1908] The Ottawa Naturalist. 163 



NOTES. 



The Worm-eating Warbler in Ontario. — On the morn- 

 ing of May 28th, 1908, I took a male Worm-eating Warbler in a 

 maple wood, with chestnut ridge, about three miles west of 

 London, Ont. 



My attention was attracted by a song which seemed to be 

 that of a Chipping Sparrow, delivered very rapidly 1 ut with a 

 tone a trifle more musical than is the case with the sparrow. 

 After some search we found him sitting still about fiftv feet up 

 and with a glass I could see a warbler's bill and could tell that 

 it was flesh coloured, although the light was too poor to show 

 anything more. A lucky shot brought him down and I had the 

 pleasure of picking up the first Worm-eating Warbler recorded 

 for Canada. 



In thinking the matter over I remembered having heard a 

 similar, but not identical, song about a week before, ten miles 

 farther west but was unable to even see the author of the note. 

 Since then I have been told that this warbler was accurately 

 described by a boy living not far from where mine was taken, 

 so that it is possible more than one have been about. Three or 

 four years ago Prairie Warblers were reported and taken in 

 several places throvighout the province where they liad not been 

 seen before and it is possible that this year may see an oc urrence 

 of Worm-eating Warblers which will parallel that of the other 

 species. — W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



Nesting of the Bartramian Sandpiper. — On Mi v 26th, 

 1908, while passing through some fields near Morrisburg, Ont., 

 I was surprised by flushing a bird of the above spe^^ies. In a 

 minute the nest and four fresh eggs were found. The nest was 

 built in a dry, scrubby field, where Meadowlarks were nesting. 

 Tlie bird had excavated a hole about the size of a srurer, and 

 lined the same with a few dead grasses, the whole 1 eing - rrtially 

 concealed by long grass. — W. J. Brown, W^estmount, Que. 



Cypripedium .\rietinum on the Shore of Lake Erie. — 

 On May 30tli, while exploring Turkey Point with Mr. J. S. 

 Wallace, of Toronto, we found a large patch of Ram's Head 

 Lady Slipper within one-quarter mile of Lake Erie, which was 

 growing in the more open places in a cedar thicket and ?T^peared 

 to be flourishing. We brought away about 20 roots for t'^e garden 

 but we made no serious impression on the numbers of the colony. 

 I had found this plant on the shore of Lake Huron in t o places. 

 but never on Lake Erie. 



