600 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



The scolding notes of this bird soon brought her mate upon the 

 scene, but he seemed more disposed to sport with her than assist 

 to drive off the intruder. Both birds, however, came quite close, 

 and I identified them as a pair of the black-throated blue warbler 

 species. Being anxious to secure this nest and a full set of eggs, 

 I noted the place and returned four days after. Then the 

 female was seated on the nest, and when she flushed off I found 

 that it contained three of her-own eggs and one of a cowbird. 

 These I collected and prepared for my cabinet, but they have 

 since passed to the collection of a gentleman in Philadelphia. 

 After I had secured the nest and eggs above described, on my 

 homeward way, I found another nest of the same species. This 

 was also placed in the fork of a small maple twig, about two feet 

 off the ground, and on the outskirts of a thick patch of low 

 underwood, and then contained three young of the bird's own 

 two or three days old, and also a young of the cowbird. I noted 

 in both cases that the old birds on leaving the nests dropped to 

 the ground and made quite a commotion among the dry leaves, 

 evidently with the intention of diverting attention from the nests. 

 {W.L.Kells.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Five; two taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by the writer; two 

 by Dr. F. A. Saunders at Ottawa in May, 1890; and one in Algon- 

 quin Park, Ont., May 28th, 1900, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



655. Myrtle Warbler. 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.) Gray. 1842. 

 Three examples taken in Greenland prior to i860. {Arct. Man.) 

 A single example, an adult male, was taken in Godhaven Har- 

 bour, Greenland, July 31st, 1878. (Kumelin.) Audubon, Vol. II., 

 p. 24, found them plentiful in Labrador, with young scarcely 

 able to fly. Drexler obtained specimens July 21st, i860, at 

 Moose Factory. (Packard!) Rather common on the southern 

 half of the coast of Labrador. {Bigelow.) A common summer 

 migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) The commonest warbler in 

 the vicinity of Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) Common summer resident 

 at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. {C.R.Harte.) An abundant 

 species at Baddeck and Margaree,Cape Breton Island, July, 1898; 

 in spruce trees along Brackley Point and Prince Edward Island, 



