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have shot specimens of this species in the months of May and 

 August and noticed the plumage very fine in the latter month. 

 Observed from May 8th to August 28th. {Wintle.) Found this 

 species nesting at Rice Lake, Ont., June i6th, 1902. {W. Raine.) 

 Nests quite frequently at Ottawa, Ont. Nest is generally built in a 

 hole in tree about ten feet or more from the ground, where a large 

 branch has been blown off. The nest is composed of straw, 

 leaves, rootlets and vegetable matter, lined with feathers and 

 pieces of snake skin. Eggs, four to five, light buffy brown, 

 streaked lengthwise by lines and markings of purplish and dark 

 brown. A nest found on May 2nd had the young half-grown. 

 {G. R. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four ; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; two 

 taken at Ottawa, and one at Belleville, Ont., by the writer. 



One set of eggs taken near Toronto, Ont., May 25th, 1895, ^Y 

 Mr. W. Raine. Nest in a hole in a poplar 15 feet from the 

 ground. 



CLXIII. SAYORNIS Bonaparte. 1854. 



.456. Phoebe. 



Sayomis phosbe (Lath.) Stejn. 1885. 



A summer migrant in Newfoundland but not common. {Reeks.) 

 One pair seen near Dominion Mine, Sydney, Cape Breton 

 Island, N.S., August 30th, 1901. {C. R. Harte.) A common 

 summer resident in New Brunswick. (Ckamberlain.) A rare 

 spring migrant at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore) 

 An irregular summer visitor at Beauport, Que. {Dionne.) A com- 

 mon summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal 

 Park. Nests with eggs found from May 17th to June 9th. 

 Observed from April 3rd to October 8th. (Winile.) Common 

 summer resident in the Ottawa district ; usually building its nest 

 close to houses or on the verandah. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 Abundant summer resident in Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) One specimen observed at Dog Lake, northern 

 Ontario, May 30th, 1896. {Spreadborough.) Very common every- 

 where in Ontario and one of the first arrivals in spring, when the 

 weather is still cold. {Rev. C.J. Young.) Rare summer resident 

 in Manitoba, one or two pairs seen each season ; usually nests 



