144 '^"^ Ottawa Naturalist. | October 



tory the jay made his way to a stump where the mouse was added 

 to various other products of Nature in the internals of Perisoreus. 

 To sum up both sides of the case, for and ag^ainst the Canada jay, 

 I for one think we should put down the verdict thus : Canada jay 

 highly beneficial from the habit of feeding- upon insects and mam- 

 mals injurious to the welfare of man. 



There are three sub-species of the Canada jay, viz : {Perisoreus 

 canadensis nigricapilhis) having a bl ickish crown. Inhabiting the 

 the coast region of Labrador north to Ungava Bay. [P. c. 

 fumifrons,) in which the white of forehead is smoky colored, in- 

 habiting Alaska. 



{P. c. capitalis.) The white species, especially about the 

 head, larger than canadensis. Rocky mountain region of U. S. 



BIRD NOTES. 



Ruffed Grouse. 



Dr. Fletcher's note in the December, 1903, number, reminds 

 me of a similar incident which occurred some years ago at Beacon 

 Hill park here, during the progress of a cricket match. One of 

 these birds was flushed by a dog on the opposite jide of the park 

 and came flying over the field where it was terrified by the shout- 

 ing and yelling of the crowd. It made straight for the nearest 

 cover, where the Park Hotel stood, flying at a great velocity. 

 The hotel door stood open and just opposite was a large mirror, 

 the poor bird went through the door and against the mirror, 

 falling dead on the floor. 



J. R. Anderson. 



Victoria, B.C., 4th January, 1904. 



Bird Migration. 

 Mr. E. A. Wright of Ottawa, noted on the morning of Octo- 

 ber 9th, at 3.35 a.m., a migration of many thousand birds which 

 from their note he took to be some species of plover. They con- 

 tinued to pass over for about an hour, when he fell asleep. Mr. 

 Wright noted that the birds seemed to be flying very low, and 



trom the diff'erence in their note it was evident that some ot them 

 rested for a short time. 



J. M. M. 



