CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 6O9 



Lake. The nest was ill-concealed, about four feet from the 

 ground, and the bird left it when I approached. At a short dis- 

 tance it resembled a chipping sparrow's, but was composed out- 

 wardly of fine hemlock twigs, neatly woven, and was lined with 

 hair and fibres. There were four fresh eggs which were boldly 

 marked, rather than spotted, with blotches of a dark brick^red on a 

 creamy ground. I saw the bird leave the nest three times and 

 identified it by the yellow markings and black on side of head. 

 {Rev. C.J. Young.) This pretty little warbler arrives at Scotch 

 Lake from the lOth to 15th May and within a week of the first 

 arrival is common. They frequent young spruce trees in pastures 

 and partly cleared land. They nest in June, building near the 

 ground in small spruces and generally on the outer end of a small 

 limb. They lay four eggs, and the period of incubation is ten or 

 eleven days, and the young stay in the nest about two weeks. 

 {W. H. Moore.) A few pairs breed at Ottawa while a great number 

 go more to the north at Lake Nominingue. It nests in bushes 

 of all kinds from one to four feet from the ground. The nests 

 consists of small twigs, fine grass and rootlets, lined with hair or 

 hair-like roots. (Garneau.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



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

 purchased with the Holman |[ collection in 1885; two taken in 

 Algonquin Park, Ont., June, 1900, one taken at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 July 23rd, i8go, and two at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897, by 

 Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Two sets of eggs ; one set of four eggs taken at Gasperaux, 



N.S., June loth, 1901; nest in a small spruce bush four feet from 



from the ground, composed of fine twigs, grasses, etc., and lined 



with horse hair; another set of four eggs taken at Wolfville, N.S., 



■June 5th, 1898, both by Mr. H. F. Tufts. 



658. Cerulean Warbler. 



Dendroica rara (Wils.) Ridgway. 1897. 

 Occurs at Toronto regularly, but is apparently rare. (/. H. 

 Fleming^ Common in the southwestern part of Ontario, but rare 

 near London and not extending much further north. A number 

 of nests have been taken, varying from 25 to 60 feet above the 

 ground and all saddled on fairly large limbs from ^ to 2 inches 

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