1906] Note on Chrysanthemum 55 



tion of this species is becoming better known, and there are 

 various reports that it was found to nest in different parts of On- 

 tario, as well as in the other provinces of the Dominion, yet no 

 ornithologist of Ontario comes forward to actually state that he 

 had seen a nest or taken a set of the eggs of this species within 

 the boundaries of this province ; so it is here claimed that the 

 above observations are the first actual record of the finding of the 

 nest of Wilson's snipe in southern Ontario. This game bird is 

 called Wilson's snipe because Alex. Wilson, the distinguished 

 British-American ornithologist, was among the first to direct 

 attention to the difference between it and its European congener. 

 Regarding it he says : " This bird is well known to our sports- 

 men ; and, if not the same, has a very near resemblance to the 

 common snipe of Europe. It is usually known by the name of the 

 English snipe to distinguish it from the woodcock and from sev- 

 eral others of the same genus." Up to the past spring season of 

 1905, I had noted this bird only as a spring and autumn visitor, 

 but it is probable that in the last few years when seen in small 

 flocks I have confounded it with the woodcock. 



Wm. L. Kells. 



Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. The the typical Ox-eye 

 Daisy appears to be confined to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, at 

 least as represented in the herbarium of the Geological Survey, all 

 our specimens from the interior, including several from Ottawa, 

 being the var. siibpinnitifidum, Fenald. The species should be 

 looked for at Ottawa and is easily distinguished from the variety 

 by its basal leaves alone. In C. Leucantliemum these are "spat- 

 ulate-obovate, on slender elongate petioles, the blades crenate- 

 dentate, the slightly broadened petiole-bases rarely fimbiate. In 

 var. stib-pinnatifidum the basal leaves are " coarsely and irregularly 

 toothed or lobed, often with the petioles fimbriate at base." The 

 cauline leaves of the variety are much narrower than in the species. 



J. M. M, 



