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The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 



[Vol. XXV. 



make this record of possible interest to 

 other observertsi. 



The thicket in which this bird was 

 seen runs through two gardens and some 

 adjoining' vacant-building-land on ''The 

 Mountain" and about tvliree hundred 

 yards south of its edge. The neighbor- 

 hood is a very quiet one ; and the 

 thicket is a favorite haunt for migrating 

 birds. Only the Yellow Warbler, of this 

 family, was noticed there before the Prai- 

 rie Warbler in 1920; and no others were 

 recorded until several days later. 



R. Owen Merriman. 



quite unafraid. I was surprised to see 

 not a few of them witJh a white spot 

 the size of a five cent piece at t^he side 

 of the neck, just in front of the wing 

 at the shoulder. It was a beautiful sight 

 to 6ee a tree literally covered with hun- 

 dreds of these birds, the brandhes bend- 

 ing under their weight. I have not jieard 

 of their liaving been seen in such large 

 flocks before. 



Neil Gilmour, Moose Jaw, Sask. 



Bohemian Waxwings in Saskatchewan. 

 On April 1st (1921) I saw a very in- 

 teresting and to me a new sig^it. When 

 I say I saw a flock of one thousand 

 Bohemian waxwings, I feel confident that 

 I could multiply that number by three 

 and still be within tllie mark. This was 

 in River park (Regina). There were 

 acres of them, feeding on the bushes and 

 shrubs of the park. Thej' would take 

 wing, circle, and again alight, and a,s 

 they rose there was a roaring sound from 

 * their wings. They flew from busih to 

 busih and pa.ssed within ten feet of me 



Appointments. In November, 1920, 

 Mr. Harrison F. Lewis, of Bergerville, 

 Quebec, and Mr. J. A. Munro, of Okana- 

 gan Landing, B.C., were appointied Chief 

 Federal Migratoiy Bird Officers for On- 

 tario and Quebec, and for the Western 

 Provinces, respectively, Mr. R. W. Tufts, 

 of Wolfville, Nova Scotia, was appointed 

 to a similar position for the Maritime 

 Provinces in 1919. All three have brougiht 

 to their new positions that prime requi- 

 site, a tjiiorough knowledge of ornithology, 

 and great advances in the cause of bird 

 protection in Canada may confidently be 

 expected a a result of their efforts. 



H. L. 



