122 The Ottawa Naturalist [Oct. -Nov. 



able battle-line of six young Sharp-shinned Hawks was encount- 

 ered the whole family being perched around the edge and watch- 

 ing every movement of the intruder. The birds vied with one 

 another in the attack and shufhed each other about in the 

 endeavour, to my mind, to obtain the most prominent striking- 

 point. One more daring and adventuresome than the rest fell 

 over the side of the nest and hung head downwards from the 

 projecting twigs. The others, apparently, envied this position, 

 as they made several attempts to use the unfortunate bird as 

 a perch. At this juncture I descended, as it was evident the 

 family would shortly come to grief. The parent birds, strange 

 to say, did not join in this demonstration, but kept some fifty 

 yards away, uttering their alarm notes at intervals. The 

 young, judging by their vigorous protests and actions, were 

 ready to leave the nest. A week later the birds, old and young, 

 were discovered in the tree tops in the vicinity. 



W. J. Brown, YVestmount, Que. 



The White-wixged Juxco ix Manitoba. On the sixth of 

 October, my brother, Stuart, saw a strange Junco among a 

 number of hyemalis, and recognising it as probably new he 

 collected it. It answers very well to aikeni, having the char- 

 acteristic white wing bars with the three outer tail feathers 

 wholly, and the fourth partly white. 



This makes three different Juncoes recorded for the province : 

 hyemalis, an abundant species which breeds in fair numbers; 

 aikeni, and shufeldti, both as yet only observed as migrants. 



The White-winged Junco breeds in North Dakota and 

 winters in Colorado and Kansas. It has not, so far as I am 

 aware, been previously recorded for Canada, though odd individ- 

 uals that looked like it have been seen from time to time at 

 Aw erne. 



Norman Criddle. 



Hoyt's Horned Lark in Manitoba. This Horned Lark, 

 Otocoris alpestris hoyti, was taken by my brother, Stuart, and 

 individuals identified through the courtesy of the Chief of the 

 U.S. Biological Survey, by Mr. Oberholser. Though this appears 

 to be the first definite Manitoba record, the bird is quite abundant 

 during the the migratory seasons and arrives in company with 

 the Lapland Longspurs. It can be readily distinguished in the 

 spring from the Prairie Horned Lark, by its rather darker and 

 more distinctly marked plumage. In habits, too, it mav be told 

 by its manner of hiding behind clods of earth, like its companion 

 the Longspur, whereas the latter always mounts them, as if 

 desirous of being seen. 



