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The Ottawa Naturalist. 



[Dec. 



Marsh Hawk 8 



Duck Hawk 



Fish Hawk 



Red-tailed Hawk 1 



Cooper's Hawk 8 



Dove 



Bald Eagle 



Semipalmated Plover 1 



Spotted Sandpiper 1 



Sanderling 2 



Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 



Least Sandpiper 1 



Snipe 1 



King Rail 1 



Bittern 



Least Bittern 1 



Great Blue Heron 2 



Wood Duck 30 



Blue-winged Teal 35 



Green- winged Teal 5 



Black Duck 



Herring Gull 100 



Ring-billed Gull 400 



Bonaparte's Gull - 1 



Coot 1 



Florida Gallinule. . . 8 



15 

 100 

 100 



1 



3 



50 

 50 



RARE BIRDS AT POINT PELEE. 



By W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



The visit of the enthusia.sts to Point Pelee, beginning 

 October 1st, proved no exception to the rule that the Point 

 always has something of extraordinary interest for the bird man. 



This time we discovered Henslow's Sparrow in migration 

 and it certainly gave one a feeling of satisfaction to go to a 

 certain field selected because of its fitness, for this sparrow at 

 this time, and then after a short time, to find and secure it. 

 We got altogether three, and those who are acquainted with this 

 bird in its autumn plumage, will realize its beauty. The species 

 of the genus Ammodramus, perhaps without exception, make 

 it a rule to spend the winter in their highest plumage, and when 

 they reach the breeding grounds in spring, not having molted 

 since the previous autumn, they are in worn plumage, so that 

 the autumn and mid-winter specimens which I have taken of 



