BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRlS REGION. — TUFTS. 195 



686. Wilsonia canadensis (Linn.). Canadian Warbler, — 



leather uncommon summer resident. Prefers damp 

 swampy thickets and is generally observed near the 

 ground. Two nests believed to be of this species 

 have been found near here. They were similarly 

 located, being well concealed in the mossy roots 

 on the underside of an upturned tree. Both nests 

 had been molested by some marauding jay or crow, 

 and the eggs were broken. 



687. Setophaga ruticilla (Lmn.). Redstart. — Common sum. 



mer resident about gardens and ornamental trees 

 also observed in the wayside groves of the country. 

 May 13th to Sept. 1st. 



697. Anthus rubescens (Tunstall). American Pipit. — For- 

 merly common during the fall migration, but 

 much less so of recent years. Three specimens were 

 taken Oct. 10, 1915, on the Grand Pre, two of 

 which are now in the Provincial IMuseum at Halifax. 

 Fall migration at this point lasts from about Sep- 

 tember 10th to November 1st. 



70k Dumetella carolinensis (Linn.). Catbird.— Common 

 summer resident. Last week in j\Iay to September, 

 about our alder thickets, blackberry and raspberry 

 tangles, especially when these occur near water 

 and not too far from human habitation. Xests 

 about middle of June. Until recently these birds 

 were rarely seen within the confines of Wolfville. 

 I remember with what delight I welcomed a pair 

 to our garden raspberry bushes some twenty years 

 ago — the first of the species I had ever seen inside 

 the town limits. This pair mated and reared 

 their young successfully. Since that date the Cat- 

 bird seems graduall}^ to have become a not uncom- 

 mon garden bird, and in the spring of 1915, three 



