86 



Hudsonian Chickadee ;" for " 132 Vireo i^usillus, Coues, Least Vireo." 



read " 125 Vireo gilvus, Bp., Warbling Vireo ;" page 31, No. 183, for 



lencophrys, i-ead. leucophrijs ; omit No. 329. After No. 337 read : 



" One specimen seen by Lieut.-Col. and Mr. Geo. R. White. When 



observed it was sitting on a flagstaff, at the Rideau Rifle Range. It 



was, unfortunately, noc secured, bat it was examined closely through a 



glass ; and, as there is no bird with which it could be confounded, there 



can be no doubt as to its identity." No. 337, for " Sharp-skinned,' 



read " Sharp-shinned ;" omit No. 398 ; No. 406, for " Brown," read 



" Brant ;" for " 470 Porzana Jamaicensis, Cass., Black Rail," read "467 



Rallus Virginianus L., Virginia Rail. ;" No. 507, for " Bufftilo-headed,' 



read " Buffle headed ;" for " 555 Larus Franklinii Rich," read 556 



Larus Philadelphia Coues." 



Last Spring (1882) birds were first seen on the following dates : 



Feb'ry 18 — Shore Lark, Eremophila alpestris (L.) Boie. 



March 8 — Robin, '^Turdus migraiorius, L. 



" 26 — Purple Finch, Carpodacus juirpurens (Gm.) Gr. 



" 1:9 — Bluebird, Sialia sialis (L.) Hald. 



" 30 — White-bellied Swallow, Iridoprocne hicolor (V.) Coues. 



April 1 — Wood Peewee, Contopus virens (L.) Cab. 



" 3 — Pui£)le Mai'tin, Progne subis (L.) Bd. 



" 3 — Purple Grackle, Quiscalus jmrpio'eus (Bartr.) Licht. 



" 4 — Snowbird, Junco /iie»udis (L.) Scl. 



" 4 — Golden-crested Kinglet, Regulus satrcqja, Licht. 



" 4 — Song Sparrow, Melosplza fasciata (Gm.) Scott. 



" 7 — Peewee, Sayiornis fusca (Gm.) Bd. 



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



" 7 — MarshHawk, Circus cyaneus hudsonius (L.) Coues. 



" 7 — Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, Brunn. 



" 8 — Red-winged Blackbird, Ageheiis p/ueniceiis (L.) V. 



" 8 — Rusty Grackle, Scolecophagus ferriigineus (Gm.) S\v. 



" 9 — Black-and-white Creeper, Mniotilta varia (L.) V., and 

 several other warblers. * ' 



'■' 10 - Wood Duck, Aix Sponsa (L.) Boie. 



'' 10 — Goosander, Mergus merganser, L. 



" 10 — House Wren, Troglodytes domesticus (Bartr.) Coue.s. 



" 15 — Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon (L.) Boie. 



" 16 — Sparrow Hawk, Falco sparverius, L. 



" 19 — Black Duck, Anas ohscura, Gm. 



*A8 one had been shot on the previous 20tli December, and as the season 

 was a peculiarly open one, it seems not improbable that some of these birds may 

 have remained all winter. 



