CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 57I 



mer resident; breeds in the hardwood woods; nests are quite 

 common at Penetanguishene. {A. F. Young.) 



Abundant about Lake Winnipeg, at Norway House, and 

 between Norway House and Oxford House. In the vicinity of 

 Oxford House its song was heard almost continually. After 

 leaving that point we heard nothing more of the bird. {E. A. 

 Prebles.) Abundant at Pembina, where it was breeding in June 

 and again on the upper Missouri. (Coues.) Abundant summer 

 resident of woodlands in Manitoba, and breeds in suitable places. 

 In July, 1883, a nest was taken which contained one bird ready to 

 fly, another half grpwn and an egg which was near being hatched. 

 The nest was composed outwardly of wasp-nest paper. (Thompson- 

 Seton.) Abundant at Grand Rapids of Saskatchewan. Breeding at 

 Chemawawin. One of the most conspicuous songsters in the 

 country. ^Nutting!) First noted at the Grand Rapids of the Atha- 

 basca; common down the river to Fort McMurray; common up 

 the Clearwater to Methye Portage; very common between 

 Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) This species 

 was shot at Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan, 2nd June, 

 1827. {Richardson.') North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie 

 River; rare. (Ross.) First seen at Indian Head,Assa., June 7th, 

 1892; soon after they became common, and began to breed; the 

 first arrivals at Medicine Hat, Assa., were on May 19th, they never 

 became common before I left for Crane Lake; a pair seen at Old 

 Wives' Creelf,Assa., May 29th, 1895; another pair seen at Medicine 

 Lodge, on Rocky Creek, south of Wood Mountain, June 14th, 

 1895; fi''st seen May 13th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd 

 found a nest in a small alder tree about ten feet from the ground, 

 the nest had three of its own and one cowbird's egg; common 

 from Lesser Slave Lake to Peace River Landing, Lat. 56° 15', in 

 June, 1903; common from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass ; 

 also in the valley of McLennan River, B.C., in June, 1898 ; 

 seen in the Crow's Nest Pass, July 29th; rather scarce at 

 Banff, Rocky Mountains in June, 1891, breeding in the Bow 

 valley; breeding in the Columbia River valley at Robson in June, 

 1890, nest in the fork of a tall shrub; quite common near the 

 International Boundary, between Trail and Kettle River, B.C., in 

 the summer of 1902; seen and heard at Kamloops and Agassi?, 

 B.C., May, 1889; common at Chilliwack in the spring of 1902, and 

 seen along the river later in the summer. {Spreadborough) 



