1913] The Ottawa Naturalist. 43 



In addition to those already mentioned there are other 

 wild plants which find employment in various ways, as, for 

 example, the Sugar Maple {Acer saccharum Marsh) whose sap 

 yields maple syrup and maple sugar, the Wild Bergamot (Monarda 

 fistulosa L.) often cultivated in gardens for its fragrant essential 

 oil, Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens L.) yielding the well- 

 known "oil of wintergreen," the Cherry or Sweet Birch (Betula 

 lenta L.) which also yields the same oil, and whose sugary sap 

 when fermented gives Birch Beer, while closer study will possibly 

 reyeal amongst our natiye flora, fibre plants of commercial 

 yalue. 



EARLY WINTER BIRD NOTES: 1912-13. 



By L. McI. Terrill. St. Lambert, Oue. 



Though v inter conditions set in fairly early, during the latter 

 part of Noyember, lengthy interyals of mild or rainy weather 

 haye left us at present (January 2 5th) with yery little snow 

 perhaps an ayerage of three or four inches many wind-swept 

 fields being practically bare. 



The following notes are from two localities: Montreal,, and 

 Bury, a yillage in Compton County, 125 miles east of Montreal. 

 This latter place is in the heart of a hilly, well-wooded district, 

 where the snowfall is more uniformly retained and birds are more 

 evenly distributed than in the level, wind-swept and sparsely- 

 wooded district about Montreal. 



My walks, in the vicinity of Montreal, were taken chiefly 

 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. 



Herring Gull, Larus argentatus. Seen almost daily above the 



riyer, at St. Lambert, until January 12th, when the last 



bird was noticed. 

 Golden-eye, Clangula clangula americana. Both of these ducks 



fairlv common on the riyer near Laprairie ; last seen January 



12th. 

 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis canadensis. Last seen at 



Bury, December 13th, when two flocks of four and five 



birds flew south oyer the St. Francis River. 



Canada Spruce Partridge, Canachites canadensis canace. One 

 shot December 9th, at Bury. (Becoming quite scarce in 

 this district). 



Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos brack yrhynchos. One heard at 

 Burv, December 14th. December 18th, saw about 3 5, 



