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{Reeks.) Two specimens were seen on the Humber River, New- 

 foundland, on August 15th, 1899. {L..H. Porter.) A common 

 summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Fairly common in 

 dense woods at Wolfville, N.S., during the summer. {II. Tufts!) 

 Found only at Tignish, Prince Edward Island ; in small numbers. 

 Observed in small numbers at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. 

 {Dwight.) A common summer resident in New -Brunswick. 

 {Chamberlain.) Rather common at Ellis Bay, Anticosti, about the 

 edges of the woods. {Brewster.) I noticed this bird on the Mag- 

 dalen Islands in 1897, and o" the 13th June of that year one came on 

 board the steamer I was on, when off the Gaspe coast. I have not 

 seen it in Ontario. {Rev. C.J.Young.) Common at Lake Mistassini, 

 and breeds. {J. M. Macoun) Taken at Beauport ; a common 

 summer resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) A rather scarce summer 

 resident in the Montreal district. I have not found a nest of this 

 species here yet, but have shot several specimens of the bird. 

 {Wintle.) A rare summer resident in the Ottawa district; a nest 

 of this species was taken at Chelsea, Que., in June, 1897. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common and widely distributed species, 

 breeding in Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I usually see one or more of this species at Toronto during the 

 spring and fall migrations ; while here they are very shy. On 

 following one I usually find the bird making a series of quiet dis- 

 appearances. (/. Hughes-Samuel) Not observed to breed near 

 London, Ont., but Dr. P. J. Scott found a nest near Southampton. 

 I have not seen it in the Bruce peninsula. {IV. E. Saunders.) Sum- 

 mer resident in woodlands in Manitoba. Duck Mountain, June 

 nth, 1884, shot a flycatcher that was continually uttering a note 

 like " che-blick " ; it was all over of a greenish colour, but yellow 

 on the belly ; it answers fairly well to the description of flavi- 

 ventris, but is very like an Acadian shot yesterday ; evidently the 

 species is breeding here. {Thompson- Seton!) Only one specimen 

 at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting.) 



Breeding Notes. — On May 23rd, 1893, at Oak Lake, Manitoba, 

 found a nest of this species with four eggs. It was built on a 

 mossy log three feet from the ground in a swampy thicket. (W. 

 Raine) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One ; taken at Ottawa, Ont., by the writer. 

 One set of four eggs taken at Black River, Nova Scotia, June 

 17th, 1901, by Mr. H. Tufts. Nest on the ground at the base of 



