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Spatula ch/peata (L.) Boie. Shoveller Duck. Two females of this 

 duck were observed on. the Ottawa, some distance below the city, last 

 October. 



On page 34 of Transactions No. 3, No. 609 should have been 

 omitted. 



The following is a list of birds, giving the dates on which they 

 "were first noticed, in the vicinity of Ottawa, last spring (1883). It is 

 hardly necessary to remark that these dates are merely the daces on 

 v/hich the birds were Ji7-st noticed, and that many of them may have 

 really arrived mucli earlier : 



Feb'ry 20 — Bremophila alpestris (L.) Boie., Shore Lark. 

 March 1 — Corvus frugivorus Bartr., Crow. 



" 10 — Astur atricapillus (Wils.) Bp., Goshawk. 

 April 1 — Turdus migratorius L., Robin. 



" 6 — Sialia sialis (L.) Hald., Blue-bird. 



" 7 — Melospiza fasciata (Gra.) Scott. Song Sparrow. 



" 9 — Iridoprociie hicolor (V.) Coues., White- bellied Swallow. 



" 9 — Ardea herodias L., Great Blue Heron. 



" 9 — Quiscalus purpureas ameits Ridg., Bronzed Grackle. 



" 10 — Junco hiemalis (L.) Scl., Common Snowbird. 



" 10 — Contopus virens (L.) Cab., Wood Peewee. 



" 11 — Regidus satrapa Licht., Golden-crested Wren. 



*' 11 — Sphyropicus varius (L.) Bd., Yellow-bellied Woodpeckez'. 



" IS —Sturnella magna (L.) Sw., Meadow Lark. 



" 13 — Sayiornis fasca (Gra.) Bd., Pewit Flycatcher. 



" 14 — Mergus merganser L., Goosander. 



'' 14 — Pooicetes gramineus (Gm.) Bd., Bay- Winged Bunting. 



" 14 — Colaptes auratus (L.) Sw., Golden-winged Woodpecker. 



" 14 — Astragalinus tristis (L.) Cab., Goldfinch. 



" 14 — Agelcevs phoeniceus (L.) V., Red-winged Blackbird. 



" 14 — Turdus tinalascce narais (And.) Coues., Hermit Thrush. 



" 14 — Turdus fascescens Steph., Wilson's Thrush. 



" 14 — Progne subis (L.) Bd., Purple Martin. 



** 14 — Ceryle alcyon (L.) Boie., Kingfisher. 



" 14 — Certhia familiaris 1j., Brown Creeper. 



** 15 — Spizella domestica (Bartr.) Coues., Chipping sparrow. 



" 15 — Zonotrichia aJhicollis (Gm.') Bp., White-throated Sparrow. 



*' 15 — Anas ohscura Gm., Black Duck. 



" 15 — Molothrus ater (Bodd.), Gray Cowbird. 



" 15 — Zonotrichia leucophri/s {Forst.) Sw., White-crowned Sparrow. 



" 17 — Mergus cucidlatas L., Hooded Merganser, 



•' 18 — Carpodacus purpnreus (Gm.) Gr., Purple Finch. 



" 21 — Hirundo erythrogastra horreoruni (Bart.) Coues., Barn 

 Swallow. 



