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breeding. (E. T. Seton.) A tolerably common spring visitant, 

 possibly breeds at Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) Common migrant 

 in Manitoba generally, not known to breed. {Atkinson.) This is 

 a common spring migrant at Indian Head, Sask., two individuals 

 were seen May 9th, 1892 ; towards the end of the month they became 

 common, but all disappeared by June 5th; first saw one male May 

 loth, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Sask.; quite common by the i6th, all 

 disappeared by the end of May; some may breed, as they acted as 

 if they would ; a few individuals seen at Old Wives creek, Sask., late 

 in May, 1 895 ; one individual seen at the upper crossing of Lob-stick 

 creek, northwest of Edmonton, June, 1898; a common breeding 

 species at Banff, Rocky mountains, in the summer of 1891 ; observed 

 a pair at Bragg creek, about 40 miles southwest of Calgary, June 28th, 

 1897. {Spreadhorough.) One specimen secured at the Grand 

 Rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting.) Two or three individuals 

 seen on the Athabaska river near Lesser Slave river. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Our specimen of this bird was killed by an Indian in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cumberland House, in the latter end of May. {Richardson.) 

 North to Lapierre House, on the Mackenzie river ; common. {Ross.) 

 More plentiful than D. coronata, although only 21 nests were secured. 

 {Macfarlane.) Female observed feeding young at Artillery lake, 

 August 5th, 1907. {E. T. Seton.) They were all similarly situated, 

 and contained four or five eggs, and two or three of them were on 

 the ground. I shot a black-poU warbler in the first plumage at 

 Quesnel, B.C., but was unable to find it in the thick brush ; I am very 

 well acquainted with the species and am positive of its identity. 

 {Brooks.) Although this species has its breeding grounds in the 

 wooded interior it occurs along the sea-coast of Norton sound during 

 ■ the spring migration. {Nelson.) This species was obtained only at 

 Fort Yukon on September i8th, 1875, and also in 1877; it is not 

 common at any time in that locality. {Turner.) At Log Cabin in 

 the White pass on June 15th, 1899, this species was comrnon; on 

 July 5th took a male at Lake Marsh and two specimens were taken 

 at Cariboo Crossing, B.C. {Bishop.) One specimen taken at Fort 

 Kenai, Cook inlet, Alaska, by Bischofif. {Osgood.) Found breeding 

 in the Kowak valley, Kotzebue sound, Alaska, in 1899. {Grinnell.) 

 An adult female was taken on Sheep creek on the Kenai peninsula, 

 Alaska; besides being noted at several other points and no doubt 

 breeds there. {Figgins.) 



