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bird, but, in 1889, I found one nest on Spadina Road in the stump of an 
apple tree, where the hole was about three inches broad and the nest was 
only about three inches below the level of the hole ; it contained five 
eggs.—G. E. ATKINSON. 
( Thirty-Second Meeting, Sept. 23, 1890.) 
Halizetus leucocephalus.—On Sept 15, I received a fine Bald Eagle 
from Pickering, Ontario. It was a very large specimen and had been 
seen repeatedly carrying away small lambs. 
Buteo swainsoni.—A fine male specimen of the Swainson’s Hawk 
was secured on the Don flats and brought to me on Sept. 5. This is 
the first specimen I ever received in the flesh and the first record of its. 
occurrence about Toronto.—WwmM. CROSS. 
Vireo solitarius.—On Sept. 17, I collected a specimen of the Blue- 
headed Vireo in Rosedale—WM. METCALFE. 
Albino Passer domesticus.—On June 21, I secured an entire 
albino English Sparrow at Kew Gardens, it was a female and had been. 
setting. Its color was a dark cream on the breast and a few very light 
brown markings on the shoulders and back corresponding to the dark 
markings of the ordinary specimens and the wings and tail were all dirty 
white. 
Aix sponsa. Buteo latissimus.—At Sparrow Lake, Muskoka, I 
found Wood Ducks and Broad-winged Hawks very numerous during 
August.—J. A. VARLEY. 
Micropalama himantopus.—On July 28, I shot a fine Stilt Sand- 
piper on Ashbridge’s Bar. This bird is considered very rare about 
Toronto. 
Phalaropus tricolor.—On Sept. 15, while Mr. A. Bunker was watch- 
ing for ducks off the Sandbar at the west end of the Island,a Wilson’s 
Phalarope pitched among his decoys and was secured. This also is. 
considered a rare capture in this vicinity.—T. HARMAR. 
Summer Collections.—June 18th, Caldris arenaria, Sanderling, 
collected on Ashbridge’s Bar; July 17, young Coot, Fudica americana, 
secured in the marsh. 
Aythya affinis—About July 21 there seemed to be an unusual 
migration of ducks and shore birds, several species of the former having 
