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524. Buteo pennsijlvanicus (Wils.) Bp. Broad-winge;! Hawk. 

 Although so long overlooked, this species appears to be one of our 

 commonest hawks, and quite a number were obtained during the year^ 

 Mr, Harrington examined the stomach of a female of this species, shot 

 on July 16th by Mr. Scott, and found it to contain "a mass of hair 

 (mouse 1) with a number of seeds intermixed. Also the skin (almost 

 entire) of a large sjjhlnx caterpillar, and remains of a large beetle, Osmo- 

 xlerma scabra (Scarabaeid?e)." The presence of th?, seeds is very extra- 

 ordinary, unless, as may have been the case, they were originally in the 

 stomach of the mouse. 



G17. Actodromo.s bonapartii (Schl.) Coues. White-rumped Sand 

 piper. On October 27th, IVIr. Herring noted a number of these birds, 

 on the Rideau, near the rifle range. He secured two, which are now 

 mounted, and in the collection of the Survey. Master Ted Whites also 

 shot two on the 8th of October, and one on the 18th. 



788. Chyoicocephalus phikidelphia (Ord.) Lawr. Bonaparte's Rosy 

 Gull. Three specimens were shot on May 31st, at Kettle Island, by 

 Mr. Brute. There is only one other recorded instance of the occur 

 rence of this gull in the vicinity of Ottawa. 



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



were first observed in the spring of 1884 : 



Feb'ry 20 — Eremopldla cdpestris, Shore Lark (a pair). 

 March 14 — Tardus migratorius, Robin (one). 



" 15 — Astragalinus trlstis, Goldfinch (a flock). 



*' 15 — Eremophila alpestris, Shore Lark (abundant). 



■" 22 — 7'u7'di(S migratorim, Robin (abundant). 



" . 23 — J unco hiemalis, Junco. 



*' 24 — Quiscalus jiurpureus ceneus, Bronzed Crow Blackbird. 



24 — Mdospiza fasciata, Song Sparrow (several). 

 " 25 —ISialia sialis, Bluel)ird. 



" 25 — Agelaus 2)^'oeniceus, Red-winged Blackbird. 



^* 27 — Sayiornis fusca, Peewee or Phoebe. 



27 — Clangula glaucium. Golden-eye. 

 ^' 28 — Spizella socialis, Chipping Sj)arrow (one). 



" 29 — Carpodacus purpureas, Purple Finch. 

 29 — Accipiter /uscus, Sharp shinned Hawk. 

 Aj)ril 1 — Slurnella magna, Meadow Lark. 

 " 1 — Molothrus ater, Cowbird. 



7 — Larus argentatns smithsonionus, Herring Gull. 

 *' 9 — Iridoprocne bicolor, White-bellied Swallow. 



