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morning excursions. It is probable we should be able to report the breeding of the Least 

 Bittern in our county had it not been for the rapacious boy, who captured the pair. 

 They were observed June 4th, and captured a few days later, and on visiting the locality, 

 a thorough search by one of our members showed a nearly finished nest, probably of this 

 species. The take of the season, however, was the Cape May Warbler, hitherto unknown 

 in Middlesex County, though eagerly sought for during many years. The first specimen 

 was discovered in the High School grounds, by the energetic member previously referred 

 to, who studied the bird with creditable zeal for many minutes, and subsequently selected 

 the species from a series of unnamed skins, only to be the more sorry he could not secure 

 it when he was informed of its identity. All doubts which might have been cast on this 

 record were cleared up by the capture of a pair, male and female, by a boy with a slingshot 

 the next day near the same place The members of section regard this as the most impor- 

 tant record of the year, and are proportionately proud of it. Our Plover Mills represent- 

 ative, with the assistance of Mr. Joseph Beck, secured a number of specimens of Lincoln's 

 Sparrow, which had hitherto been claimed for the county on the strength of a single 

 specimen taken years ago in the fall. Possibly it may prove, like the Fox-colored Sparrow, 

 to be not so very rare now that we are getting acquainted with it. 



Less interesting because somewhat out of the Section's range was the result of a visit 

 of a member to Lake Wawanosh, near Sarnia, where he secured two specimens of the 

 short billed Marsh Wren, of which probably ten or a dozen specimens were seen. They 

 had not been previously reported in such numbers from anywhere in Ontario, although 

 once erroneously reported near Ottawa. 



In nesting records, the only one of special interest is the finding of a nest of the 

 Carolina Rail on the outskirts of the city, with seven eggs ; this being the only addition 

 we have to make to the list of birds known to breed in Middlesex county, which was 

 submitted with our last annual report. During the coming year we hope to open a large 

 ledger for the birds of Middlesex in whicli all the notable occurrences with regard to each 

 species shall be inscribed, thereby getting the result of our work into permanent form 

 and making a good basis for any special investigations the Section may take up in the 

 future. 



W. E. Saunders, Chairman. 



MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The following is the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Council of the Montreal Branch 

 of the Entomological Society of Ontario : 



The Council beg to submit the following report of the Branch for the year 1891-92. 



During the past "season nine meetings have been held, most of which were well 

 attended, and the following papers have been read : 



1 . Notes on Nematus pallidiventris — Rev. T. W. Fyles. 



2. Some little known Canadian Coleoptera. — J. F. Hansen. 



3. Occurrence of Platynus rugiceps at Montreal. — J. F. Hansen. 



4. Hepialus thule. — H. H. Lyman. 



5. Notes on some species of Halisidota. — H. H. Lyman. 



6. Notes on the genus Lithophane. — A. F. Winn. 



7. Entomological Questions. — A. F. Winn. 



8. Pamphila Manitoba and its varieties. — H. H. Lyman. 



9. Danais Archippus. — A. F. Winn. 



10. Notes on rearing Pyrameis Atalanta. — H. H. Lyman. 



11. The genua Grapta. — H. H. Lyman. 



12. Notes on Hemiptera. — J. F. Hansen. 



