6o8 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



ample of this species; this identification has been confirmed by 

 Mr. W. E. Saunders, of London, to whom I have sent the specimen. 

 {W. D. Hobsoii in The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVI., p. 163.) 



Breeding Notes. — In the first week in June in the year 1898, 

 while skirting the top of Rosedale ravine, at Toronto, I came across 

 this bird nesting in a large beech. The nest was built rather deeper 

 than that of the red-eyed and warbling varieties and was hung in the 

 fork of a limb that reached down to about five feet from the ground ; 

 I was able to approach to within six or eight feet before the bird 

 flushed, and so had a good chance of securing it; not being familiar 

 with the white-eyed variety at this time, I was strongly impressed 

 with the white iris, and on returning home it proved to be the posi- 

 tive identification of this bird. (A.S.Goss.) Some doubt has been 

 thrown on Mr. Goss' record as this bird usually nests in bushes or 

 small shrubs, but as the nest was found only five feet from the ground 

 the identification may be correct. 



632c. Anthony Vireo. 



Vireo huttoni obscurus Anthony. 1890. 



This species may be considered a rare visitor to Vancouver island ; 

 I secured one near Victoria; this specimen, also two secured by Mr. 

 Maynard in the spring of 1891, near the same place are of this 

 strongly marked race. (Rhoads.) This vireo evidently winters at 

 Comox, Vancouver island as I took a specimen on December 4th, 

 1903. In life it is impossible to distinguish it from a ruby-crest, 

 and like that bird it associates with flocks of chestnut-backed tits, 

 (Brooks.) 



Family XLIX. MNIOTILTID^ffi. Wood Warblers. " 

 CCXLIX. MNIOTILTA. Vieillot. 181 6. 

 636. Black and White Warbler. 



Mniotilta varia (Linn.) Vieill. 1818. 



A specimen was obtained at Moose Factory, May 13th, i860, and 

 also on the 30th by Drexler. {Packard.) Quite common at Moose 

 Factory, June, 1896; none seen elsewhere. (Spreadborough.) Ap- 



