Auk, XV. Apxa^l898. »,if6. 



i. ,yl/^ay^t^ S>e-tr-^c^. 



Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis). — My brother and myself 

 found a nest of this species, containing a number of young, at Spry- 

 field, near Halifax, on June ii, 1894. It was simply a cavity in moss, in 

 situ upon the face of a rock close to the shore of a small lake. This moss 

 ■was constantly saturated zvitk ivatey which trickled from a bank above and 

 slowly flowed over the stone on which the moss grew. There is not the 

 least doubt as to identification, for one of the parent birds was seen 

 entering and leaving the exit several times. We were close alongside and 

 could distinctly see the bird. In May, 1891, we found a nest of the same 

 species only a couple of feet from the site of the one just mentioned. It 

 precisely resembled the latter in form, construction and materials, as well 

 as in being saturated with moisture. A full description of the nest of 

 1891, which contained a number of eggs, will be found in the 'Trans- 

 actions' of the N. S. Institute of Science, VIII, 203. — Harry Piers, 

 Halifax, N. S. 



Birds of Toronto, Canada, 

 by James K. Fleming, 

 Part II, Land Birds, 

 Aiilv, XXIV, Jan., 1907, p. 85. 



273. Olbiorchilus hiemalis. Winter Wren. — Common migrant, 

 April 14 to May 7, and September 10 to October 26; latest fall record 

 1 November 12, 1895; rare winter resident (January 18, 1892; March 17,, 

 1894); very rare summer resident, breeds (June 2, 1894, W. Raine). 



