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near Wiarton in 1888, one in 1889, and noted it on four successive 

 days in 1900 all over the base of the Peninsula. 



The Tree Swallow is surprisingly rare, only one specimen 

 having been seen. The diminution in the number of this species 

 in Western Ontario is very striking, not a single pair having 

 been observed during the nesting seasons of 1908 or 1909 near 

 London. In the Peninsula they were abundant in '87, '88, 

 and '89, but in 1900 most days revealed onlv two birds. 



Rough-winged Swallow; we were surprised to find two 

 pairs of these birds nesting in a cut bank in the village of Durham. 



A single Warbling Vireo was noted in the village, but no 

 Yellow-throats or Blue-heads were seen. 



The following warblers were noted in the numbers given, 

 the order being that of abundance as before: 



Black-throated Green. ... 25 Chestnut-sided 7 



Black and White 18 Ovenbird 7 



Yellow 14 Redstart 7 



Canada 13 Blackburnian 5 



Water Thrush 11 Mourning 5 



Black-throated Blue 10 Nashville 5 



Maryland Yellow-throat. . 7 



Brown Thrasher, of which two or three specimens were seen 

 and heard, was said by Mr. Firth to be a new arrival, never 

 having been observed before the present year, although I have 

 noted it in small numbers, spread well over the Bruce Peninsula 

 where the elevation is about 600 feet. 



The common Thrush was the Veery, but we heard also two 

 Hermits and a single Wood Thrush. The Alder, Olive-sided 

 and Least Flycatchers were all rare. Crested, Wood Pewee and 

 Kingbird being the common ones. 



PERSONAL. 



Members of the Club and friends of the late Dr. Fletcher 

 will be interested to know^ that the Division of Entomology and 

 Botany of the Dominion Experimental Farms, over whicl) he 

 was for so many years the head, has now been separated into 

 two distinct Divisions, viz., the Division of Entomology and the 

 Division of Botanv. The position of Entomologist has been 

 given to Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, and that of Botanist to Mr. H. 

 T. Gussow, F.R.M.S. Both of these gentlemen have now arrived 

 at Ottawa and are at present busily engaged in connection with 

 the work of their respective Divisions. Dr. Hewitt was formerly 

 Lecturer in Economic Zoology, University of Manchester, 

 Manchester, England, and Mr. Gussow, Assistant to Dr. William 



