6l2 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



CCLI. HELffllNTHOPHILA Ridgway. 1882. 

 642. Golden-winged Warbler. 



Helminthophila chrysoptera (LiNN.) RiDGW. 1882. 



Seen on the Magdalen islands on June 17 and 30, 1897, evidently 

 breeding ; also noted there by Mr. W. E. Beaupre in the early sum- 

 mer of 1904. (Rev. C. J. Young.) In June 1903 an individual of 

 this species was observed in the vicinity of Fredericton, N.B. (W. 

 H. Moore.) Fairly common summer resident throughout western 

 Ontario; not noted in Bruce county. {W. E. Saunders.) I have 

 met with this species on two occasions near Hamilton, Ont. ; have 

 also heard of its being noticed at Port Rowan. Dr. Macallum sees 

 it every spring and summer near his residence at Dunnville, Ont. 

 (Mcllwraith.) By the kindness of Mr. W. Hine, of Winnipeg, 

 Man., I am enabled to record the capture of a golden- winged warbler 

 taken by him near Winnipeg on or about May 27th, 1887. (C. F. 

 Batchelder in The Auk, Vol. VII, p. 404.) One male noted at Aweme, 

 Man., May 22, 1906. (Criddle.) A female taken at Portage la 

 Prairie, May 26, 1905, is the only specimen I have ever seen in the 

 west. (Atkinson.) 



Breeding Notes. — This species makes its nest largely of leaves 

 and places it on the ground generally among or beside the stems of 

 a shrub. The nest is bulky for the bird and the four or five eggs 

 are small for its size. Quite common in some of the more western 

 counties near Lake Erie. {W. E. Saunders.) 



645. Nashville Warbler. 



Helminthophila ruhricapilla rubricapilla (WiLS.) Ridgw. 

 1882. 



Obtained twice in Greenland; once at Godthaab about 1835, and 

 again at the Fiskenses, August 31st, 1840. (Arct. Man.) A sum- 

 mer migrant in Newfoundland, but apparently rare. (Reeks.) A 

 not very common summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) 

 Common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) A few 

 specimens seen at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, July, 1898. (Macoun.) 

 Rather abundant at Tignish, Prince Edward island, and not met with 

 elsewhere (Dwight.) A common summer resident at St. John, 



