CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 693 



July 19th. (Wintle.) A common summer resident in eastern 

 Quebec. Taken at St. Foy. (Dionne.) A common summer resi- 

 dent around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common 

 everywhere in eastern Ontario; sometimes remaining until the end 

 of September. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular summer resident at 

 Toronto, Ont. An abundant summer resident in Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka districts ; breeding usually on the edge of the forest or in 

 gardens of the settlers. (/. H. Fleming.) Very common summer 

 resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May loth and leaves about 

 September 25th. (A. B. Klugh.) A very common summer resident 

 at Penetanguishene, Ont. ; breeds very frequently in wild rose bushes 

 in meadow-lands. (A. F. Young.) 



The catbird was found to be one of the common birds of the Red 

 River region, where it was breeding in June in situations similar to 

 those it selects in the east. I traced it westward to Turtle moun- 

 tain, on the 49th parallel, but did not find it in the Rocky moun- 

 tains. (Coues.) An abundant summer resident of low thickets in 

 Manitoba, especially to the north. (E. T. Seton.) Common summer 

 resident at Aweme, Manitoba; arrives about May 17th and leaves 

 about September i8th. (Criddle.) Breeding from Manitoba west 

 to Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) Fairly common in the timber and 

 underbrush along creeks in southwestern Saskatchewan. (A. C. 

 Bent.) This is a very common summer resident at Indian Head, 

 Sask. ; it was first seen June 2nd, 1892, and became common in a few 

 days; breeds in great numbers; first seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., on 

 May 17th, 1894; common by the 20th; abundant in all thickets at 

 Medicine Hat, Crane lake, along Swift Current creek, and on the east 

 end of the Cypress hills, in June, 1894; this bird was common wher- 

 ever there was brush in Wood mountain and on Rocky creek to the 

 Boundary ; four nests were found on Frenchman river, two in willow 

 thickets and two in wolf -willow (Elceagnus argentea) ; it was a common 

 species in all the ravines in the Cypress hills and in Milk river valley, 

 and wherever there was brush in southern Alberta; first seen at 

 Edmonton, Alta., May 25th, 1897, heard a number of them singing 

 next day; they soon became common and began to breed; common 

 from Edmonton north to the McLeod river, in June, 1898; heard in 

 the bushes at Deer Park, Columbia river, B.C., June 6th, 1890; later 

 in the month they were found breeding in the valley of Pass creek, 

 near Robson ; quite common at Trail and Cascade, and in low bushes 



