CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 603 



1 90 1, I found the nest and four eggs of this species ; nest of fine strips 

 of bark, grass and fine roots, built in a poplar tree; at Long lake, 

 Manitoba, on June 12th, 1894, I found a nest and four eggs of this 

 species suspended to the branch of a willow, six feet from the ground. 

 {W, Raine.) 



627. Warbling Vireo. 



Vireosyha gilva (yiEXLi..) Cassin. 1851. 

 A common summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) Not un- 

 common at Calais, on the boundary of New Brunswick. (Cham- 

 berlain.) A rare visitant in summer at Quebec. (Dionne.) A 

 scarce transient visitant at Montreal; I have met with only two 

 specimens of this species, which I took on Montreal island. (yV^intle.) 



An abundant summer resident around Ottawa. {Ottawa Natura- 

 list, Vol. V.) A common summer resident, nesting high up in maple 

 and elm trees, in eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular 

 migrant at Toronto, Ont. ; not common. I have taken this species 

 several times at Emsdale, Muskoka district, in May; Mr. Tavemer 

 has taken the species at Beaumaris, Muskoka. {J. H. Fleming.) 

 Abundant along the city streets in London, Ont., but somewhat less 

 so in the country ; eggs usually four, but sometimes only three ; nests 

 always high up, not less than twenty-five feet from the ground, 

 while the red -eyed vireo seldom builds higher than eight feet and 

 usually less ; the male bird takes his share of the work of incubating, 

 and sings freely while sitting. {W. E. Saunders.) Coinmon summer 

 resident at Guelph, Ont. ; prefers city shade trees and orchards to 

 the bush ; arrives about May 8th, leaves about September 20th. {A . 

 B. Klugh.) Observed in abundance at Pembina, on the 49th parallel, 

 and again found at the opposite extremity of the Une, the specimen 

 captured in the Rocky mountains, being probably the slight variety 

 swainsoni; at Pembina the warbling vireo was in fuU song and breed- 

 ing in June ; a nest found on the i ith of that month was empty ; but 

 in this latitude few of the small insectivorous birds appear to lay 

 before the third week in June. {Coues.) Summer resident of wood- 

 lands in Manitoba ; common on the south slope of Riding mountain 

 and west side of Duck mountain. {E. T. Seton.) Rather rare at 

 Aweme, Man., but not uncommon at Stockton, Man., and at some 

 other points. Nests high up in tall trees. (Criddle.) Next to the 

 red-eye this is the most abundant of the vireos in the west. Noted 



