1904] Some Canadian Antennarias. — II. , 39 



cymes large, of 8 to 12 rather large heads ; involucres short but 

 well imbricated, the scarious part of the bracts light brown, the 

 outer obtuse, the inner scarcely acute : small achenes minutely 

 gflandular-hii tellous. 



Chilliwack Valley, B.C., at 6,000 feet, J. M. Macoun, 29 

 Aug, 1901 Notwithstanding some likeness to the preceding, I 

 doubt if this belongs really to the A. alpiiia group of species. 

 Geol. Surv. No. 26,194. 



A. maculat.\. Rather compact, the slender flowering stems 

 only 2 to 4 inches high : short stolons densely leafy ; leaves ^ 

 inch long, obovate-spatulate, subcoriaceous, loosely white-woolly 

 when young, glabrate on both faces in age and of a light green ; 

 small stem leaves suberect, varying from spatulate-linear and 

 obtuse in the lower to oblong-linear and acute in the upper : 

 middle-sized heads about 5, capitate-clustred ; bracts of the in- 

 volucre unusually numerous and imbricated, each with a con- 

 spicuous dark spot in the middle just below the base of the 

 scarious tip, the tips dull-white, broad and short, the outer acute, 

 the inner obtuse, all irregularly and incisely serrate under a lens. 



Also of the Chilli wack Valley, by Mr. Macoun, 29 Aug., 

 1901, from an altitude of 6,000 feet. The specimens are rather 

 immature, and of the pistillate plant only, unfortunately. The 

 Geol. Surv, number is 26,195. 



Washington, D.C, March, 1904. 



Bird Notes. — On April 26th, I surprised a pair of migrant 

 shrikes {Lanius hidovicianiis migrans) in the act of making a meal 

 of a song sparrow Rather large prey for so small a shrike. Their 

 usual food is beetles. 



Mr. J. H. Fleming, of Toronto, writes me that he once saw 

 a Connecticut warbler at Ottawa. He being a highly capable 

 observer, this is an addition to the local bird-list. 



G. E. 



