CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 593 



CCXXVIII. DENDROICA Gray. 1842. 

 ■^50. Cape May Warbler. 



Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 



A specimen obtained by Drexler, May 28th, i860, at Moose 

 Factory, James Bay. {Packard^ Very rare in Nova Scotia; only 

 one specimen taken at Stewiacke in midsummer. {Dowtis.) Rare; 

 may breed at Grand Manan, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Of rare occur- 

 rence at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; it is known to breed here ; 

 one nest was found containing three eggs, placed in a hemlock 

 tree a few feet from the trunk, and about eight feet up. {W. H. 

 Moore.) A scarce and transient visitant at Montreal; I shot three 

 male specimens of this warbler and saw others on the spur of 

 Mount Royal, one of which I shot May 14th and the other two 

 May 2ist, 1890. {Wintle.) This species is rare at Quebec, but 

 two specimens were taken in June, 1884. {Dionne.) A rare mig- 

 rant at Ottawa ; have been taken by Mr. G. R. White in 1883, 85- 

 87 and 1888. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Met with it on the Mag- 

 dalen Islands in 1897; I have a nest containing two eggs taken 

 there from a small spruce tree about two feet from the ground. 

 {Rev. C.J. Young) . 



Correctly described as rare in Ontario ; I have previous to the 

 present spring season of 1900, seen only two specimens of this 

 bird, viz.: a male on 19th May, 1898, and a female on 21st May, 

 1899; but between the 8th and 19th May, 1900, I was fortunate in 

 seeing five males of the species and to hear their song; I had also 

 a chance to observe their habits during their short stay. (/. 

 Hughes-Samuel) A rare migrant at London, Ont., two or three 

 being the most noted in a single -migration. {W. E. Saunders) 



C ommon summer re sident along t he Red River i n Man itoba ; 

 not 'widely distributed., ( l^ltompson-}^eton. 'j A rare species at 

 Avenue, Manitoba! {Normal Crmdle) Two specimens were 

 taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 17th, 1894. {Spreadborough) 

 At Long Lake, Yorktown, Assa., on June 2nd, 1891, I took a nest 

 and four eggs of this bird; it was built nearly three feet from the 

 ground-in a willow. {W. Raine) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; the 

 other taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Mr. G. R. White. 



