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young seen in August. (Packard.) One of the earliest spring 

 migrants and tolerably common in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Seen 

 in large flocks on the Humber river, Newfoundland, 1899. (i^ouii 

 H. Porter.) In numbers on Sable island, N.S., September i6th, 

 1905, and October 3rd, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) One of the earliest 

 arrivals in HaUfax, N.S. ; not very common. (Downs.) A common 

 summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton island. (C. R. Harte.) Com- 

 mon migrant in Nova Scotia, a few remain to breed. (H. F. Tufts.) 

 A few observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, in June, 1890. 

 (F. H. Allen.) An incubating female taken at Tignish, Prince 

 Edward island is the only evidence I have of this bird's occurrence 

 there. (Dwight.) The first spring warbler at St. John, N.B. ; 

 breeds abundantly. (Chamberlain.) Spring migrant at Scotch 

 Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) A rare spring migrant 

 at Quebec. (Dionne.) A rare transient visitant at Montreal; 

 I shot a male specimen of this species May 7th, 1891, on the spur 

 of Mount Royal. This is the only example of this warbler that I 

 have met with in this district. (WinUe.) 



A rare migrant at Ottawa; latest record, May 6th and 8th, 1888. 

 (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) I noticed this bird to be very common 

 in bushy places and waste ground on Wolfe island near Kingston, 

 Ont., near the end of April and beginning of May, 1900. They 

 were migrating, but for a few days were quite tame, alighting a 

 good deal on the ground at the base of small bushes. (Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) 



673. Prairie Warbler. 



Dendroica discolor (Vieill.) Baird. 1858. 



The only note I have of this bird reads: — " nth May, 1900. 

 Very cold morning and I did not see more than a dozen common 

 warblers from 5 to 7 a.m. As I was coming home I saw a small but 

 active little warbler which was quite new to me and I followed jt 

 for a considerable distance as it passed quickly from tree to}tree. 

 Ultimately I took it and was pleased to find that I had a specimen 

 of the prairie warbler, the first recorded appearance of this "bird 

 in Ontario." (/. Hughes-Samuel.) On May nth, 1900, while on 

 a collecting expedition near Toronto, Ont., I took a maleTprairie 

 warbler in full plumage. (/. H. Ames in The Auk, Vol. XVIII., 



