,1914] The Ottawa Naturalist. 55 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF 



WASHINGTON LATELY PLACED ON THE SHELVES 



OF THE REFERENCE ROOM, CARNEGIE PUBLIC 



LIBRARY, OTTAWA. 



Botanical Features of the Algerian Sahara. By Wm. A. Cannon. 



Handbook of Indians of Canada. Ed. by F. W. Hodge. 



Determinate Evolution in the Color-Pattern of the Lady Beetles. 

 By R. H. Johnson. 



Studies in Heredity as Illustrated by the Trichomes of Species 

 and Hybrids of Juglans, Oenothera, Papaver and Solanum. 

 By Wm. A. Cannon. 



The Conditions of Parasitism in Plants. By D. T. Macdougal 

 and W. A. Cannon. 



Studies of Inheritance in Rabbits. By W. E. Castle. 



Distribution and Movements of Desert Plants. By V. M. 

 Spalding. 



THE CARDINAL GROSBEAK IN WINTER IN 

 NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, ONTARIO. 



A specimen of the Cardinal Grosbeak was observed at 

 Brighton, Northumberland County, on the morning of February 

 22nd last. The day was very cold, with strong wind and snow- 

 drift. The bird was quite tame, and was evidently a female on 

 account of lack of bright plumage. Those who called my 

 attention to the bird did not recognize it, neither did I at first, 

 never having seen one alive in a wild state. I suspected the 

 species, however, on account of the large, ivory, reddish beak 

 and a red cast in the plumage and in the tail feathers. On my 

 return home I looked up the description of the species, and was 

 at once satisfied that I had diagnosed it correct^. I suppose 

 this is about as far east an Ontario record as we have. 



I may mention that the migration of Warblers in this 

 section this spring has been an exceedingly slim one. I have 

 seen scarcely any in their usual haunts — only the yellow and one 

 other. 

 :^|nj . . C. J. YOUXG, 



y^./^i The Rectory, Madoc, Ont. 



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