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The rest of the contents of the stomacli was made up of parts of 

 legs and bodies of insects, quite undistinguishable fioin partial decom- 

 position." 



173. Vireo 2>^i-iici<J^^P^''^ciis, Cass. Brotherly-love Vireo. Master 

 Ted White secured one of these vireos — npparently very rare with us — • 

 in his father's garden, on Sept. 4th. 



176. Vireo Jlcivl/rons, V. Yellow-throated Vireo. A pair shot 

 by Mr. Geo. R. White, near Beechwood, on May 15th. Mr. Scott shot 

 a young female, near Pelissier, on July 21st. There were two of them, 

 chasing each other from tree to tree, but only one was obtained. The 

 stomach, as examined by Mr. Harrington, contained '•' a large striped 

 caterpillar, several smaller caterpillars, and some small fragments, pro- 

 bably of coleoptera." 



177. Vireo solitarius, V. Blue-headed Vireo. These birds appear 

 to have been rather common last autumn. Mr. Geo. R. White shot 

 two on the 28th of September, and Master Ted White obtained a pair 

 on the 30th of the same month. Mr. Scott noted them on September 

 6th and 14th, and shot one on September 15th, and another on Sep- 

 tember 19th. Mr. Harrington examined the stomachs of the last two, 

 with the following i-esult : 



" Solitary Vireo (shot Sept. 15th). Contents small. One cater- 

 pillar skin, and remains of Heviiptera {?) 



" Solitary Vireo (shot Sept. 19th). Hemipterous remains chiefly. 

 Fragments of a species of Podisus." 



212. Chrysomitris pinus (Bartr.) Ep. Pine Linnet. Mr. Geo. 

 E, White noted these birds as late as May lath last spring, and again 

 on August 15th. A pair were shot by Mr. Galpin of Rideau Hall, on 

 October 6tli. 



227. Passerculvs saudvicensis savona (Wils.) Rilg. Common 

 Savanna Sparrow. This sparrow, although overlooked until last year, 

 appears to be quite common. At Casselman, 30 miles south of us, it 

 is apparently the commonest sparrow, and is very abundant. 



282. Faaserella iliaca (Merr.) Sw. Fox Sparrow. Master Ted 

 White succeeded in securing two of these handsome s[)arrows, the first 

 on May 2nd, in his father's garden, and the second beyond Beech wood,^ 

 on the 3rd September. 



