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carefully near Hamilton without seeing a single individual, while 

 across the bay, four miles off, Mr. Dickson reported it quite common 

 and breeding in the woods near the Waterdown station of the Grand 

 Trunk railway. (Mcllwraith.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have two nests with sets of eggs of this 

 species collected by Mr. Edward Reinecke, of Buffalo, N.Y. One 

 nest containing four eggs was found on Navy island, in the Niagara 

 river. The nest was placed on the limb of an ehn, near the top 

 about 50 feet from the ground and very hard to get at. {W. Raine.) 



659. Chesnut-sided Warbler. 



Dendroica pensylvanica (Iann.) Baird. 1858. 



Accidental in South Greenland in 1887. (Winge.) Tolerably 

 common throughout the summer in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) An 

 abundant summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Rather un- 

 common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) A rare 

 summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Tolerably com- 

 mon summer resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. 

 Moore.) Common summer resident at Montreal; breeds in Mount 

 Royal park ; nests with eggs found from June 5th to 24th ; observed 

 here from May nth to August i8th. (Wintle.) A scarce migrant 

 and possible resident in summer at Quebec. (Dionne.) 



A common summer resident in the vicinity of Ottawa. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Not uncommon about Lansdowne, Leeds 

 county, Ont. ; I found a nest with four eggs, built in a small elm three 

 feet from the ground, June 3rd, 1896, and plainly identified the bird. 

 I have found it breeding commonly near Madoc, Ont., making its 

 nest in hazel bushes. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant at 

 Toronto, Ont. ; rare summer resident, probably breeds. An abund- 

 ant summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. H. 

 Fleming.) Observed several in low bushes along the Parry Sound 

 railway on dry ground and in burnt woods where the second growth 

 is low, in Algonquin park, Ont., in June and July, 1900. Common 

 and breeding along the C.P. Ry. at Missinabi, Ont. (Spreadborough.) 

 Not as common as formerly in summer though it still breeds in fair 

 numbers around London, Ont. (W. E. Saunders.) Common as a 

 migrant, breeding in varjdng numbers every year at Guelph, Ont. ; 



