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Missouri. (Coues.) Common at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) Abund- 

 ant summer resident of woodlands in Manitoba, and breeds in 

 suitable places. In July, 1883, a nest was taken which contained 

 one bird ready to fly, another half grown and an egg which was near 

 being hatched; the nest was composed outwardly of wasp -nest 

 paper. Common about Fort Resolution. {E. T. Seton.) Abundant 

 at Grand rapids of Saskatchewan. Breeding at Chemawawin. One 

 of the most conspicuous songsters in the country. (Nutting.) A 

 common but irregularly distributed species from Manitoba west to 

 Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) First noted at the Grand rapids of 

 the Athabaska ; common down the river to Fort McMurray ; common 

 up the Clearwater to Methye portage ; very common between Methye 

 lake and Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) One seen by Bishop 

 near Maple creek, Sask. (^4. C. Bent.) This species was shot at 

 Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan, 2nd June, 1827. (Richard- 

 son.) North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie river ; rare. (Ross.) 

 First seen at Indian Head, Sask., June 7th, 1892; soon after, they 

 became common, and began to breed ; the first arrivals at Medicine 

 Hat, Sask. were on May 19th, they never became common before I 

 left for Crane lake ; a pair seen at Old Wives creek, Sask., May 29th, 

 1895; another pair seen at Medicine Lodge, on Rocky creek, south 

 of Wood mountain, June 14th, 1895; first seen May 13th, 1897, at 

 Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd found a nest in a small alder tree 

 about ten feet from the ground, the nest had three of its own eggs and 

 one cowbird's egg; common from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River 

 Landing, lat. 56° 15', in June, 1903; common from Edmonton to 

 Athabaska pass; also in the valley of McLennan river, B.C., in June> 

 1898; seen in the Crow Nest pass, July 29th; rather scarce at Banff, 

 Rocky mountains, in June, 1891, breeding in the Bow valley; breed- 

 ing in the Columbia river valley at Robson in June, 1890, nest in the 

 fork of a tall shrub ; quite common near the International Boundary, 

 between Trail and Kettle river, B.C., in the summer of 1902 ; a few 

 seen at Osoyoos lake and along the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905; 

 seen and heard at Kamloops and Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889; common 

 at Chilliwack in the spring of 1902, and seen along the river later in 

 the summer. (Spreadborough.) Common at Ashcroft and abundant 

 at Ducks. (Streator.) The most abundant vireo both east and west 

 of the Coast range in B.C. (Brooks.) East of the Coast range this 

 species is commonly distributed, and a few were found at Lake La 

 Hache, B.C. (Rhoads.) 



