igoi] Scott — Birds of Algoma, i6i 



close to the shore to get a better look. As he sat on a tree far 

 above us he looked like a snowy owl, so we thought we would put 

 the matter beyond dispute by " collecting" him. The gun made 

 a noisy report, but a few feathers scattered in the wind were not 

 enough to confirm our identification. 



Sunday whilst resting near an interesting waterfall on the 

 river I saw two flycatchers plying their calling. A dull haze made 

 accurate observation impossible, from size and form 1 judged them 

 to be olive-sided flycatchers. Here the sense of my ignorance 

 made me dejected. Whether from this cause, or the exciting 

 rapids we had to run, or the exhausting portages we had to make, 

 I found no other bird I could enter on my list for the districts of 

 Algoma and Nipissing. 



When we turned into the middle channel of French River we 

 were in the land of the loon and the gull once more. Crossing 

 our last portage just before entering French River village a whole 

 covey of partridges stood on the tramway chuckling defiance at 

 our attempts to " Shoo !" them into flight. About midnight we 

 stepped aboard the " Atlantic ' with tickets for Killarney port, 

 but we were such doubtful looking " birds " ourselves that the 

 steward hesitated about giving us respectable berths. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTE. 



PiERis PROTODiCE. While walking along the "perennial 

 border" in the botanical garden at the Experimental Farm at 

 Ottawa on September the 21st last, I was surprised to see a fine 

 specimen of the Checkered White butterfly {Pieris proiodice, Bdv. ) 

 I had not a net with me but was lucky enough to catch it in my 

 hands. It is a fine female and this is the first time the species has 

 ever been taken at Ottawa or as far as I know so far East in On- 

 tario by a hundred miles. The caterpillar, like those of most of 

 the white butterflies feeds on the various cruciferous plants includ- 

 ing occasionally the cultivated cabbage. 



J. Fletcher. 



