82 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [Von ILI. 
Spinus tristis—The American Goldfinches breed every year in and 
about the city. 
Poocetes gramineus.—Vesper Sparrows’ nests are likewise quite 
common in the fields around the city. 
Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna.—The Savannah Spar- 
row’s nests are occasionally found, but not as common as the Vesper. 
Spizella socialis.—Chipping Sparrows’ nests very common all over, 
but the number is fast decreasing since the introduction of the Passer 
domesticus. 
Melospiza fasciata.—The Song Sparrows’ nests are the commonest 
of all our native birds’ nests. While at Linwood, Ont., in May, 1889, I 
was standing by the gate on Sunday morning 5th, when I heard something 
flutter, and turning saw a bird come out of a hole in the gate post. On 
examining the nest I found one egg: being anxious to capture the bird 
alive, I watched the hole but she did not go back that day, and next day I 
looked and found two eggs, and on the third and fourth morning I found 
an extra egg; on the fifth morning I caught her just as she entered the 
nest, and about half an hour afterwards she laid the fifth egg in the cage 
During the four days of laying she had not sat on the eggs either day 
or night, and only for about half an hour each morning while laying. 
The same condition holds good among all the other birds I have 
observed, except one Catbird. 
Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.—One nest found in a pile of brush 
on Well’s Hill in 1888. 
Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea—F¥ound occasionally in rasp- 
berry bushes. 
Progne subis.—The Purple Martins breed around the high buildings 
on the main streets of the city, and are therefore hard to get. 
Chelidon erythrogaster.—Barn Swallow found common every year. 
Tachycineta bicolor.—-Tree Swallows nest every year in the bird- 
houses around the city. 
Petrochelidon lunifrons.—Cliff Swallows and C/vcola riparia, Bank 
Swallows are to be found in thousands in the high banks on the lake 
shore east and west of Toronto, and in July, 1888, I dug out one nest of 
the Stelotdopteryx serripennis, Rough Winged Swallow out of a nest 
which was among the others at Long Branch. 
Ampelis cedrorum.—Find two or three every season in the orchards 
about the city. 
