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very plentiful near his raneli at Big Point on the south-west 

 shore of Lake Manitoba, it being no uncommon thing to flush 

 six or more from around any little damp spot in the woods. 



j. B. Wallis, Winnipeg, Man. 



The Flowerix(-;-kush. In reference to a very interesting 

 communication by the late Dr. James Fletcher in The Ottawa 

 Naturalist for July (p. 80), I am glad to report that the 

 Flowering-rush, Bntomiis umbellaius, grows in this localit)- also. 

 It was seen in Julv, 1906, on the inlet from the Canal near the end 

 of Bank Street, opposite the residence of Mgr. Sbarretti. I 

 sup{)osed it was merely an escape from cultivation, probably from 

 the Experimental Farm, and did not report it. This year the 

 number of plants had increased and were spread over a larger 

 area. 



E. H. Blackadek. Ottawa. 



A Woodpecker at a Show. During the progress of the 

 Annual Provincial Exhibition at Victoria, B.C., in the last week 

 in September, a Woodpecker, of the Flicker variety, took up his 

 abode in the main exhibition building. Here he made himself 

 fullv at home, quite fearless apparently of the multitude of 

 visitors who were continually passing through the building, flying 

 from point to point with the utmost unconcern and in spite of the 

 printed warnings. and without the fear of the watchful attendants, 

 he distributed his favours most impartially by helping himself 

 to the choicest apples, pecking holes in all and sundry, within 

 a few feet of the hundreds who witnessed his depredations. 



The propensitv of this bird to forsake his natural food and 

 take to fruit during the autumn in the Province of British 

 Columbia is well known, but this is the first instance within my 

 knowledge when he went so far as to visit a show to satisfy his 



appetite. 



J. R. AxDERsox, Victoria, B.C. 



The Early Wake-robix. In the spring of 1907, a box of 

 the Mavflower, Epigcea repens was sent here from Massey. 

 Algoma', containing a few other plants one of which was a 

 Trillium with root\vhich was planted. On the 15th of March. 

 1908, it came into bloom with the earliest crocuses in the garden, 

 and proved to be the Early Wake-robin, Trillium nivale, Riddell, 

 the first record of its being found in Canada. 



W. Herriot, Gait, Ont. 



