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652. Yellow Warbler. 



Dendroica mstiva (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 

 Specimens obtained by Drexler, July .12th, i860, at Fort George, 

 James Bay. {Packard?) Common from Missinabie down the 

 Moose River and up James Bay to Richmond Gulf ; a nest con- 

 taining four eggs was found on an island in the bay, June 23rd, 

 1896 ; none observed on a trip across Ungava ; seems to keep 

 along the coast. (Spreadborough.) Avery common summer migrant 

 in Newfoundland. {Reeks) Very common in gardens around 

 Halifax, N.S. {Downs) Common summer resident at Sydney, 

 Cape Breton Island, N.S. {C. R. Harte.) Quite common at I\ad- 

 deck and Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898; rather rare at 

 Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, June, 1888. {Macoun.) Rather 

 common, on Prince Edward Island, and quite as likely to be found 

 among lonely alder bushes as in the trees around houses. {Dwight) 

 An abundant summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain}) 

 A common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W, 

 H. Moore}) Rare, except near the settlements in the Restigouche 

 valley. {Brittain & Cox) Common at Lake Mistassini, Quebec, 

 {J. M. Macoun) Common summer resident on the Magdalen 

 Islands. {Bishop) Rather abundant at Fox Bay, Anticosti ; a 

 few specimens seen at Gaspe Bay, Que. {Brewster) A common 

 summer resident at Quebec. {Dionne) An abundant summer 

 resident at Montreal ; breeds in the city and Mount Royal 

 park ; I have found their nests containing eggs from May 29th 

 to July 7th, and observed this warbler here from May 7th to Sep- 

 tember 3rd. {Wintle) 



An abundant summer resident in the vicinity of Ottawa. {Ot- 

 tawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) I took a male at Emsdale, Parry Sound, 

 Ont., on May 27th, 1899, the only one I have seen in Parry Sound; 

 it was not uncommon at Rosseau in 1897, ^"^ Mr. Tavernier 

 regards it as common at Beaumaris. {J. H. Fleming}) Without 

 doubt more of this species of warbler remain to breed around 

 Toronto than of any other variety. Practically, they are everywhere 

 in suitable places, and if a youthful enthusiast wants to study bird 

 life he has merely to seat himself near a patch of willows during 

 the merry month of May when he will have a grand opportunity 

 of becoming acquainted with our common summer yellow-bird ; I 

 have noted one of these birds at Toronto as early as i8th April, 



