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Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, and at Snug Island, where we stayed, 

 we saw several specimens and heard the cock bird singing. To 

 clear up all doubt one of these birds was secured. Mr. Saunders 

 is certain that they breed in South- West Ontario, but those we 

 saw appeared to be migrating. 



The Orchard Oriole is a common bird in the fruit belt of the 

 Niagara Peninsula, but I had not heard of it east of Toronto until 

 we observed it twice in the vicinity of Trenton, at the head of the 

 Bay of Ouinte, frequenting an apple orchard,where a pair commenced 

 nesting in an apple-tree, 15th of June, 1915, but did not succeed in 

 raising a brood. Wilson's Phaiarope has been shot several times 

 at Weller's Bay, Lake Ontario, about five miles from Trenton. 

 Flocks of sandpipers and waders congregate there in late summer 

 and early fall, though I am sorry to say in decreasing numbers. 



The Carolina Wren has only been recorded a few times from 

 Western Ontario. This bird has been seen at Point Pelee, Lake 

 Erie ; and a pair of them at St. Thomas, where they remained in 

 a ravine close to the city. The male was frequently heard singing 

 morning and evening. On the 9th of October, 1918, I chanced to 

 walk to a little swamp and shrubbery below the mill-pond at 

 Brighton, and there heard a strange note. Presently I sighted 

 the author of it, which happened to be a Carolina Wren. As 

 chance would have it I had with me my field-glasses, and so got a 

 good view of this bird. I at once identified it by the pronounced 

 sharp note ; more particularly by the white line over the eye— 

 this mark being very conspicuous. Its creamy white throat and 

 breast further impressed me, and though heretofore I had not been 

 familiar with this bird, such a rarity in our locality, there was no 

 mistaking its characteristic wren-like motions as it hopped about 

 amid a rank growth of wild asters and cat-tails, and finally made 

 off into an alder bush, keeping up its sharp " chick chick " and 

 jerking its tail with every movement of its body. Though I 

 visited the same spot during the next two days I caught no 

 further glimpse of the bird. But I believe the above incident to 

 be the most eastern record in Canada for this species. 



The Short-billed Marsh Wren is another bird that has rarely 

 been recorded in Eastern Ontario. A pair were met with and 

 one captured at Mere Bleu, a large swampy tract near Ottawa, in 

 June, 1897. It has also been seen near Lancaster, Ontario, at 

 the extreme east end of the province. But I have not met with 



