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was seen by Mr. Comeau at Godbout on the St. Lawrence in 1882. 

 (Dionnc.) A rare visitor in the Montreal district. A pair was 

 observed at Beauharnois in the fall of 1889 and one shot; another 

 example was taken in the summer of 1891, at Isle aux Noix, forty 

 miles from Montreal. There is a record in The Auk, Vol. II., page 

 no, of a pair seen at Rockliffe, on the Ottav,''a river, in the spring 

 of 1883. The male was obtained and is now in the museum at 

 Ottawa. These were adults, but the specimen in my collection, 

 which was obtained at Rondeau, near the west end of Lake Erie, 

 and others which I have heard of along our southern border, were all 

 young birds. (Mcllwraith.) The only definite record for the Tor- 

 onto region is a specimen in my collection taken at Port Union, 

 May 24th, 1895. Dr. Wm. Brodie says a pair bred regularly many 

 years ago at Port Union and several were shot. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 An adult specimen of this species was shot on Duck bay. Lake 

 Winnipegosis, in 1888, by Mr. David Armit. This I believe is the 

 northernmost record for the species. (E. T. Seton in TJie Auk, 

 Vol. X. p. 40.) 



LXXVI. EGRETTA Forster. 181 7. 



197. Snowy HeroD. 



Egretta candidissima (Gmel.) Gosse. 1847. 



Casual visitor in Nova Scotia; one specimen shot in a marsh 

 near Halifax, another at Musquodoboit. (Downs.) Saw one shot 

 at Combermere, Renfrew county, Ont., in August, 1892. (Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) I have recently m^ounted a fine adult male shot May nth, 

 1901, near Pincher creek, Alta. (G. F. Dippie.) Accidental in 

 British Columbia. Two specimens taken at Burrard inlet, B.C., 

 May, 1879, {Fannin.) 



LXXVII. FLORIDA B.\ird. 1858. 



200. Little Blue Heron. 



Florida ccerulea (Linn.) Baird. 1858. 



Accidental and very rare in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) On May 

 23rd, 1900, a specimen of this species was brought to Mr. Ernest 

 Doane at L'Anse au Loup, Labrador by a man who had shot it a 

 day or two before. Mr. Doane skinned the bird and sent it to me. 



