1908] Dates of Departure of Common Birds 187 



1905 



Redpoll 



Purple Finch 



Bronzed Grackle Oct. 10 



Rusty Blackbird Oct. 10 



Meadowlark 



Redwinged Blackbird 



Baltimore Oriole 



Bobolink 



Crow Nov. 4 



Prairie Horned Lark Oct. 9 



Wood Pewee Sept. 6 



Phoebe Oct. 10 



Kingbird Aug. 3 1 



Hummingbird Sept. 14 



Chimney Swift 



Nighthawk Aug. 2 1 



Whip-poor-will Oct. 5 



Flicker Sept. 28 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sept. 11 



Downy Woodpecker 



Hairv Woodpecker Dec. 1 



Kingfisher Sept. 23 



Black-billed Cuckoo 



Sparrow Hawk Sept. 6 



Marsh Hawk Nov. 7 



Killdeer Sept. 1 1 



Wilson's Snipe Oct. 30 



Woodcock Oct. 16 



Great Blue Heron Nov. 6 



Bittern 



Canada Goose Nov. 6 



Bonaparte's Gull 



Herring Gull 



Holboell's Grebe 



Loon Nov. 9 



LATE BIRDS AT GALT. 



On December 19th, 1907, a female, or immature male. 

 hooded merganser was shot on the Grand River within the town 

 limits and about a half hour later a coot appeared at the same 

 spot, which was also taken, the last named being an unusually 

 late record for this species. Golden-crowned kinglets were 

 observed Januarv 18th in some numbers. W. Herriot. 



Gait, Ont.. Januarv 18th, 1908. 



