188 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Dec. 



Squirrel eating a bird. I observed last summer at Angers, 

 Que., in a garden, a common squirrel eating a bird. I chased 

 the animal froin tree to tree, but it did not release its prey until 

 it was struck with a long stick. The bird was a young sparrow, 

 although I think it was old enough to fly. It was still warm 

 when I picked it up and the inside of its body was completely 

 eaten. The fact seems to be peculiar as it occurred at a season 

 when fruits, and other squirrel food, are plentiful, and I have 

 never noticed in any scientific reports at hand that squirrels 

 become carnivorous. I would be interested to know if any other 

 naturalist ever saw anything of this kind. 



Geo. Michauo, Ottawa. 



In the October number of the Ottawa Naturalist in his 

 " Notes on the Species of Phseocyma found in Canada," Dr. J. B. 

 Smith stated that he had just finished a revision of all the 

 American forms. This monograph "A Revision of some species 

 of Noctuidae heretofore referred to the Genus Homoptera, 

 Boisduval," has just been published, (Proc. U. S. Nat. Musetim. 

 Vol. XXXV, pp. 209-275). This treatise which deals with a group 

 of moths, the members of which have been much confused in 

 collections, will be welcom.ed with delight by lepidopterists. 

 We are deeply indebted to Dr. Smith for this valuable puVjlica- 

 tion. 



It is with very great regret that we have to record the 

 death of Dr. James Fletcher, Entomologist and Botanist of the 

 Dominion Experimental Farms, which occurred at the Royal 

 Victoria Hospital, Montreal, on November 8th, 1908, in 

 his 57th year. The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, of which he 

 has been styled "The Father," lo.ses, in his demise, one 

 of its most brilliant and active members. The January issue 

 of the Ottawa Naturalist will be a memorial number, and , 

 will contain articles on him and his work by prominent members 

 of the Club. 



