CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 485 



Edward Island. {Dwight.) Breeding abundantly at Sydney, Cape 

 Breton Island. {C. R. Harte.) Common from May to October 

 at Wolfville, King's Co., N.S. {H. Tufts.) 



A common'summer resident in New Brunswick. {Cfiamberlain.') 

 An abundant summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. 

 ( W. H. Moore.) Abundant in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain 

 & Cox.) Common on the Magdalen Islands; nesting about the 

 last of June. {Bishop.) Everywhere about the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, save on the wind-swept Magdalens, this bird was an 

 abundant species. {Brewster.) Common at Lake Mistassini 

 in northern Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; a 

 common resident in eastern Quebec. {Dionne.) A common 

 summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal Park. 

 Observed here from April 24th to October 30th. {Wintle.) 



A common summer "resident at Ottawa and breeding. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer migrant in the Parry 

 Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H, Fleming^ A very common 

 summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arriving about April 20th and 

 leaving about October 30th. {A.B.Klugk) Abundant everywhere 

 in Algonquin Parkj Ont.; found a nest on the ground in a bunch 

 of grass, July isth, 1900; eggs quite fresh. {Spreadborough.) A 

 common migrant but a rare breeder at London ; found only in 

 openings in deep cedar swamps. Forty miles north of London 

 and in the Bruce peninsula it is quite common. {W.E. Saunders.) 

 A common summer resident at Penetanguishene, keeping well to 

 the deep swamps and probably breeds as they remain throughout 

 the summer. {A. F. Young.) Common along the Moose River to 

 Moose Factory, James Bay ; none seen further north. {Spread- 

 borough) Abundant throughout the region between Norway 

 House and York Factory, Hudson Bay. It was especially numer- 

 ous in the extensive tracts which had been devastated by fire. A 

 few were noted, one of which was collected at York Factory in 

 July, 1900; on our return trip a few were seen at Oxford Lake, 

 September nth. {Prebles.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) 



A common summer resident in woodlands in Manitoba; found 

 breeding at Carberry, Shell River, Little Boggy Creek and Duck 

 Mountain. {Thompson- Seton.) Only seen at Indian Head, Assa., be- 

 tween the Qth and 20th May, 1892, when they all migrated to the 

 north; a few were observed at Moose 'Jaw and Old Wives' Creek, 



