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woods in the vicinity of Winnipeg, but more abundant to the 

 iTorth. {Thompson-Seton.) Only noticed at Pembina (Lat. 49°), 

 which is probably at or near its northwestern limit. (Coues.) 



Breeding Notes.- Quite common in beech and maple groves 

 in the county of Leeds, Ont., and around Kingston. I have fre- 

 quently seen the nest, sometimes as late as July isth, usually on 

 the upper side of a bough of a beech tree, but occasionally on a 

 maple. I never saw more than three eggs in a nest, several times 

 only two. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Mr. A. C. McKeand found a nest 

 of this flycatcher containing three eggs June 26th, 1885, '"^ Mount 

 Royal Park ; the nest was attached to the fork of a sinall hori- 

 zontal branch of a tree growing on the top of the mountain. The 

 nest of this bird is a difficult one to discover as it is generally 

 built upon a thick horizontal branch. {Wintle.) This species 

 breeds at Kew Beach, Toronto. It seldom lays more than three 

 eggs in a beautifully built nest, externally covered with pieces of 

 lichen after the manner of the ruby-throated hummingbird. {W. 

 Raine.) 



MUSEUM specimens. 



Four ; two taken at Ottawa and one near Toronto by Mr. S. 

 Herring ; one taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



Two sets of three eggs each ; one taken near Ottawa in June, 

 1892, by Mr. A. G. Kingston; and one at Toronto by Mr. J. Parke, 

 July lOth, 1897. The latter nest was lined outside with lichens and 

 inside consisted of hair, roots, &c. 



462. Western Wood Pewee. 



Contopus richardsonii (Swains.) Baird. 1858. 



Audubon, Vol. I., p. 220, states that he found it breeding in 

 Labrador. {Packard^ A tolerably common summer resident in 

 woods and bluffs. This species commonly frequents the open 

 woods and willow thickets while virens seems to keep to the 

 heavier, thicker timber. {Thompson-Seton) First observed in 

 1892 at Indian Head, Assa., on May 26th ; a few were seen after 

 this but they never became common ; quite common at Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains, in the summer of 1891 ; quite common and 

 breeding in low woods at Revelstoke, B.C., Deer Park, Lower 

 Arrow Lake and Pass Creek, Columbia River, B.C. Nests usually 



