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THE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET IN ONTARIO IN 



SUMMER. 



While so far no nests have been found, there is sufficient 

 evidence at hand to show that the golden -crowned kinglet breeds 

 in the more southerly portions of Ontario more frequently than 

 is usually supposed. Mr. Mcllwraith, in "The Birds of Ontario," 

 records the fact that he once in June met with a pair, evidently 

 mated, in a swamp near Hamilton. Mr. James H. Fleming, in 

 his list of the birds of Muskoka and Parry Sound says, "On 

 two occasions I have met w4th birds in May, that from their 

 actions must have been nesting." 



On June 3rd, 1904, the writer found a pair in a dense growth 

 of tall black spruce, at the edge of a bog near Guelph. Both 

 were feeding, and the male was singing in an undertone. On 

 June 12th, 1906, some 14 miles west of Kingston, the writer 

 came across a pair in a fringe of trees between the road and 

 Lake Ontario. In this fringe were many white spruces. The 

 birds repeatedlv flew into a bunch of twigs near the end of one 

 of the branches of a white spruce. The male was singing a 

 subdued song. 



A. B. Klugh. 



Kingston, Ont. 



NESTING OF THE AMERICAN GOSHAWK IN LATI- 

 TUDE 49.42. 

 By Norman Criddle, Aweme, Manitoba. 



On the 14th of April, 1906, while in heavy timber near 

 the Assiniboine River, I was attracted by loud shrill cries to a 

 pair of goshawks. Suspecting that they were nesting, I left the 

 neighborhood with the intention of visiting them again later. 

 This I did in about a week's time, and then found the nest, 

 which was nearly completed, in a large balsam poplar, some 

 30 feet from the ground, and about 70 yards from the edge of 

 the larger trees. The male bird made several close swoops at 

 me as I walked past, but the female continued sitting just below 

 the nest. The remains of several bush rabbits (L. Americana) 

 were noted some distance from the nest on a fallen tree, and 

 the male bird was seen to make a dive at one in. a brush pile, 

 coming down with a bang among the twigs and sticks, but the 

 rabbit escaped, owing to the thickness of the underbrush. 

 I again met the male later in the afternoon nearly a mile away, 



