644 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



edge of Vermilion Lake at Banff, Alberta. (W.Raine.) Nest, 

 in a hemlock tree near the ground in woods near Ottawa, com- 

 posed of dry moss and twigs compacted together; lined with fine 

 fibre and fine grass; eggs 4, dull white, sprinkled with reddish and" 

 brown dots towards 'the larger end where the markings form a 

 circle, leaving the extremity plain. (G. R. White.) This is a rare 

 warbler in Ontario; a nest was taken in the vicinity of Lansdowne, 

 Leeds Co., in June, 1894 not very far from the St. Lawrence; there 

 were four eggs in this nest, which was built on the ground ; they 

 were small and white, thickly marked with fine brick-red spots. 

 {Rev. C.J. Young) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven; one taken at Ottawa by Dr. F. A. Saunders, July 3rd, 

 1890; one taken at Hyde Park near Toronto, by Mr.S. Herring, in 

 May, 1891; one at Medicine Hat, Assa., JVIay 17th, 1894; three at 

 Canmore, Rocky Mountains in May, 1891, and one at Banff,Rocky 

 Mountains, June 15th, 1891, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



685a. Pileolated Warbler. 



Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (Pall.) Coues. 1880. 



Rather rare at Agassiz, B.C., in May, 1889; observed at Chilli- 

 wack, B.C. and along that river to the head of Chilliwack Lake in 

 the summer of 1901; first seen on May 7th, 1893, near Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island, by the 14th, they were common in all the willow 

 thickets: they were seen at Sooke, Nanaimo, Comox and other 

 points and are a common summer resident on the island. {Spread- 

 borough!) British Columbia. {Lord.) More common in the coast 

 region than in the interior; breeds. {Streator.) A common sum- 

 mer resident, chiefly west of the Coast Range. {Fannin.) A 

 tolerably common summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) As 

 early as May 12th, these birds have been found feeding their 

 young in Oregon; from this region it extends north and occupies 

 the entire Pacific shore of the Alaskan mainland. {Nelson.) An 

 adult male was taken at Sitka, Alaska, on August i8th and several 

 others including juveniles seen on August 21st; they were in low 

 brush along the shores of a secluded bay where they possibly 

 breed. {Grimull.) 



We found this the most abundant bird at Glacier, June 5-lp, 

 frequenting the alder thickets from the valley as far as they 



