CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 705 



land; breeds at Stewiacke. (Downs.) Rare in woods at Brack- 

 y Point, Prince Edward Island, July 4th, 1888; also on Cape 

 reton Island in 1898. {Mdcoun.) A summer resident in the 

 ;ighbourhood of St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A tolerably 

 immon summer resident along the St. John River, Scotch Lake, 

 ork Co., N.B. (W.JI. Moore.) Common sumnjer resident on 

 e Magdalen Islands. {Bisko/>.) One pair breeding at Ellis 

 ay, Anticbsti, July 24th. {Brewster.) 



Common summer resident at Montreal; breeds in Mount Royal 

 irk; nests with eggs found from May 31st to June 27th. {Wintle.) 

 [lis, is a common summer resident in eastern Quebec. Taken at 

 sauport. {Dionne) A common summer resident around Ottawa. 

 Ittawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A very common bird, breeding in 

 imbers in eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young!) An abundant 

 mmer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H- 

 leming.) Not uncommon in Algonquin Park, Ont., in summer of 

 100. {Spreadborough.) Very common summer resident at Guelph, 

 nt. Arrives about May 8th, leaves about September loth. 

 l.B.Klugh.) Summer resident and breeding at Penetanguishene, 

 nt. {A. F. Young.) 

 Unlike the other species of this genus this form does not appear 



extend westward beyond the valley of Red River; at any rate 

 was only observed in the vicinity of Pembina. Here it was 

 und breeding in abundance during the month of June. A nest 

 as found on the 9th June, containing four fresh eggs of a uniform 

 uish-green colour. It was placed upon a small heap of decayed 

 aves which had been caught on the footstalks of a bush a few 

 ches from the ground, and composed of weed-stems, grasses 

 id fibrous bark-strips, woven together, and mixed with withered 

 aves. The walls were thick, giving a bulky, irregular, and rather 

 ovenly appearance. {Coues.) An abundant summer resident 



thickets in Manitoba. {Tkompson-Seton.) A tolerably common 

 eeding summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba ; arrives about 

 :ay 15th and leaves about the ist of September. {Norman 

 nddle.) 



Breeding Notes.— Breeds in numbers in woods around Ottawa. 

 tie nest is made of dried leaves mixed with grass, bark or 

 anches, and is placed near a tree on a bed of leaves, in a low 

 ish or sometimes on a stump. Four eggs are usually laid in 



