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Yellow Warbler, Dendroica estiva. May 3, secured two males and one 
female Red Crossbill, Zoréa curvirostra minor, at the same place. May 
4, saw first Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus, on Well’s Hill. 
Sparrows eating beech buds.—May 5,1 watched a flock of Passer 
domesticus, eating beech buds in the University Grounds. They go in 
flocks of about 20, from tree to tree and destroy the buds at the rate of 
about 5 per minute for each bird. They cut the buds off close to the twig, 
eat the soft pip and drop the shells. On May 11, I also saw three Rose- 
breasted Grosbeaks feeding at the same place and in the same manner, 
occasionally darting out at a passing insect. I managed to secure one 
and its stomach was packed with these buds. 
More arrivals.—May 6, Oven-bird, Sezurus aurocapillus. May 10, 
Rosebreasted Grosbeak, Hadbia ludovictana, Blueheaded Vireo, Vzreo 
sclttartus. May 13, Bob-o-link, Dolichonyx oryztvorus, Catbird, Galeos- 
Loptes carolinensis.—G. E. ATKINSON. 
Twenty-ninth meeting, May 27, 1890), 
Arrivals.—May 19, Zyrannus tyrannus, Kingbird. Sylvania pusilla. 
Wilson’s Warbler. Sylvania canadensis, Canadian Warbler. 
Observations and collections, at Orillia, Ont.—I secured three 
Baltimore Orioles, /cterus galbula, and several Warblers on May 24. 
May 25, secured a male Maryland Yellow-throat, Goethlypzs trichas. 
Nests.—May 26, at Orillia, I found a nest of Quzscalus quiscula eneus, 
Bronzed Grackles, containing four full fledged young birds. One nest 
of Chipping Sparrow, Sfzzella socialis, containing two eggs, and one 
nest of the Barn Swallow, Chelidon erythrogaster, containing four eggs 
—G, E. ATKINSON. 
Migration at its height.—On May 3, in Rosedale, I saw large 
numbers of Warblers, among them were the Chestnut-sided, Denxdrozca 
pensylvanica, Blackburnian, Dendroica blackburnig, and one Cerulean 
Warbler, Dendroica cerulea. May 24, a Mourning Dove, Zenazdura 
macroura, was secured at Little York, also three Baybreasted, Dendroica 
castanea, one Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, and one Cape May 
Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, were brought to me. I also secured 
several specimens of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, TZvochzlus 
colubris, which are very numerous this season; a male specimen of 
