32 The Ottawa Naturalist. [May 



THE OCCURRENCE OF THE BOHEMIAN WAXWING 

 (BOMBYCILLA GARRULA) AT ARNPRIOR. 



On the afternoon of April 28th last while out on one of my usual, 

 almost daily, bird walks, I had the good fortune to observe a single 

 male specimen of this beautiful northern species. I was walking 

 through a rather thick growth of prickly ash and hawthorne, when a 

 waxwing suddenly flew up into a neighboring pine. Its large size and 

 the considerable amount of white on its wings at once convinced me 

 that it was not the Cedar Waxwing. As I approached the pine tree, the 

 bird flew back into the shrubbery, where I was able to observe it 

 closely with my glasses for nearly ten minutes. Its large size, black 

 chin and the yellow and white markings on the wings were plainly 

 visible, so I have not the slightest doubt of the correctness of my 

 identification, even though the bird was not collected. This is the first 

 record I have of the Bohemian Waxwing at Arnprior. 



A. L. Gormley. 



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NOTE. 



About 9 a.m., April 3, a flock of forty-two wild geese passed 

 over the Victoria Museum, Ottawa, flying in a northwesterly direction. 

 At the same time a flock of six ducks passed northward crossing 

 directly above the geese. C. L. Patch. 



