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it, was placed among some leafy twigs on the side of a pretty 

 large birch tree, five or six feet from the ground. This with a 

 set of the first eggs of the species that I took are still in my 

 collection, and a notable feature about the nest of this find is, 

 that the beginning and outside of the nest is ornamented with 

 pieces of birch bark, and usually also with insect cocoons. It 

 much resembles the nest of a chipping sparrow, but there is less 

 hair in the inside, and the foundation is less bulky. Inside, it is 

 about two inches across, by one and a half deep. {W. L. Kells.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Five; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; two 

 taken at Brandon, Man., June, 1880, by the writer; one taken at 

 Indian Head, Assa., June 8th, 1892, and another at Medicine Hat, 

 Assa., May 19th, 1894, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



661. Black-poll Warbler. 



Dendroica striata (Forst.) Baird. 1858. 

 One specimen sent from Godthaab, Greenland in 1853. {Arct. 

 Man^ Abundant throughout the wooded portion of Labrador. 

 Breeds plentifully at Fort Chimo, where seven nests and eggs 

 were obtained in 1884 by Turner. {Packard.) Observed one at 

 Fort George, June 20th, 1896, and two more between the fort and 

 Richmond Gulf ; common all across Ungava from Richmond 

 Gulf to Fort Chimo; I believe the last of them left the country 

 for the south about August 23rd, 1896, as on that day I saw the 

 last one near Fort Chimo. {Spreadborough.) A very abundant 

 and characteristic bird, of northeastern Labrador; as far north as 

 the limit of timber near Cape Aillik. {Bigelow.) Apparently not 

 uncommon in summer in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Seen in large 

 numbers on the Humber River, Newfoundland, August 27th, 1899; 

 {Louis H. Porter^ A not uncommon summer resident at Halifax, 

 N.S. {Downs.) Appeared in numbers on Sable Island, N.S.May 

 2ist, 1902. This was after a gale.^ {fames Bouteillier.) Not 

 common at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. {F. H. Allen^ Com- 

 mon during the springand autumn migrations. Rare in summer 

 at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A rare spring migrant at 

 Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {A . H. Moore.) A very abundant 

 bird on the Magdalen Islands; breeding everywhere. {Bishop!) 

 Decidedly the most numerous of the warblers on the Magdalen 



