1899] Cox— Preliminary List. 195 



vailing- form is the variety laterale to which the Gasp^ salamander 

 is an approximate. 



Amblystoma punctatum, (Linn.) Baird. Great Spotted Sala- 

 mander. 

 Though no specimens were collected in Ga.sp*^, the species 

 described to me by some of the natives must be this one. It seems 

 to be very rare. 



Note. — The Green Snake and more than one variety of the 

 Garter Snake are found in the reg'ion traversed but specimens were 

 not collected. The notes of the Tree Toad were also heard, and 

 judging from reports given me by local observers it must be 

 quite common. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Edited by W. T. Macoun. 



Birds are getting scarce once more, now that the winter is 

 approaching, and it will not belong before none but our permanent 

 residents are left. An occasional robin and prairie horned lark 

 may still be seen, however, which, with the juncos twittering in 

 the hedgerows are among the few birds one observes at the Ex- 

 perimental Farm. 



Few observers seem to take the field in autumn, a season of 

 the year when there is much to interest a lover of birds. How, 

 when and where the different species assemble prior to their de- 

 parture; where they roost, what they feed upon, and finally when 

 they depart are among the many interesting facts that could be 

 learned by one who was really desirous of doing so. 



Correction. — Miss Harmer desires to make a correction. 

 Later observations convinced her that the bird, which was recorded 

 last spring by her as the White Rumped Shrike was really the 

 Great Northern Shrike. 



The following notes have been kindly furnished by Mr. L. 

 Osborne Scott, Winnipeg, Man., and should prove interesting to 

 readers of The Naturalist : 



" On July 6th, 1899, I was out in the country about twenty- 

 six miles north of Winnipeg, and being out for a walk about 5.30 



