CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 57; 



629. Blue-headed Vireo. 



Vireo solitarius (WiLS.) Vieill. 1819. 

 Probably occurs in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Not rare at Bad 

 deck and Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898; seen a 

 Hunter's River, Prince Edward Island, July 2nd, 1888. (Macoun. 

 At Souris, Prince Edward Island, one day I was attracted by th( 

 song of this bird and soon saw the performer. {Dwigkt.) A ran 

 summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Observec 

 only at one point in the valley of the Restigouche River, N.B 

 {Brittain &Gox.) A tolerably common summer resident at Scotcl 

 Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore.) On June 23rd heard a mah 

 singing at Macnain Cove, Cape Breton Island. {Brewster^ 

 noticed an example of this species on the Magdalen Islands ii 

 June, 1897, ^"d have no doubt it breeds there. {Rev. C.J. Young. 

 Taken at Beauport; not uncommon around Quebec. {Dionne. 

 A rare transient visitant at Montreal. I have met with only tw< 

 examples of , this vireo in this district. {Wintle.) 



A moderately common summer visitor around Ottawa. {Ottawi 

 Naturalist^ Vol. V.) Not uncommon in the districts of Parry Soun< 

 and Muskoka in May. They probably remain to breed. (/. h 

 Fleming!) Not common in Algonquin Park, Ont. A few wen 

 seen in the spruce woods near Cache Lake usually well up in thi 

 tops of the trees. {Spreadborough.) Not common as a migrant 

 and not known to breed at London, Ont. {W. E. Saunders.) l 

 passing migrant at-Guelph, Ont. Not common; seen abou 

 April 30th, and again about Sept. 20th. {A. B. Klugk.) One ( 

 male) taken at Oxford House, July 3rd, and one heard singing ii 

 a swamp bordering Knee Lake July 5th. {E. A. Prebles.) 



One specimen of this rather rare species was secured at P^m 

 bina, which is probably its northern limit. It was taken in th 

 timber of the river bottom, frequented by three other species o 

 the same genus. {Coues.) A rare summer resident in Manitoba 

 On June xoth, 1884, at Duck Mountain, a solitary vireo wa 

 observed. {Tkompson-Seton.) One specimen secured at the Gram 

 Rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting.) First seen May nth 

 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., common in spruce woods by the 2ist 

 doubtless breeding; always seen in or near spruce woods; com 

 mnn from Lesser Slave Lake to Peace River Landincr. Lai 



