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open j^lade in the swamp, and here were many P'lamingoes, com- 

 iPij, g'oing, and brooding the eg'gs. The nests, instead of being" 

 tall cones of mud, as usualh' pictured, were large structures of 

 sticks, and the bird curled her ungainly legs until the bones pro- 

 truded horizontally far behind the nest, wherein were two chalky 

 eggs. After completing his examination, and killing a single 

 specimen, he started to retrace his steps, carrying this additional 

 burden with him, and by dint of hard labour and good judgment, 

 sharpened by experience, he reached open water the same night. 

 The bird made a very fine specimen, and some time later, when 

 he had it and several other choice specimens at New York, it 

 excited much admiration. One visitor took a special fancy to it 

 and asked the owner to set a price on it. Not wishing to sell, he 

 named a figure which he thought far above its commercial value, 

 and was chagrined beyond measure when the enquirer promptly 

 paid the money, thus losing to him a specimen for which he had 

 performed so much toil. 



W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Colias Eurytheme. — A remarkably unusual number of the 

 above beautiful orange-t oloured Colias have been taken and ob- 

 served around Ottawa during the latter part of September and 

 the first week in October. This is a rare butterfly in this district, 

 only an occasional specimen having been observed each season in 

 years past. On October ist, five nice examples were taken on 

 and close to the Experimental Farm by Dr. Fletcher and the 

 writer, and as many as a dozen others have been observed. Mr. 

 C. H. Young has also taken over twenty specimens on his farm 

 on the Rideau River, near Hurdman's Bridge. Among the speci- 

 mens caught three of the recognized forms, viz., Eurytheme Eury- 

 theme, Eurytheme Keewaydin and Eurytheme Eriphyle were 

 represented. Many of the specimens when taken were in a fresh 

 condition and looked as if they might have just emerged from the 

 chrysalis, A number of examples of this butterfly have been also 

 taken by collectors in Toronto, and it is probable that this species 

 was fairly prevalent in many parts of Ontario this fall. Owing to 

 the fact that it is a western species occurring commonly through- 

 out Manitoba and the North-west Territories, its presence in such 

 numbers so far east as Ottawa is interesting and worth recording. 



Arthur Gibson, 



