CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 635 



Iding notes of any birds that may chance to be disturbed. Any 

 t I have heard singing have been invariably perched on a dead 

 nch well up from the ground. On seeing that they are observed 

 y will dart to thick cover in which case one is not likely to see 

 m again for some time. On 30th July, 1895, I met with a party 

 idults and young in a thick patch of cedars a few miles west 

 Toronto. From nth to 30th May, 1899, I saw from one to six 

 lost daily. {J. Hughes-Samuel) Fairly common during mi- 

 tions, and breeds in fair numbers. Arrives about May i6th 

 1 leaves about September ist. {A. B.Klugh) 



was agreeably surprised to find this species breeding abund- 

 :ly at Pembina. At the end of June I found a nest supposed 

 be of this species but the identification was not at all satisfac- 

 y. {Coues) A common summer resident of scrub lands, 

 oughout Manitoba. (Tkompson-Seton.) A tolerably common 

 nmer resident at Avenue, Manitoba; arrived May 24th, 1903, 

 i disappeared early in September. {Norman Criddle.) This 

 ;cies was seen at Old Wives' Creek, eastern Assiniboia, in May, 

 )5. {Spreadborough.) A possible hybrid of this species and 



tolmiei was taken at Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. 

 utting.) This was a common species round Lake Manitoba 

 June, 1881. A nest was taken at " the narrows " on June i6th. 

 ^acoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — On June 14th, 1902, a nest with four eggs 

 s found in a damp place near Montreal. It was built in a 

 mp of golden rod three inches above the ground and composed 

 grass stems and leaves lined with thin black rootlets and hairs. 

 St 4 X 3 and 2"25 x 175. Another nest was found in the forks of 

 mall bush, the brim six inches from the ground and made of 

 ed leaves, grass and bark, with a lining of hair-like roots, nest 

 5 X 3 and2'2Sx I 75. {Garneau.) Nest found near Tetreauville, 

 ill, Que., in a low bush, rather large for the size of the bird, com- 

 sed of moss, leaves and other vegetable matter, lined with grass 

 d rootlets. Eggs 4, white, slightly sprinkled at the larger end 

 ;h brown. {G.R.White.) Mr. Ottomar Reinecke, of Buffalo, has 

 :en several sets of this species in the Niagara district, Ont. I 

 /e found a set of four that he collected at Sherkstown, Welland 

 . The nest was built in a tussock of grass one foot from the 

 )und. {W. Raine.) I met with a nest near Lansdowne, Leeds 

 ., June 2nd, 1892. It was located in a rocky place among 



