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Hamilton, Ont. by Mr. Mcllwraith in May, 1888; two taken at 

 Indian Head, Assa. in May, 1892; one atOIdWives' Creek, Assa., 

 May 2ist, 1895; six at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894, and two 

 at Banff, Rocky Mountains on June 22nd, 1891, all by Mr. W. 

 Spreadborough. 



Three sets of three eggs; two taken at Fort Chimo, Labrador in 

 1896 by Mr. G. Boucher; one taken on the upper Hamilton River, 

 Labrador in 1894, by Mr. A. P. Low. 



662. Blackburnian Warbler. 



Dendroica blackburnice (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 



A young specimen taken in Greenland at Frederickshaab, 

 October i6th, 1845, i^ referred here. {Arct. Man.) Audubon, 

 Vol. H., p. 48, saw several in Labrador. {Packard.) A very rare 

 summer resident inland in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Rare at Bad- 

 deck, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898. {Macoun.) An occasional 

 summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain^ . A tolerably 

 common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H. 

 Moore!) Not very common summer resident at Quebec; taken at 

 Charlesbourg. {Dion?ie.) A common transient visitant at Mont- 

 real. Observed here from May loth to 24th, but not met with in 

 the autumn. {Wintle.) 



A common migrant at Ottawa. A male in full plumage was 

 seen in Dow's swamp, June 24th, 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders. 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Commonly seen as a migrant in 

 Leeds Co., Ont., in the month of May. I never saw a nest or 

 resident birds. {Rev. C.J. Young.) A common summer resident 

 in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. {J. H.Fleming.) Observed 

 several in thick woods in Algonquin Park, Ont. They, keep to 

 the tops of the trees. I have never seen them near the ground. 

 {Spreadborough.) This beautifully attired warbler is just plenti- 

 ful enough at Toronto for all who desire to make their acquaint- 

 ance annually to do so with but little trouble. Their favourite 

 resort is among the hemlocks and similar growths. Usually 

 reaching us about loth May and I have seen a few as early as 3rd 

 of May. In the year 1900 I saw several on 21st August. {J 

 Hughes-Samuel.) A rare summer resident, but a fairly common 

 migrant at London, Ont. {W. E. Saunders.) A passing migrant 

 fairly common at Guelph, Ont. Seen about IVEay 8th and again 

 about August 28th. {A. B. Klugh.) 



