1899] Bird Notes. i{>9 



the species which, grow wild ncai' Ottawa and which thcrcfrirc 

 are more Hkcly to be of value to the Normal School StU'Jcnts 

 than species found in other parts of the Dominion. 



Another public institution to which reference may again be 

 made is the Botanical Garden and Arboretum at the Central 

 Experimental Farm where there are now growing 2000 species 

 of trees and shrubs and 1200 species of herbaceous perennials. 

 These collections are available for reference by students at all 

 times. 



The leaders again call the attention of the botanists to the 

 comparatively large proportion of the Ottawa district which has 

 not yet been exhaustively examined and trust that during the 

 coming season the activity shown this year will be continued. 



I'D. A. Campbell, 

 Leaders:]]. M. Macoun, 

 [r. B. Whyte. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES.— W. T. Macoun, Editor. 



I. An Albino Eave Swallow.— By Geo. R. White, Esq., 

 Ottawa. — On September 5th, 1898, I witnessed the flocking up, 

 preparatory to migrating, of large numbers of the Cliff Swallow. 

 The birds were arriving in flocks from all quarters of the com- 

 pass, and by 9 o'clock a.m. there were over a thousand. With 

 them were a few Barn and Bank Swallows with astray Chimney 

 Swift. This large flock kept flying up and down over a large 

 stretch, nearly a mile of marsh land, never remaining in one 

 place more than ten minutes at a time. This performance was 

 kept up all day, and next morning the place was deserted ; only 

 a few odd birds were seen. While watching the movements of 

 the swallows my attention was attracted by a white bird that 

 kept with them. In the afternoon I was enabled after ihree 

 hours' hard work to examine it, an Albino of the Cliff or Eave 

 Swallow Petyoclielido7i Lunifrons. A short description of this 

 specimen and of a full plumed male is as follows : 



The Albino — Bar across forehead, throat and upper tail 

 coverts with a few odd feathers about head, pale rufous, re- 



