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its song- was heard almost continually. After leaving that point we 

 saw nothing more of the bird. 



Vireo philadelphicus (Cass.). Philadelphia Vireo. 



A peculiar vireo song- heard on Hill River July 8 was probably the 

 song of this species, but I was unable to secure the bird. 



Baird recorded the species from ]\loose Factory, where specimens 

 were taken June 2, I860, by C. Drexler." Walton Haydon took 

 specimens at the same place in 1881. 



Vireo solitarius (^^'iis.). Blue-headed Vireo. - 



One (a male) taken at Oxford House July 3, and one heard singing 

 in a swamp bordering Knee Lake July 5. 



Mniotilta varia (Linn.). Black and White Warbler. 



Recorded by Turner from Moose Factory, where Drexler took 

 specimens May 13 and 31, i860.* Xutting reported one specimen 

 from Grand Rapids. Saskatchewan.*^^ 



Helminthophila celata (Say). Orange-crowned Warbler. 



One was taken in a willow thicket at York Factory July 16, and the 

 species was again noted near Pine Lake September 13, and at Duck 

 Point, Playgreen Lake, September li). 



Helminthophila peregrina (AVils.). Tennessee Warbler. 



Two females taken at Oxford House Julj^ 3. The species was fairly 

 conunon at York Factory, where specimens were taken July 13, 1-t, 

 and 16. Baird recorded specimens from Fort George and ]\Ioose 

 Factorj^ collected by C. Drexler in I860,'' and the species was taken 

 at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.). Cape May Warbler. 



Recorded by Turner from Moose Factory, where one was taken May 

 28, 1860, by Drexler."' The collection of the U. S. National Museum 

 contains other specimens from the same place. 



Dendroica sestiva (Gmel.). Yellow Warbler. 



Rather common at Norway House, Oxford House, and York Fac- 

 tory. Specimens taken at these three points have a slightly darker 

 crown than is usual in eastern examples, but are referable to the typ- 

 ical form. 



Specimens taken at Fort Churchill many years ago are recorded liy 

 Clarke,-'" and the catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum col- 



« Review of American Birds, p. 341, May, 1866. 

 sProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 236, 1885. 

 c Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 277, 1893. 

 <:t Review of American Birds, p. 179, April, 1865. 

 "Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 237, 1885. 

 /Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 



