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mon on May 12th. (Criddle.) \bundant migrant in Manitoba 

 breeding in some localities occasionally. I noted it breeding about 

 Portage la Prairie and in 1906 found it at Rirtle, Fort Ellice and 

 Saskatoon. (Atkinson.) Saw a few near Maple Creek, Sask., 

 May 29tli, 1905, which were doubtless migrating as we saw none 

 later. (A. C. Bent.) This seems to be a rare migrant at Indian 

 Head, Sask., it was first seen May nth and disappeared by the end 

 of the month, not seen further west on the prairie; one individual 

 seen at Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 15', in June, 1903; first seen 

 at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897, not very common, seen chiefly 

 in the mixed timber along the river hardly ever seen in poplar 

 woods; a few individuals seen in the foothills south of Calgary. 

 (Spreadborough.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie river; 

 very rare. (Ross.) One specimen found dead in the woods at the 

 Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) 



Breeding Notes. — Nest on the ground, composed of bark, grass 

 and leaves, lined with plant down and hair, in woods near Ottawa. 

 Eggs 4-6, creamy-white, spotted and sprinkled with reddish-brown. 

 (G. R. White.) This warbler commences to build its nest about 

 May 20th. The full complement of eggs is usually laid by May 

 28th. On that date in 1906 I found a nest in an upturned root 

 near the Rawdon creek. North Hastings. It was constructed out- 

 wardly of leaves and weed stalks, and fined with fibres, finer leaves 

 and hair. Was noticeably deep and cup-shaped and firmly con- 

 structed. The bird fluttered to the ground as I stood by the root 

 and tumbled along as though hurt. (Rev. C. J. Young.) This 

 warbler is one of the first of the main drove of warblers that arrives 

 from the south. They come early in May and herald their arrival 

 by singing their weak see-see-see-see song. The young are able to 

 be about with the adults by the loth of July. Although resembling 

 the parent birds, the stripes are not so well defined in their plumage 

 as are those of the parents. The old birds are very alert and watch- 

 ful when the young are unable to know danger themselves. (W. H. 

 Moore.) On the southeast corner of the farm lot that adjoins 

 Wildwood on the north, and but a few rods from the boundary 

 line, in a stretch of low ground, there stands the tumed-up root 

 of an old fallen tree, the top of which is over a dozen feet from 

 the level ground. In what was once the "upper" side of this 

 "turn-up" and about half-way in its height, I discovered on the 



