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sprinkling of dry moss. Mr. Eoss says " North to La 

 Pierre's House in the Mackenzie River District." Not so 

 abundant or so widely distributed as the oven bird. While its 

 nest is not dome-shaped, it yet is placed among the stumps and 

 in the cavities of fallen trees, and is usually composed of 

 more or less hay, withered leaves and plant stems intermixed 

 with rootlets and similar material. Four and five eggs con- 

 stitute a set, and they are white with reddish-brovsra spots, 

 mostly at the larger end. The Ottawa Museum collection 

 consists of only two specimens, taken at Algonquin Park, 

 Ontario, on 28th May, 1900, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 

 There is not even one egg ! 



6Y5a. Geinneli,''s Watee Ti-ieush — Seiurus noveboracensis 

 notabilis (Eidgway). 



On 25th June, 1889, an Indian brought into Port St. 

 James a nest containing five eggs, in which we found largely 

 developed embryos. The nest was placed on a bush, but he 

 failed to secure the parent. Next day, however, a boy took 

 a nest with four eggs in a similar position. He asserted 

 that he caught the mother thereon with his hand. The 

 skin, nest and both sets of eggs were forwarded to Washing- 

 ton and were there identified under this heading. On June 

 10th, 1899, the Eev. Mr. (now Bishop) Stringer found a 

 nest and four eggs at the mouth of the Mackenzie Eiver. 

 It was on the ground under willows near the river bank. 

 Mr. W. Raine, of Toronto, is their possessor. Fairly com- 

 mon in British Columbia. The young in full plumage 

 taken on the Yukon are said to be clove-brown above, includ- 

 ing wings and tail, darker than usual in notabilis, and 

 have darker streaks ,below. Eggs resemble those of No. 675. 

 There is not a single egg, and but two skin specimens, — ^both 

 taken by Mr. Spreadborough, one in 1892 at Indian Head, 

 and the other at the Peax3e Eiver Landing, latitude 56° 15' 

 north, on 24th June, 1903 — in the National Museum at 

 Ottawa ! 



