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present give any details, as I understand he intends to lay before 
the Institute some notes regarding the observation, in which 
full information will doubtless be furnished. 
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (Loxia leucoptera). This species 
was found breeding in the same place, and about the same time, 
as the American Crossbill with which it will be probably treated 
in Mr. Egan’s notes. The nesting habits of both these birds are 
not at all well known and any information upon the subject is 
of much interest to ornithologists. 
SLATE-COLOURED JuNCO (Junco hyemalis). On June 11th, 
1889, I shot an albino Junco at Dutch Village, near Halifax. Its 
eyes were brown or hazel-coloured. 
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET (Regulus satrapa). Mr. Harry E. 
Austen obtained the nest and eggs of this Kinglet at Dartmouth 
shortly before the 3rd of June, 1889. The nest was found in a 
black spruce, fastened to a twig at a distance of about nineteen 
feet from the ground, and at some distance from the trunk of the 
tree. There were nine eggs, two of which were nearly white and 
the rest white marked with little dirty brown spots. The female 
bird was shot and served to identify the nest. The nest and eggs 
are now in the possession of Mr. Frank B. Webster, publisher of 
the Ornithologist and Oologist, Boston. On June 14th, 1890, the 
same enthusiastic collector found another nest at Dartmouth. It 
was hung near the top of a tall spruce and contained young 
birds. 
RUBY-CROWNED KiInGLET (Regulus calendula). Mr. Austen 
has also been so fortunate as to discover four nests of this species 
at Dartmouth. The first was found late in May, 1889, in a black 
spruce, suspended from a twig in a similar manner to thatof the last 
mentioned bird, and at nearly the same distance from the ground. 
It was formed of moss and birch-bark, and was altogether different 
from any description which Mr. Austen has seen. It was fully 
identified ; the male bird being shot with a catapult. Unfortun- 
ately the female deserted the nest before any eggs were laid. 
Mr. Webster has also possession of this nest which he highly 
values. On the 9th of June, 1890, Mr. Austen obtained a second 
nest of this species, in the same locality and similarly situated 
