CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 633 



CCXXX. GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis. 



577. Kentucky Warbler. 



Geothlypis formosa (Wils.) Ridgw. 1885. 

 Taken at Quebec by Mr. Nelson. {Dionne.) Only one speci- 

 men known from near London, Ont. ; this was taken by Robert 

 Elliott near Bryanston in a thicket of well grown thorn trees in 

 May, 1898. {W.E.Saunders.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One purchased with the Holman collection in 1885. 



378. Connecticut Warbler. 



Geothlypis agilis (Wils.) Gregg. 1870. 



A rare migrant at London, Ont. (W. E. Sau7iders.) A regular 

 spring and autumn visitor to this district reaching us about 20th 

 Vlay and leaving for the north a few days later, 30th May being 

 :he latest date on which I had noted it; as this bird is with us 

 igain before the end of August it is not unreasonable to hope that 

 t will be found nesting at no great distance. While here the bird 

 s very shy and keeps as much as possible to dense under-growths 

 )f vines, but when driven to the trees it tries to conceal itself by 

 lifting motionless behind a limb; a curious habit of this bird is to 

 valk slowly along the small branches of a tree peering into every 

 :revice for insects, much after the manner Seiurus aurocapillus. Its 

 iong, which I have only heard on two occasions, has considerable 

 nerit, and it has also another note not at all unlike the well- 

 cnown "teacher" of the oven-bifd. I saw one or more of these 

 )irds daily from 22nd to 30th May, 1900; in the fall they are here 

 luring August and may be seen creeping cautiously through 

 jorders of Convolvuli and Nasturtiums ; on i8th May, 1896, I took 

 I specimen in Jackson's Park, Peterboro'. Ont. (/. Hughes- 

 Samuel?) 



A somewhat common summer resident of tamarac swamps in 

 Manitoba; on June 21st, 1883, in the Carberry swamp founda nest 

 nd eggs of this species. For full description of this nest and 

 ggs see The Auk for April, 1884, p. 192. On June 14th, 1884, at 

 Duck Mountain, found one or two pairs breeding in the tamarac 

 wamp near there. {Thompson-Seton) A tolerably common summer 



