40 The Ottawa Naturalist. [May 



Am. Goldfinch Saw a flock on each of two days, the 8th and 

 9th December. 



Snowbird Noted almost daily in small flocks. 



Am. Crossbill Saw two flocks in flight, presumably of this 

 species. 



White-breasted Nuthatch One seen. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch Fairly common; seen on several occa- 

 sions. 



B. C. Chickadee Fairly common; noted daily. 



Golden C. Kinglet Saw several flocks daily; apparently the 

 most common bird here at this season. 



Pileated Woodpeckers are a fairly common resident in 

 this district ; Canada Javs much less so, onlv an occasional pair 

 remaining through the winter. 



The feathers of a Barred Owl found on the crust in pine 

 woods, pointed to an unusual tragedy; a hunter hunted. A clot 

 of blood beneath the feather-laden limb of a large pine, almost 

 proved that some carnivorous animal, possiblv Pine Marten or 

 Fisher, had crept out on the limb and caught the owl napping. 



MEETING OF ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH. 



Held at the residence of Mr. J. W. Baldwin, on the evening 

 of the Ith April, 1910. 



Mr. Baldwin had on exhibit most of his collection of local 

 lepidoptera. This collection is becoming an interesting one and 

 is considerably added to everv season. Species of uncommon 

 occurrence in the Ottawa District, and which had been collected 

 during 1909, were pointed ou;. Among these the v/riter noted 

 particularly. Sphinx lucitiosa. which is very rare at Ottawa, 

 Ampelophaga versicolor, Apantesis virguncula, Apatela retardata, 

 Orthosia helva and Autographa rectangula. Most of these speci- 

 mens had been collected at the Electric Railway Power House 

 on the Britannia line. The powerful electric lights at this place 

 are wonderfully attractive to insects of many kinds and the above 

 is, therefore, a favourite rendezvous for some of the local ento- 

 mologists. 



Mr. Groh showed two thorns of Cratagus on each of which 

 a Lachnosternid beetle had been impaled, the Vv^ork most prob- 

 ably of the Northern Shrike. These had been collected in June 

 from a tree at Dow's swamp. This exhibit led to an interesting 

 discussion on the attraction of certain plants to insects, as for 

 instance Dogbane, Milkweed, Tarry Cockle or Sleeply Catchfly 

 etc. 



