CATALOGUE OF ' CANADIAN BIRDS. 53 1 



CCX. GUIRACA SwAiNSON. 1827. 

 597. Blue Grosbeak. 



Guiraca ccerulea (Linn.) Swains. 1827. 

 One specimen shot at Four-mile House, near Halifax, N.S. 

 {Dowm.) On the 7th May, 1862, both sexes of this bird were 

 noticed at Mille Vaches, lower St. Lawrence, Que., by Mr. 

 Peverley, Sr.; they were accompanied in the same tree by the 

 little indigo bunting. {Couper in Can. Nat.., Vol. VH., 1862.) 



CCXL CYANOSPIZA Baird. 1858. 



■598. Indigo Bunting. 



Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.) Baird. 1858. 

 Apparently rare at St. John, N.B.; but said to be common on 

 the western side of Nova Scotia. {^Chamberlain^ Have only 

 seen one pair at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. That was in June, 

 1900. (W. H. Moore!) Taken at Charlesbourg, near Quebec; 

 rather rare in the vicinity of Quebec. {Dion?ie.) A common 

 summer resident in the Montreal district. Breeds in Mount 

 Royal park. I have found their nests with eggs from June iSth 

 to July 13th, and observed them here from May iith to August 

 13th. {Wintle.) 



A moderately common summer resident around Ottawa. 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in the 

 counties of Leeds and Renfrew, where it usually makes its nest 

 about the middle of June in a raspberry thicket. {Rev. C.J. Voting:) 

 A fairly common summer resident in the districts of Parry Sound 

 and Muskoka. It arrives later than most species. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. {A.B. Klugh) Com- 

 mon in all suitable localities both in the western and northern 

 ex.tremities of the western peninsula of Ontario. {W. E. Saunders^ 

 A rare and transient visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. 

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Breeding Notes. — The nests taken at Ottawa were placed in 

 low bushes, and were large for the size of the bird. It is com- 

 posed of grass, leaves and weed-stalks, lined with fine grass. Eggs 

 4 or 5, white, tinged with blue; some eggs are speckled with 

 reddish-brown. {G. R. White?) This bird breeds sometimes at 



