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(a) Nyctala acadica — Saw-whet Owl — Young have been taken near St. Thomas, in 

 Elgin County, in July. 



(a) Empidonax pusiLLUS TRAiLLii — TrailVs Flycatcher — Frequently observed in May 

 and June. 



(a) CoNTOPUS BOBEALis — OUve-sided Flycatcher — One observed June 2nd, 1891 

 Common summer resident in Bruce County. 



{a) Icterus spurius — Orchard Oriole — Common in parts of adjoining counties, and 

 observed every spring. 



(ci) ZoNOTRiCHiA ALBicoLLis — White-throated Sparrow — Observed at different points 

 in summer. 



(a) Dendroica caerulescens — Black-throated Blue Warhler.\ 



{a) " CAERULEA — Blue Warbler. I 



(a) " BLACKBURNi^— 5?ac^i«rman Warbler. \ ^-'^"^^^^^^ r^'^^^^'l^^ 



(a) " viRENS — Blach-throaied Green Warbler. i T Iv ' 



(a) " viGORSii — Pine Warbler. I 



{a) Geothlypis Philadelphia — Mourning Warbler. J 



(a) CiSTOTHORUS PALUSTRis — Long-billed Marsh Wren — Nests will likely be found in 

 some of our larger marshes. 



{a) Regulus satrapa — Golden Crowned Kinglet — Has been observed twice in June 

 in the spruce swamp near London. 



(a) TuRDUS AGNALASHKAE PALLASii — Hermit Thrush — Heard singing in June in 

 cedar swamps. 



PAMPHILA MANITOBA (SCUD.) AND ITS VARIETIES. 



BY H. H. LYMAN, MONTREAL. 



In 1874, Mr. Scudder published his paper on "The Species of the Lepidopterous 

 Genus Pamphila," in the Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, in which 

 the following species were described as new • Nevada, Colorado and Manitoba ; and 

 Sassacus, Ottoe, Juba, Comma of Europe, and Sylvanoides were also treated of. 



None of the descriptions are detailed, but are altogether comparative pointing out 

 the differences between the closely allied forms, and in the case of Manitoba, the compari- 

 sons instituted are exclusively with the European Comma. The four specimens (two 

 males and two females illustrated) are all from the west of the continent, or rather, I 

 should say, from the west and centre. One specimen was from Lake Winnipeg, one from 

 Colorado, and two from British Columbia. The figures show specimens of which the 

 underside of secondaries is dark greenish or greenish brown, and with considerable varia- 

 tion in the prominence or restriction of the markings. 



Though no figure of any eastern specimen is given, it is stated in the text that the 

 species had been taken at Riviere du Loup by Mr. Couper. 



Since then it has been repeatedly taken on the Lower St. Lawrence by other 

 collectors at Oacouna and Riviere du Loup, Metis, and even as far as Gaspe by myself, 

 in 1888. 



The form found on the Lower St. Lawrence is very uniform in colour and has the 

 outer third of the underside of the fore wings and the whole of the underside of the hind 

 wings, with the exception of the inner margin and hind angle, of dark brown colour, 

 though occasionally with a slightly greenish tinge. 



In 1890, on returning east from a trip over the Canadian Pacific Railway, I stopped 

 for a day at Regina, the date of my visit being Aug. 5th, and as usual devoted a good 



