PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SUB- 



SECTION OF THE BIOLOGICAL SECTION 



OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



Edited by Ernest E. Thompson. 



(First Meeting, December 21, 1888). 



The members of the Biological Section, who were desirous 

 of forming the Sub-section, met at the house of Dr. Wm. Brodie, 

 Parliament Street, Toronto, at the above date, aud having formu- 

 lated a code and constitution, the following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year, — Dr. Wm. Brodie, Chairman; Mr. Geo. E. Atkin- 

 son, Recording Secretary ; and Mr. J. B. Williams, Corresponding 

 Secretary. Mr, Ernest E. Thompson being Editor, ex officio. 



(The nomenclature in use throughout these papers is that of the 

 American Ornithologist's Union, as published in 1886). 



1. After the completion of business Mr. Williams shewed a num 

 ber of mounted specimens of Ontarian Woodpeckers, and remarked 

 on their distribution and habits. 



2. Dr. Brodie exhibited a Fox Span-ow {Passerella iliaca), taken 

 at Toronto, 4th of October, 1888, and remarked on its rai-ity in this 

 region. He also exhibited a specimen of the Longeared Owl {Asio 

 wilsonianus). 



(Second Meeting, January 8, 1889). 



3. Robins wintering at Toronto.— On January 1, I ob- 

 served four American Robins (Merula migratoria) in Rosedale. — 

 J. B. Williams. 



4. American Goldfinches wintering at Toronto.— On 



January 1, I observed several large flocks of Goldfinches (Spinus 

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