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One Shorelark that I struck with my catapult fell, and after fliitterini^ 

 about, managed to rise and fly southward in a very erratic fashion ; 

 another, probably its mate, went after it and seemed trying to 

 bring it again to the ground, by fluttering just in front and above it. 

 They kept together like a pair of fighting Kingbirds, till lost to sight. — 

 C. E. Pearson, Toronto. 



109. Spring Notes.— On March 20, near Lome Park I saw a Red- 

 headed Woodpecker {Melanerjpes erythroce])halus). As it flew I noticed 

 that the secondaries were marked also with a black spot or bar as in the 

 immature birds. On March 15, I noticed a number of Shore-larks {Oto- 

 coris alpest7'is praticola), along the road in an open part of the country 

 near Streetsville, where a pair of these species breeds every year. On 

 March 19, as I passed I noticed a male in full plumage and song. No 

 doubt he is mated and has eggs already. Is this the old bird of last year's 

 pair, and if so where are the young nesting ? Why not back to their 

 native field ? — Ernest E. Thompson. 



109. Oorvus americanus mobbing an Accipiter atracapillus. — 

 On Saturday, Marcli 22, while collecting up the Don, I heard a great 

 commotion among the CJrows on a wooded hillside opposite my stand. 

 On examining them through a glass I discovered that they were mob- 

 bing a hawk that seemed to be an immature Goshawk. I failed to 

 get nearer or observe them more closely. — Jas. R. Thurston. 



110, Lanius borealis. — On February 22, I observed one Northern 

 Shrike on the top of a maple tree in Leslie's nurseries, east of Toronto, — 

 John Edmonds. 



CANADIAN ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



116. Ornithological Papers published in the Cariadian Journal up to 

 1889 inclusive. 



1st Series, Vol. I., 1852-3. 

 1853. — Allan, (Hon. G. W.) The land birds wintering in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Toronto. March, 1853. pp. 167-72. 



An interesting paper containing notes on twenty-five species, including 

 Quail, Spruce Partridge, Canadian Jay, etc. 



1853.— Whitwell (Rich.) A "Rara Avis," June 15, 1853. p. 260. 



On a Merula m'lgratoria that wintered at Philipsburg (Ont.? or Quebec ?) 



