. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part III, sparrows, swallows, vireos, warblers, wrens, titmice and thrushes, including the order : passeres after the icteridæ. Birds; Oiseaux. 58a OHOI.OGICAI, SUKVRY OF CANADA.. the M. varia spt^cics, anti that it was her nest that was plact-jl bcfort- mo, aiul which now contained fivf b«!aiitifully spotted fresh e^f^'s. The cavity in which the nest was placed had been partly excavated, probably by the bird itself; but in order to support the foundation quite a larj^e ([uantity of dead leaves and strips (if bark had been used, and inside of this th

. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part III, sparrows, swallows, vireos, warblers, wrens, titmice and thrushes, including the order : passeres after the icteridæ. Birds; Oiseaux. 58a OHOI.OGICAI, SUKVRY OF CANADA.. the M. varia spt^cics, anti that it was her nest that was plact-jl bcfort- mo, aiul which now contained fivf b«!aiitifully spotted fresh e^f^'s. The cavity in which the nest was placed had been partly excavated, probably by the bird itself; but in order to support the foundation quite a larj^e ([uantity of dead leaves and strips (if bark had been used, and inside of this th Stock Photo
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. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part III, sparrows, swallows, vireos, warblers, wrens, titmice and thrushes, including the order : passeres after the icteridæ. Birds; Oiseaux. 58a OHOI.OGICAI, SUKVRY OF CANADA.. the M. varia spt^cics, anti that it was her nest that was plact-jl bcfort- mo, aiul which now contained fivf b«!aiitifully spotted fresh e^f^'s. The cavity in which the nest was placed had been partly excavated, probably by the bird itself; but in order to support the foundation quite a larj^e ([uantity of dead leaves and strips (if bark had been used, and inside of this there was a lininjj of fine vej^etablc materials and some animal h.iir. {W. /. Kills.) MUSKUM SPI'CIMRNS. Nine; four taken at Dttawa, by Ur. V. A.Saunders in 1891; one at Ottawa by I'rof. Macoun in iSHcS; one at Indian Head, Assa., in June, 1892, and one at iMlmonton, .Ita., May 7th, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadborou)j;h; one purchased with the 1 lolman collection in 1885. CCXXV. PROTONOTARIA Haiku. 1858. «i.'57. Prothonotary Warbler. Protonotarill litreo (Bonn.) Haird. 185S. A rare niifrrant in New Hrunswick. (^Chamberlain.) One sjnci- men taken at Hamilton, Out., .May 23rd, 1888. {Mclhvniith.) 1 have every reason to suppose that this bird occasionally crosses the St. Lawrenc*' and visits Ontario, I even think it occasionally breeds, for I came across a nest located in the stub of a willow at the " drowned lands ' some eight miles north of Gananocjue, w hich contained one eg.i^s and which corresponds with the description 0/ site of nest and authentic egjf of this bird; the date was June 10th. 1S96. (Riv. C.J. Young.) CCXXVI. HELMINTHOPHILA Ridgway. 1882. 042. Golden-winged Warbler. Helminthophila chrysoptcra (L.inn.) Ridgw. 1882. Rev. C. J. Young, of Sharbot Lake, Ont., one of our closest observers.writes me that he saw this species on June 17th and 30th, 1897, on the Magdalen Islands, and that it was evidently breed- ing; I doubt the identification, but make the record. {Mac