CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 66l 



The following records of the occurrence of this bird in Canada 

 are given by Dr. J. Dwight, Jr.,in The Auk ^o\. XIII., p. 344: i. One 

 specimen seen but not captured at Strathroy, Ont., July ist, 1880. 

 2. The Chatham record as given by Mr. Mcllwraith. 3. The 

 Hamilton record as given by the same. 4. A bird was wounded 

 and caught alive at Truro, N.S., July ist, 1889. It showed no 

 signs of being an escaped cage bird. 5. This is a young bird 

 taken in the fall of 1894 on Sable Island, N.S. It must have 

 reached there owing to a severe storm. 



A young male in juvenile plumage was captured on Sable 

 Island, N.S., September 5th, 1902, hopping about a woodpile. {James 

 BouteilHer.) 



CCXXXIX. GALEOSCOPTES Cabanis. 1850. 



704. Catbird. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.) Cab. 1850. 

 A rather common summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) 

 Apparently rare on Prince Edward Island; a few specimens were 

 seen in July, 1888, at Stewart's mill. {Macoun.) A rare and 

 irregular summer resident at St. John,N.JB. {Chamberlain.) Sum- 

 mer resident along St. John River, N.B., and tolerably common. 

 {W.H.Moore.) 



Common summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in the city and 

 in Mount Royal park. Nests with eggs found from May 29th to 

 July 19th. '{Wintle.) A common summer resident in eastern 

 Quebec. Taken at St. Foy. {Dionne.) A common summer 

 resident around Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very 

 common everywhere in eastern Ontario; sometimes remaining 

 until the end of September. {Rev. C.J. Young.) An abundant 

 summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; breeding 

 usually on the edge of the forest or in gardens of the settlers. 

 {J. H. Fleming!) Very common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. 

 Arrives about May loth and leaves about September 25th. {A.B. 

 Klugh!) A very common summer resident at Penetanguishene, 

 Ont.; breeds very frequently in wild rose bushes in meadow-lands. 

 {A .F. Young) 



The catbird was found to be one of the common birds of the Red 

 River region, where it was breeding in June in situations similar 



