1898] Report OF THiiORNiTHOLOGR'AL Hraxcii, 1897-98. 17 



certain kinds of food. A small flock of Pine grosbeaks {Pinicola 

 enuclentor) was scon by Mrs. Ridley ot Vittoria St., on the 21st of 

 December ; another flock wa.s .seen by Dr. Fletcher on Argyle 

 Avenue on 2nd of January, and small flocks, by Mr. Geo. R. 

 White on the 6th, 9th and 13th. A female was seen by Mr. 

 W. T. Macoun on 2nd of February, which is the last date 

 recorded. No Cedar-birds or Bohemian wax-wings have been 

 seen this winter, but crows and snow-birds have been noticed 

 every month, of the latter Mr. H. S. Marsh saw a large flock on 

 the Ottawa river on the 27th of February, and Mr. G. R. White 

 noted the arrival of the spring migration of crows on the 6th of 

 March. 



The Great Northern Shrike {Lanius borcalis) was seen by- 

 Mr. White on the 27th January and 8th and 25th of February. 

 He also, on the loth of February, saw a Sharp-shinned hawk 

 {Accipter velox) feeding on an English sparrow, and on the 17th 

 a male Goshawk. 



The horned larks {Otocon's a/pcstris) were first seen at the 

 Experimental Farm on the 17th of February. This is five days 

 earlier than the first date last year and perhaps the earliest on 

 record. 



For other notes in regard to the work done by the Ornitho- 

 logical branch, we would refer )'ou to the Ottawa Naturalist, 



A. G. KiNCLSTON, \ 



Gertrude HaRxMER, > Leaders. 

 W. T. Macoun, j 



ORNITHOLOGY 



Edited by W. T. Macoun. 



Last year a special effort was made to obtain, from several 

 observers of birds, the records which were taken from time to 

 time, by each individual, of the arrival, nesting, habits, and 

 time of departure of our birds, and to publish those portions of 

 them which were deemed of greatest value. The results of 

 these efforts were published every month during the early part 

 of the year and we are led to believe that many persons took 



