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its identity. A specimen is also said to have been shot just above tha 

 falls, some eighteen years ago, by the late Dr. Van Courtland. Th© 

 head and wings were preserved, and remained in the museum of the 

 Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society, until destroyed by moths. 



847. Fodiceps yriseigena holboelli (Reinh.) Coues. American Red- 

 necked Grebe. In October, 1881, Mr. Whitcher shot a young male of 

 this species, out of a flock of 8, on Campbell's Bay, some twenty-eight 

 miles below the city. The specimen was mounted, and is at present iu 

 the office of the Deputy Minister of Fisheries. 



The following birds, rare iu this locality, or recently added to our 

 local list, were noted during the season : 



13. Turdus uslulatus swainsoni (Cab) Coues. Olive-backed 

 Thrush. Master Ted White shot 4 of these birds, in a swamp near 

 Beechwood, on May 24th ; and Mi-. Geo. R. White shot one near the 

 same place on Sept. 24th. 



134. Beiidrceca pinus (Bartr) Bd. Pine-creeping Warbler. Al- 

 though far north of what is usually considered the northern limit of 

 this species, it seems a not very uncommon bird with us. Master Ted 

 White shot a specimen on the 8th of May hist, making the fifth 

 recorded from this locality. 



142. Geothli/pis Philadelphia (Wih.) Bl\. Mourning Warbler. On 

 Jul) 21st, an adult female of this rare warbler was obtained by Mr. 

 Scott. It was sbot in a small beaver meadow near Pelissier, in the 

 Laurentian Hills, twenty-four miles north of Ottawa. The stomach 

 was kindly examined by Mr. Fletcher, who reports as follows : 



" The contents of the Mourning Warbler's stomach were — 



1. Three of the large jumping legs and several parts of the winors of a 



Tettix. 



2. Fifteen thoraces of some small Hemipterous insect, probably Neides 



sjnnosm. I am sorry to have to record that this is a beneficial 

 insect. 



3. One wing of a Hemi|)terous insect, showing the characteristic end of 



the hemelytron. 



4. Four curved ova, about one line in length, of a deep yellow colour, 



probably of the above mentioned tetti.x. 



5. Part of a blue elytron of some small Coleopterous insect. 



