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inches wide and one and a half inches high. {Garneau.) Breeds 

 at Rice Lake and fairly common at Carleton Junction, Ont.; Mr. 

 Kells has found it nesting at Listowel in northern Ontario. {IV. 

 Raine.) The four eggs of this bird are laid about the first part of 

 June in a dome-shaped nest of grasses and leaves placed on the 

 ground in woods of mixed growth. {W. H. Moore) Nests in 

 woods, thickets and swamps at Guelph, Ont. ; nest domed, vary- 

 ing much in composition; most nests are composed of dried grass, 

 leaves, twigs and plant stems, lined with leaves and a little' hair, 

 the dome being composed of fine wiry grass; some nests are com- 

 posed almost entirely of pine needles; eggs mostly five in num- 

 ber, pinky-white, very variable as to markings, but usually spotted 

 and blotched, mostly in the form of a wreath on the larger end, 

 with dark reddish brown, light brown and pale lavender. {A. B. 

 Klugh.) Nest found near Hemlock Lake, Ottawa, built on the 

 ground, composed of dead leaves, moss and grass lined with fine 

 grass and rootlets, eggs four, white, profusely speckled with red- 

 dish brown and lilac. {G. R. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; one 

 taken at Ottawa by the writer on May 5th, 1888, and another by 

 Dr. F. A. Saunders on June ist, 1891; one taken at Edmonton, 

 Alta., May 22nd, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 

 ■ One set of five eggs taken at Ottawa and presented to the 

 museum. 



675. Water Thrush. 



Seiurus noveboracemis (Gmel.) Bonap. 1838. 

 Locally common on the Labrador coast as far north as Aillik. 

 {Bigelow.) Several individuals, young of the year among them, 

 were procured by me at Davis Inlet in August, 1884; a specimen 

 was procured at Moose Factory, May 26th, i860 by Drexler. 

 {Packard.) Very abundant all the way down Moose River to 

 Moose Factory; also common at Fort George on James Bay, Lat. 

 54"; rare farther north; one specimen was taken on a river a short 

 distance inland from Richmond Gulf. Another individual was 

 seen on the Koaksoak above Fort Chimo, August 14th, 1896 ; 

 always found on low wet ground. {Spreadborough.) Abundant 

 along the Humber River, Newfoundland, 1899. {Louis H. Porter.) 



