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655. Myetle Warblee — Dendroica coronata (Linn.). 



In course of five seasons' residence at Fort Anderson, 

 thirteen nests, each containing four or five eggs, were ob- 

 tained, several of v^hich were found on the ground, and the 

 majority of them on low spruce bushes. The nest was in 

 composition similar to that of D. cestiva and others of that 

 ilk. Over forty years ago Mr. B. R. Ross obtained skins 

 and eggs thereof in Mackenzie River. Somewhat rare in 

 British Columbia. The eggs of this species are white, with 

 more or less dark spots on them. There are seventeen skins 

 and two sets of eggs in the National Museum at Ottawa. 



656. Audubon's Waeblee — Dendroica auduhoni (Towns.). 



On 1st June, 1889, an Indian hunter discovered a nest 

 of this species on a willow bush, having therein four compara- 

 tively fresh eggs. The female parent was seen, badly shot, 

 and a portion of the skin was brought in to Fort St. James 

 for identification. Four days later another man turned up 

 with a nest containing but one egg — the other two got broken 

 on the way. There was a fourth which lacked the usual 

 shell covering. Position and composition of nest were much 

 the same. This is a fairly abundant summer resident 

 throughout Northern British Columbia. If at all present, 

 it must be rare in Western Canada east of the " Rockies." 

 The Ottawa Museum holds twenty-eight specimens, and not 

 an egg, of this interesting species ! 



657. Magnolias Waebi.ee — Dendroica maculosa (Gmelin). 



A male bird was shot at Fort Providence in June, 1885, 

 and it was sent to Dr. Bell. Mr. McKay found three nests, 

 each holding four eggs, near the Company's post at Pelican 

 Narrows, early in June, 1891. They were built on scrub 

 pine, and the parents were duly secured. He states that 

 these warblers arrive in spring as the trees begin to display 

 their new leaves, on which they chiefly subsist. Mr. Ross 



