The shrubs are now so large that they have a better 

 opportunity of hiding their nests. Another nest of the brown 

 thrush with four eggs, was found on the i8th by Mr. Macoun, in 

 a large pile of brush, about eight feet from the ground. This 

 was about one month later than the first nest discovered. 



W. T. MACOUN. 

 Associate Editor, Ornithology. 



EXCURSION TO THE PICKANOCK. 



The Field Naturalists' Club have had many profitable and 

 enjoyable excursions to several points along the Gatineau, but 

 on the 20th of June old fields were left behind, as, by a special 

 train, a party consisting of 47 adults and five children travel- 

 led up the river for about sixty miles to near the junction of the 

 Gatineau and Pickanock and the village of Gracefield. The 

 train, which left Ottawa about 9.30 a.m., made very fair time 



