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Churchill. These proved to be intermediate between novaboracen- 

 sis and notabilis, but nearer to notabilis. {E. A. Prebles.) Two 

 specimens from Chemawawin, near Grand Rapids of the Sas- 

 katchewan, agree more nearly with the species than with 5. nova- 

 ioracensis notabilis. {Nutting.) A specimen of this species was 

 secured in August west of ,the Sweet Grass Hills, on the head- 

 waters of the Milk River. It was again observed in the under- 

 growth surrounding some reedy pools near Chief Mountain. 

 {Coues.) A summer resident along watercourses in Manitoba. 

 They were very abundant' at Humphrey's Lake on August gth, 

 1884. Evidently preparing to migrate. {Thompson-Seton.) A 

 •common summer resident at Avenue, Manitoba, arriving about 

 May 13th and leaving late in September. {Norman Criddle.) 

 This is an abundant spring migrant at Indian Head, Assa., 

 the first individual seen was on May nth, they became common 

 at once and were abundant in spring for a few days along streams 

 and shores of lakes; one specimen seen at Edmonton, May 15th, 

 1897, evidently a migrant; common from the mouth of Lesser 

 Slive River to Peace Riv^er Landing, in Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903; 

 breeding around Vermilion Lakes at Banff, Rocky Mountains, 

 July, 1891, rather scarce; one seen on the International Boundary 

 near Rossland, in May, 1902. {Spreadborougk.) This bird was 

 •only seen at Carlton House where it frequented the moist and 

 thickly wooded points of the river, It arrived in May and dis- 

 appeared in a few days, probably going further north to breed. 

 {Richardson.) North to Lapierre's House, on the Mackenzie 

 River; common. {Ross.) Two specimens were taken at Duck's, 

 August 7th and 9th, 1889. {Streator.) Found breeding along 

 interior streams of British Columbia; Lac la Hache and Bonaparte 

 E-iver. {Rhoads.) Breeding at Quesnel, B. C, and less commonly 

 at 158-Mile House. {Brooks.) 



The barren coast of Behring Sea from the mouth of the Yukon 

 north and south affords it but little shelter in the spring, hence 

 its extreme rarity there in spring. It occurs in spring where the 

 dense growth of bushes about Kotzebue Sound affords it available 

 breeding grounds. It is, in fact, one of the commonest bush- 

 frequenting birds we have in the north. {Nelson.) Several speci- 

 mens of this bird were obtained at St. Michael in August, 1876. 

 I have never observed it there during the breeding season. 

 {Turner.) The first sound that I heard on the morning of August 



