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valley, N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) Met with only about Port Hawkes- 

 bury, Cape Breton island, and at Fox and Ellis bays, Anticosti. 

 {Brewster.) A rather common summer resident at Quebec ; taken 

 at Charlesbourg. (Dionne.) A common spring migrant, but a 

 scarce summer resident at Montreal. Observed here about May 7th 

 and leave about October loth. (Winile.) 



A moderately common migrant in the vicinity of Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A few of these birds are to be met with in 

 eastern Ontario in the breeding season ; I met with a nest once in the 

 month of July, 1898; this was on Deer island, one of the Thousand 

 islands; it was built in a pine tree about 25 feet from the ground 

 and at the time contained young birds. I noticed a pair breeding at 

 Sharbot lake, Ont. in June, 1903. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant 

 migrant at Toronto, Ont. A common summer resident in Parry 

 Sound' and Muskoka districts; Mr. Kay refers to it as only just 

 becoming common at Port Sydney, Muskoka in 1890. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) Not very common in summer in Algonquin park, Ont. ; in 

 1900 only a few observed in the tree tops in thick woods. Observed 

 on the Missinabi river and Moose river nearly to Moose Factory. 

 {Spreadborough.) A common summer resident in the deeper cedar 

 swamps around London ; abundant as a migrant ; a common breed- 

 ing bird in North Bruce. {W. E. Saunders.) Fairly common 

 summer resident at Guelph, Ont., and abundant during migrations. 

 This year (1903) it has been as common a breeder as the yellow and 

 black-and-white warblers and by far our most abundant migrant ; ■ 

 arrives about May ist and leaves about September 30th. {A. B. 

 Klugh.) 



One specimen taken at Medicine Hat, Sask, May 17th, 1894; the 

 only one seen; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 15th, 1897; com- 

 mon in the spruce woods by May 22nd; breeding in the woods; 

 one pair seen at Peace -River Landing in lat. 56° 15' in June, 1903. 

 {Spreadborough.) This species was seen at Aweme, Manitoba, on 

 May 13th and 17th, 1898. {Criddle.) A regular but not common- 

 migrant in the more eastern portion of Manitoba. {Atkinson.) 



Breeding Notes. — My notes on this species in Compton county, 

 Que., are based on three nests, and if others should be found to con- 

 tinue in a relative similarity, a description of one would suffice. 



