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Family XLIX. MNIOTILTID^. Wood Warblers. 

 CCXXIV. MNIOTILTA Vieillot. i8i6. 



636. Black and White Warbler. 



Mniotilta varia (Linn.) Vieill. i8i8. 



A specimen was obtained at Moose Factory, May 13th, i860, 

 and also on the 30th by Drexler. {Packard) Quite common at 

 Moose Factory, June, 1896 ; none seen elsewhere. {Spread- 

 borough!) Apparently a common summer migrant in Newfound- 

 land. (Reeks.) Common summer resident at Halifax, N. S. 

 {Downs.) A common migrant at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 

 N.S. {C. R. Harte.) Not rare at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape 

 Breton Island, July, 1898; seen at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward 

 Island, July nth, 1888. {Macoun.) Occasionally seen or its 

 " wiry " song heard, though not very common. {Dwight.) A 

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

 on the Magdalens, but very likely breeds. {Bishop) On July 

 9th a male was heard singing at Fox Bay, Anticosti; another 

 was taken a little later. {Brewster) Taken at Beauport; not rare 

 at Quebec. (Dionne) A scarce summer resident but common 

 migrant -at Montreal. Observed here from May 3rd to August 

 22nd. {Wintle) 



A common summer resident but more abundant during migra- 

 tions. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A fairly common summer 

 resident in the woods of eastern Ontario. I once found a nest in 

 a mossy bank in a large wood, containing four infertile eggs and 

 one young bird on June 29th, 1894, near Lansdowne, Ont. {Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) A common summer resident in the districts of 

 Parry Sound and Muskoka. (/. H. Fleming) Not common in 

 Algonquin Park, Ont. Only observed two from Ma}' 25th to 

 June 15th, 1900. {Spreadborough.) Abundant near Toronto and 

 breeds there. On 25th April, 1896, saw large numbers of them. 

 {J. Hughes-Samuel) Near London, Ont., this species is confined 

 to the coniferous swamps where it breeds in fair numbers. {W.E. 

 Saunders) A common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives 

 about April 28th and leaves about Septemberi2th. {A. B.Klugh) 



A single specimen was taken at Pembina where it probably 

 breeds, though the fact was not ascertained. Not found further 

 west. . {Coues) This species is widely distributed iji Manitoba. 



