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has been observed near Quebec. Drexler captured several 

 specimens at Moose Factory, in Hudson's Bay. 



It breeds on the hills in Jamaica, and winters in Central 

 America. 



Mr. James W. Banks, of St. John, N. B., has a nest and 

 eggs of this species taken by him near that city, and they remain 

 unique — no other nest and eggs, taken in the United States or 

 Canada, are to be found in any cellection. 



Dendroica aestiva. 



YELLOW WAKBLEB. 



This species, known formerly as the " Summer Yellowbird " 

 and " Summer Warbler," and called by the people of the Maritime 

 Provinces the "Wild Canary," is an abundant summer resident 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and occurs north to Fort George, 

 on Hudson's Bay, and to Fort Simpson, in the Great Slave Lake 

 district. It winters in Central America. 



Dendroica caerulescens. 



BLACK-THKOATED BLUE WARBLER. 



The A. O. U. Check-List gives the habitat of this species as 

 " Eastern North America to the Plains," but it has not been ob- 

 served in Canada west of Lake Huron. It occurs in the Mari- 

 time Provinces as a rare summer resident, but is more common 

 in Quebec and Ontario, where it has been observed only during 

 the migrations, though it probably breeds in portions of these 

 latter Provinces. It winters in the West Indies. 



Dendroica coronata. 



MYRTLE WARBLER. 



The Myrtle Warbler, heretofore called the " Yellow Rump," 

 occurs throughout Canada. It breeds abundantly in the Maritime 



