CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 699 



A small flock was seen on Sable Island, N.S., on October 3rdi 

 1902. {JatnesBouteillier.) In pine woods, Brackley Point, Prince 

 Edward Island, July, 1888. {Macoun.) An uncommon summer 

 resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A rare summer mi- 

 grant at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Common 

 at Lake Mistassini, 1885, where it breeds. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken 

 at York Factory, Hudson Bay. {Dr. R. Bell) Taken at Fort. 

 Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Wright.) One female seen at Fox Bay, 

 Anticosti. {Brewster.) More common than the preceding in 

 eastern Quebec. Taken at Beauport. {Dionne.) A common but 

 transient visitant in spring and autumn at Montreal. {Wintle.) 



A common migrant at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A 

 common resident in autumn and winter in Parry Sound and Mus- 

 koka districts. (/. H. Fleming!) Common during migration at 

 Guelph, Ont. {A. B. Klugh.) I saw one at Norway House, June 

 17th, and took a specimen on the Echimamish, June 24th. It 

 was common at Oxford House, June 30th to July 4th. One was 

 observed as we ascended Hill River, September ist. {E. A. 

 Preble.) 



This species was observed on Mouse (Souris) River, in Septem- 

 ber during the autumnal migration, frequenting the dense under- 

 growth in the river bottom in company with warblers. {Coues.) A 

 tolerably common migrant in spring and autumn in Manitoba. 

 {Thompson- Seton.) Common at Aweme, Manitoba, in spring and 

 fall; probably breeds; arrives about April 25th, and leaves Oct. 4th. 

 {Norman Criddle!) Only three specimens were found at Medicine 

 Hat, Assa., in April aid May, 1894; common in spruce woods 

 from the mouth of Lesser Slave River to Peace River Landing, 

 Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 4th, 

 1897; tolerably common in the spruce woods and breeding with- 

 out doubt; common in the spruce woods of the foothills from 

 Edmonton to Crow's Nest Pass in- July and August; quite com- 

 mon at Banff, evidently breeding early as there were young birds 

 in May, 1891; a common species in April, 1890, at Revelstoke, 

 B.C., but all seemed to be migrants; quite common on Sophie 

 Mountain on the International Boundary, B.C., at an altitude of 

 4,400 feet in 1902; quite common in the early part of April, 1889, 

 at Hastings, Burrard Inlet; shot on the mountains at Spence's 

 Bridge, B.C., late in May, 1889; very abundant at Huntington, 

 B.C., on the International Boundary in September, 1901; appar- 



