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on following it I discovered its nest on the bough of a small cedar about 
ten feet from the ground. The mother came and sat on the eggs three 
times while I was watching it but I could not secure her. The nest con- 
tained two eggs which were partly incubated. 
Carpodacus purpureus.—On June 14, I approached a pair of Purple 
Finches in the Queen’s Park. I managed to get close enough to strike 
one of them with a stick, and captured it—CHAs E. PEARSON. 
Bonasa nest in Rosedale.—On June 9, I found a nest of the Ruffed 
Grouse, Lonasa umbellus togata, in Rosedale. It contained fifteen eggs,. 
all but three of which had been hatched and the young gone. The shells of 
each egg had been cut around the large end and the young let out, and 
the large end turned inside the remainder of the sheli, so that every shell 
was quite complete, two of the remaining three were bad and the third 
contained a dead bird. The nest was in a small depression on the side 
of aravine. The same day I found a nest of Wilson’s Thrush, 7uzadus 
Juscescens, containing three of its own eggs, and one of the Cowbird 
Molothrus ater, at the same place—G. E. ATKINSON. 
Migration observations, from Port Sydney.—The following is a 
list of the dates on which the different birds arrived here last spring, 
and a comparison with the arrivals up to April 1890. Acanthzs linaria, 
Redpoll arrived January 25, 1889, November 1, 1889, much earlier. 
Otocoris alpestris praticola, Shorelark, March 5, 1889, Feburary 27, 
1890, much earlier, Spzzella monticola, Tree Sparrow, March 11, 
1889, April 7, 1890, later. /unco hyemalts, Junco, March 17, 1889, 
April 7, 1890, later. MWerula migratoria, Robin, March 22, 1889, 
April 23, 1890, later. Szalza szalzs, Blue-bird, March 22, 1889, April 
25, 1890, later. Larus argentatus, Herring Gull, March 22, 1889, 
March 18, 1890, earlier. MWelospiza fasciata, Song Sparrow, March 
24, 1889, April 7, 1890, later.. Scolecophagus carolinus, Rusty 
Grackle, April 1, 1889, April 9, 1890, later. Quzscalus quiscula 
@neus, Bronzed Grackle, April 9, 1889, April 9, 18090, same 
Sphyrapicus varius, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, April 11, 1889, April 12, 
1890, later. Colaptes auratus, Flicker, April 11, 1889, Aprii 12, 
1890, “later. Spznus' trzstis, American Goldfinch, April 11,)-1é80, 
April 10, 1890, earlier. Sayornzs phwbe, Phoebe, April 11, 1880, 
April 14, 1890, later. Accepiter velox, Sharp-shinned Hawk, April, 
16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Falco sparverius, Sparrow Hawk, 
April 16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Contopus virens, Wood 
Pewee, April 16, 1889, not yet come, later. Poocetes gramineus, 
Vesper Sparrow, April 16, 1889, April 11, 1890, earlier. Ceryle 
alcyon, Kingfisher, s\pril 16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Z7oglo- 
