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of migration among the insectivorous birds. Redstarts, Setophaga 
rutectlla, and several other Warblers were to be seen in great numbers. 
September 16.—I secured a young Maryland Yellow-throat, 
Geothlypis trichas, and a male Olive-back Thrush, 7urdus ustulatus 
Swainsonit, in the University Grounds. 
September 21.—I observed numbers of White-throated Sparrows, 
Zonotrichia albicollts, in different parts of the city, and saw two Purple 
Finches, Carpodacus purpureus, in the University Grounds.—G. E. 
ATKINSON. 
(Thirty-third Meeting, October 7, 1890.) 
Port Sydney observations.—May 7, saw Brown Thrasher, Har- 
porhynchus rufus, and Snowbirds, Plectrephenax nivalis. 
May 14.—Saw three more Snowbirds. 
May 18.—Saw a Maryland Yellow-throat, Geothlypis trichas. 
May 23.—Secured an Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus borealis. 
May 25.—Saw three male Towhees, Pzpzlo erythrophthalmus. This 
bird is becoming commoner every summer ; a few years ago it was never 
seen here at all. 
May 28.—Blue-headed Vireo, V2vreo solitarius, also saw a flock of 
Pine Siskins, Spznus pinus, which stayed three days, and then went 
north. 
August 15.—Great numbers of Swallows migrating south, rested on 
my farm fences for two days. Pipits, Axthus penstlvanicus, are also 
here now. They remain longer in the fall than the spring.—W. Kay, 
Port Sydney, Muskoka. 
Troglodytes hiemalis.—On October 5,1 observed the last Marsh 
Wren, in Toronto Marsh.—JOHN EDMONDS. 
Accipiter atricapillus.—In October a male Goshawk was shot by a 
gunner on Ashbridge’s Bay, as it flew at his duck decoys.—J. R. 
THURSTON. 
Migration notes.—The last week of September, and first week of 
October, migration has been at its height. Sparrows, Warblers, Thrushes, 
and Blackbirds, are to be seen all about the city. White-throated 
Sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis, Myrtle Warblers, Dendroica coronata, 
