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firs in partly cleared lands. (Dwight.) An abundant summer 

 resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Quite common in the 

 Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common spring 

 migrant, but is rather rare in summer. Breeds at Scotch Lake, 

 York CO., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) A common resident on the Mag- 

 dalen islands. (Bishop.) Common migrant at Quebec. A few 

 may breed. (Dionne.) An abundant transient visitant at Montreal ; 

 observed here from May 3rd to 19th, and from October 8th to loth. 

 (Wintle.) 



An abundant migrant and possibly breeds. Has been seen all 

 through the summer and probably breeds in the Mer Bleue. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common in central Ontario during migration. 

 A nest I found at Calabogie lake was built in a cedar, near the top, 

 about ten feet from the ground, and contained four fresh eggs on 

 May 29th; it was composed of twigs, roots, etc., lined with hair 

 inside. It also breeds at Sharbot Lake, Ont., where it shows a prefer- 

 ence for the neighborhood of water and nests in small cedars. (Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) Regular migrant at Toronto, Ont., not common in 

 the spring but abundant in the fall. Fairly common in the spring 

 in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Rather common in summer in Algonquin park, Ont. Saw a pair 

 building in the top of a hemlock tree near Cache lake. They failed 

 to complete it and moved to another tree as they were seen there 

 all summer. (Spreadborough.) Probably the first warbler to reach 

 us in the spring and last to leave us in the fall. I found young birds 

 just out of the nest on a small island in Belmont lake, near Have- 

 lock, Peterborough county, Ont., June 28th, 1895. (/. Hughes- 

 Samuel.) A migrant only, in Middlesex county, but has been 

 observed in several localities in North Bruce in the month of June. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) Usually abundant during migrations at Guelph, 

 Ont., but almost entirely absent in the spring of 1903. Seen from 

 about April 30th to May 12th and from September 6th to 8th. 

 (A. B. Klugh.) 



One was seen in company with kinglets and chickadees in the 

 spruce woods bordering Hill river, September 2nd, 1901. (E. A. 

 Preble.) Not observed on the 49th parallel until about the middle 

 of September, when during the fall migration it made its appear- 

 ance in abundance along the Mouse (Souris) river in company with 



