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61. Otocoris alpestris praticola and Pinicola enucleator.— On 

 February 15, I shot two specimens of the former. Mr. Ernest 

 E. Thompson informs me thsit praticola is the breeding form and the only 

 one found here in the spring migration. The only Toronto specimens of 

 alj)est?'is tliat he has seen were taken in the fall migration. On same 

 day I saw two Pine Grosbeaks {Pinicola enucleator), in St, James's 

 Cemetery. — J, B. Williams. 



62. Pinicola enucleator, Otocoris alpestris praticola, &c.— On 

 February 13, I saw a flock of Pine Grosbeaks on Sherbourne street. 

 On February 22, saw a flock of Kedpolls {Acanthis linaria), on a sand 

 bar, and a flock of Shorelarks feeding on manure at Ashbridge's Bay. — 

 John Edmonds. 



63. Orymophilus fulicarius and phalaropus lobatus at Toronto. 

 — A specimen of the Red Phalarope was shot on Toronto sandbar on 

 May 23, 1889, and a specimen of the Northern Phalarope was shot 

 the same spring and in the same place. I received both specimens from 

 the shooter. — J. E, Thurston. 



64. Stercorarius parasiticus at Toronto. — Mr, Loane has re- 

 cently shown me a Parasitic Skua that he shot on Ashbridge's Bay in 

 September, 1885. The bird was mounted and in a sealed case and 

 therefore not available for measurements, but a careful comparison 

 with an authentic specimen in my hands satisfies me of its identity. It 

 is in the dark phase of color, everywhere sooty, darker on the quill 

 feathers, lighter on the crissum, mottled with whitish on the hind neck, 

 back and crissum, central tail feathers pointed and projecting about three 

 inches. 



During September and October, 1889, Mr, Loane observed another 

 specimen apparently of this species. It was not shot, but he several 

 times saw it close at hand and described it as like the above but redder 

 on the belly. On one occasion it carried off a Plover he had just shot. 

 The other gulls {Larinae) seemed afraid of it and would rise and fly off. 

 squawking when this one came near them. The specimen is not known 

 to have been shot, but it disappeared late in October. 



65. Linota cannabrua at Toronto. — On January, Mr. Loane informs 

 me that he saw two strange birds accompanying a flock of English Spar- 

 rows that were feeding on a pile of stable refuse near the Bay. One of these 

 he captured in his net and now has it in a cage where it is doing well 

 and occasionally singing. On comparing this bird with a male specimen 

 of the English Linnet (No, 25143 Am, Mus,) kindly loaned me for the 

 purpose by Dr. J. A. Allen of the American Museum, I have no hesita- 



