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6 — CiJKF Swallow, PetrocheliJon liinifrons. Mr. White. 



6 — Wood Duck, Aix sponsa. Mr. White. 



7 — Greater Yellow-legs, Totanus melanoleucus. Mr. White. 



7 — Mallard, Anas boschas. Mr. White. 

 II — Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythrophthahnus. Mr. White. 

 II — Catbird, Galeoscoples carolinensis. Mr. White. 

 II — White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys. Miss Harmer. 

 II — Crested Flycatcher, i1/;'/rt;r////i- (-;7«?/7^.>. Mr. White; May 13th, 



Mr. Lees. 

 12 — Scarlet Tanager, Piranga erythromdas. Mr. White. 

 13 — Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivortts. Mr. Lees. 

 13- Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia. Mr. Lees. 

 13 — American Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla. Mr. Lees. 

 13 — Ovf.n-bird, Seiunts aurocapillus. Ms. Lees. 

 13 — American Pipit, Attthus pensilvanicus. [Mr. Lees; May I4lh, Mr. 



White. 

 13 — Swamp Sparrow, Mclospiza georgimm. Mr. Lees. 



13 — Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus. Mr. Lees ; May 14th, Mr. White. 

 13 — Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erythi ocephalus. Mr. Lees. 

 14— Chesnut-sided Warbler, Dendroica pensylvanica. Mr. White. 

 14 — Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Habia ludoviciana. Mr. White. 

 14 — Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius. Mr. White. 



BOTANICAL NOTES. 



Edited l)y Dr. James Fletcher. 



RiBES CILIOSUM. — I have received from Mr. C. D. 

 Moggridge of Belle Meade Farm, Hazelmere, B. C, specimens 

 of the flowering shoots of the above named Ribes, which has 

 been kindly named for me by Prof Macoun. This is a very 

 rare plant, as far as we yet know, in British Columbia. It was 

 described in the " Flora of Northwest America " by Thos. 

 Howell, Vol. I, page 208, Apr. ist. 1898. Prof Macoun has 

 had specimens of this species for sometime in the Herbarium of 

 the National Museum, collected by Mr. J. M. Macoun in 1889 at 

 Burnaby Lake, B. C, and had them separated as an undescribed 

 species until Mr. Howell's description appeared. The following 

 interesting particulars about the habitat of Ribcs ciliosiiui are 



