566 GEOI.OGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



rootlets, lined with fine grass. Eggs, 4, of a dull greenish blue, 

 spotted with lilac and brown. (G. R. White.) 



610. Suiniuer Tanager. 



Piranga rubra (Linn.) Vieill. 1807. 



One or two specimens of this species have been taken in the 

 spring in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) On the island of Grand Manan, 

 N.B.; one specimen taken in May, 1881. (Batchelder.) A rare 

 transient visitant in the district of Montreal. Mr. Kuetzing says 

 eight examples of this species have been shot on the island of Mon- 

 treal. I beheve I saw one at St. Bruno on May 25th, 1885, but it 

 disappeared too quickly to be sure of it. (Wintle.) One specimen 

 taken at Scarboro Heights, Ont., May, 1890. (S. Herring.) After 

 many years looking for its occurrence Mr. Mcllwraith obtained one 

 specimen near Hamilton in May, 1885. [See Birds of Ontario, 

 page 335.] A few specimens seen at Listowel, Perth county, Ont., 

 in the spring of 1892. (W. L. Kelts, in Trans. Can. Inst. Vol. III., 

 p. 70.) Not having seen any of the specimens referred to above 

 none of these references can be vouched for with the exception of 

 the specimen taken at Scarboro Heights, near Toronto, by Mr. 

 Herring which is now in the National Museum at Ottawa. 



Family XLV. HIRUNDINID^. Swallows. 



CCXXXIX. PROGNE Boie. 1826. 



611. Purple Martin. 



Progne suhis (Linn.) Baird. 1865. 



A very rare species in Newfoundland, only one shot at Daniel har- 

 bour. (JReeks.) A few seen in the spring at HaUfax, but more 

 common at Windsor, N.S. (Downs.) Common at Truro and 

 common at Windsor, N.S. (Downs). One observed in August in 

 the vicinity of Windsor, N.S. (H. F. Tufts.) Common at Truro and 

 Amherst, N.S., in the spring of 1901. (C. R. Harte.) A few pairs 

 breeding at Brackley point, Prince Edward island, June, 1888. 

 (Macoun.) Uncommon summer resident at St. John, N.B., but 

 quite common at Hampton and Westfield. (Chamberlain.) A 

 tolerably common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B, 



