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Merula migratoria, nesting, On April 22 I found two nests of 
the robin nearly completed— HUBERT H. BROWN. E 
A®zIialitis vocifera arrived.—On April 20, I saw first of the above 
plover at Leslie’s Nurseries, East Toronto. On same day I saw a Fox 
Sparrow (Passerella tliaca), in Rosedale —JOHN. EDMONDS. 
The following list of birds are mentioned as occurring at Listowel, 
County Perth, by WobKaEns, 
Podilymbus podiceps.— Mentioned as taken occasionally on the 
river. 
Aix sponsa.—A Pair of Wood Ducks nested near there for several 
successive years, some of the young were captured. 
Botaurus jentiginosus.—Casual visitor. 
Botaurus exilis—Casual visitor supposed to breed. 
Ardea herodias.—A common visitor to the creeks and ponds in the 
neighbourhood. 
Ardea virescens.—One specimen of the Green Heron captured in 
18809. 
Nycticorax nycticorax nevius.—One specimen taken from a 
flock of five in 1887. 
Rallus virginianus.—Occasionally breeds. 
Porzana carolina.—A summer resident, several nests taken. 
Philohela minor.—A rare summer resident. 
Gallinago delicata.—A fall migrant. 
Tringa minutilla.— Generally seen as a fall migrant. 
Totanus melanoleucus.—A few seen in the spring of 1889. 
Totanus flavipes.—Sometimes seen in the fall. 
Totanus solitarius.—Common about ponds and marshy places,. 
have observed it till the first week in June, then not till after the middle 
of July, when it remains till the end of August. 
Actitis macularia.—Common on the banks of streams and ponds, 
breeds. 
Charadrius dominicus.—A fall migrant. 
AXgialitis vocifera.— A common summer resident appearing in. 
March, breeds. 
