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Taken altogether the year's work has been very satisfactory to the 

 members and interest has not flagged at any time, each member seeming 

 anxious to do what he could towards adding to the interest. 



Meeting of the London Ornithological Section. — The March 

 meeting of this section was held on the evening of March 2nd, in the 

 rooms of the Entomological Society. After routine business, the monthly 

 list of species observed was taken up resulting in the addition of the 

 following ten species for February, with a total of seventeen species 

 observed during the month : — Goldfinch, Robin, Buftiehead, Great 

 Horned Owl, Great Northern Shrike, Song Sparrow, Bluebird, J unco, 

 White-winged Crossbill, Mottled Owl. The chairman reported that a 

 specimen of the Great Carolina Wren had been received by one of our 

 members, Mr. L. H. Smith, from Forest. This is the first record of its 

 occurrence in Canada. Mr. Stevenson remarked on the abundance of 

 the Snowy Owl in this vicinity during the present winter, about eight or 

 ten having been heard of by members of this section, all seen or taken in 

 the county of Middlesex. The chairman reported the capture of a 

 Bohemian Waxwing in September, 1890, by Mr. Harry Gould, while 

 feeding in a wild cherry tree in company with some Cedarbirds. This 

 appears to be the first record of its occurrence since about 1878, when 

 Mr. W. Hines captured a few in the city in midwinter. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



HALISIDOTA TRIGONA. 



Dear Sir, — In reply to Mr. Dyar's note on p. 43, I would say that I 

 compared my type with Herrich-Schteffer's figure of specidaris from 

 Brazil, and arrived at the conclusion that the two closely allied forms 

 were distinct species. In one of my papers (Tr. Kans. Ac. Sci., p. 65,) I 

 gave the differences observed : " Closely resembles the Brazilian 

 specularis, H.-S , fig. 59. It differs by the smaller size of the vitreous spot, 

 the outer edge of which is farther from the external margin and more 

 even. The Brazilian species wants the yellow terminal shade line (from 

 the figure). There is a great resemblance between the two widely 

 geographically separated forms." Mr. _Dyar says : "I have compared 

 Mr. Grote's description with H.-S. figure, and there is no doubt but that 

 the two refer to the same insect.'" The "doubt" I have grounded as 



