14 The Oologists' Record, March i, 1922. 



any other records except those of Mr. C. W. Nash from near Toronto. 

 I beUeve it is everywhere a rare bird, though of somewhat wide 

 distribution. In July, 1912, in company with Mr. W. E. Saunders, 

 I saw several of these birds in a damp meadow near London, Ontario. 

 Mr. Saunders had previously' observed them there, and I had the 

 pleasure of visiting the place with him. However, we found no signs 

 of any nest, though the birds were undoubtedly breeding. Since that 

 time I have not seen the species until the year 1919, coming across 

 it most unexpectedly. In company with Mr. W. H. Lunn, of 

 Trenton, this event happened. We were trying to locate the Field 

 Plover in the large pastures of the Mohawk Reserve, township of 

 Tyendinaga, adjacent to the Bay of Ouinte. It had bred there 

 two years before. Whilst trying to find the Field Plover again, we 

 saw the Short-billed Marsh Wren. The location was a dry corner 

 of a hay meadow overgi^own with coarse quack grass, with sweet 

 clover just coming up, and a number of last year's dry stalks 

 scattered about. Here we found the wren hopping about in these 

 stalks. We knew no House Wren could be in such a place and were 

 certain it was not the Long-billed Marsh Wren. So we were both 

 satisfied of its identity, although the bird was quite new to my 

 companion and almost so to myself. We were much interested, 

 yet in spite of diligent search we failed to find a nest on this 

 occasion. I again visited the place on the i6th, 23rd and 30th 

 June, and 12th July. On the first of these dates, the pair of birds 

 were hopping about in the sweet clover stalks, and repeatedly 

 dropping ' into the long grass. After searching for some time, I 

 found a nest commenced, but nothing further. The 23rd June 

 brought me better success, for I found three nests built in the long 

 grass, from four to six inches above the ground. Each pair of 

 birds builds several nests. In this case there was but one pair 

 of birds, so that the nests belonged to them. Only one of these 

 nests contained eggs, two in number, white in colour, and deserted. 

 The contents were dried up and the eggs more or less broken. 

 On the 30th June the birds were still there, but beyond finding 

 an empty nest I saw nothing further. On the 12th of July no 

 signs of the birds appeared. It is to be hoped they hatched in the 

 vicinity and departed to the adjoining marsh with their brood. 



Some other species, fast disappearing, that I am able to report 

 from this neighbourhood are the Hudsonian God wit, which was 



