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188. Laaius liulovlcianus excuhitorldes (Sw) Cones. White-niraped 

 Shrike. A pair of these birds, both young of the year, were shot oil 

 Jiine 28th by Mr. Scott, some four miles from the city, on the Qaebec 

 side of the river. There were, in all, a family of five, but the other 

 three escaped. The stomachs of the two obtained were kindly ex- 

 amined by Mr. W. H. Harrington, with the following result : 



" Young Shrike (male). Full of insect remains, including 

 poi'tions of a beetle, Harpalus {P erinsylvanicus ?) and of a large, black 

 cricket. 



'' Young Shrike (female). Contents less, and more finely ground 

 up. Apparently all insects, including abdomen of weevil, Oliorhynchus 

 Ugneus, head of large black wood ant (worker or soldier) and head of 

 some large ichneumon (Ily moiojjtera) ." 



242. Melospiza linc.oni (And.) Bd. Lincoln's Song Sparrow. A 

 male of this species was .shot by Mr. Geo. R. White, on the 16th May, 

 near the east end of the city. 



388. Enipidonax flaviventris Bd. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. One 

 shot in a poplar tree, at the eastern extremity of the city, on May 26th, 

 by our indefaticable junior ornithologist. Master Ted White. 



482. Nyct'ila teymalnii richardsoni (Bp.) Ridg. Richardson's 

 Owl. Two specimens were secured by Mr. Geo. R. White ; the first 

 on Jan. 1st, 1884, and the second on Nov. 29th, 1884. 



495. Accipiter cooperi, Bp. Cooper's Hawk ; Chicken Hawk. 

 Master Ted White shot one of these hawks towards the latter part of 

 August, 1882. A specimen was also obtained on April 14th, 1884, by 

 Mr. Geo. R. White. 



516. Buteo horeaUs (Gm.) V. Red-tailed Buzzird Hawk; Hen 

 Hawk. A young example of this hawk was c uight alive in a barn, by 

 Mr. Freeman, of Bowsville, Nepean, on Dec. 31st. The bird had en- 

 tered the barn in pursuit of some liens. The specimen was .subsequently 

 killed and was mounted by Mr. Coleman. 



695. Chen hyperhoreus (Pall.) Boie. Snow Goose. On Nov. 1st., 

 a bird of this species was " put up " from a stubble field on the 

 Ontario side of the Ottawa, by Mr. Herring, the taxidermist to the 

 Canadian Geological and Natural Histoiy Survey. Although he did 

 not succeed in obtaining the l»ird, Mr. Herring is quite positive as to 



