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p. 106.) On September 5th, 1905, I took a young male on the east 

 shore of Point Pelee, f;ssex county, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) Mr. 

 W. E. Saunders took one specimen, a female, near Cameron lake, 

 Bruce county. May 28th, 1905, and on May 30th heard several 

 others. An account of their occurrence was pubhshed in The 

 Ottawa Naturalist, Vol XIX., p. 206. 



CCLIV SEITTRUS Swainson. 1827. 



674. Oven Bird. Golden-crowned Thrusli. 



Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.) Swains. 1827. 



A skin taken at Nanortalik, Greenland, in May, 1882, is in the 

 museum at Copenhagen. (Winge.) Stearns, p. 116, records this 

 species as breeding in southern Labrador. (Packard.) Very 

 abundant along the Moose river; seemed to prefer the hillsides 

 of the river valley that have a heavy growth of birch and poplar; 

 none observed as far north as Moose Factory in 1896. (Spread- 

 borough.) Locally common as far north as Aillik in north-eastern 

 Labrador. (Bigelow.) A summer migrant in Newfoundland, but 

 not common. (Reeks.) A common summer resident of Halifax, 

 N.S. (Downs.) A few observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton island, 

 in June, 1890. (F. H. Allen.) One seen on Sable island, N.S., 

 May 25th, 1904. (/. Boutelier.) A common summer resident at 

 Sydney, Cape Breton island. (C. R. Harte.) One was noted at 

 Tignish, Prince Edward island, and a number at Souris in the hard- 

 wood timber. (Dwight.) A common summer resident at St. John, 

 N.B. (Chamberlain.) Common summer resident at Scotch Lake, 

 York county, N.B. (PF. H. Moore.) Tolerably common in the 

 Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Rather common on 

 Grindstone island, Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) A single pair was 

 observed at Ellis bay, Anticosti, July 24th. (Brewster.) With us 

 this bird is a common summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) 

 A common summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal 

 park. Nests with eggs found June 5th and 13th and young fledged,' 

 June 2 1 St. Observed here May 8th to September 15th. (Wintte.) 



A common summer resident around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) A very common species in eastern Ontario throughout 

 the summer and heard in almost every large wood, especially where 



