1898] Ornithology. 177 



Arenaria interpres {Linn.) Turnstone. 



Observed during August and early September on the sand 

 beach at Long Island, in small numbers. 



Somateria dresseri {Sharpe.) American Eider. 



Large flocks are often observed during November and 

 December in Minas Sasin. 



Oidemia americana (Sw and Rich.) American Scoter. 



Large flocks make their appearance in October in Minas 

 Basin. 



Oidemia deglandi {Bonap.) White-winged Scoter. 



Observed in Minas Basin from April till December. When 

 moulting in July and August they are unaMe to fly and are then 

 caught behind the seines, by the falling tide. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Edited by W. T. Macoun. 



Robin. — One specimen seen by Mrs. R. D. Brown, Ottawa 

 East, on Nov. 23rd, it remained on the ridge-board of an out- 

 building for more than half an hour, notwithstanding a clapping 

 of hands of which it took no notice. One specimen was seen 

 at the Experimental Farm on Nov. 21st. 



Prairie Horned Lark. — Four birds seen at Experimen- 

 tal Farm on Nov. 22nd. 



Henslow's Sparrow {Coturnidus Henslowi). 



By W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



Near the mouth of the Thames River, where it empties into 

 Lake St. Clair, I had the good fortune to collect a specimen of 

 Henslow's Sparrow on May 24th, 1898, being the first one 

 recorded in Canada. The bird was in the grass on the low flats, 

 near, but not in, the marshy places. While pursuing this speci- 

 men, which proved to be a female, we heard the syllables 



