192 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



(Eleventh Meeting, May 21, 1889). 



71. Arrivals, May 8. — Redstart (Setopkaga ruticilla) ; Yellow 

 Warbler (Dendroica cestiva) ; Blackbumian Warbler {D. hlack- 

 burnice) ; Nashville Warbler {Helmonthophila ruficapilla). 



72. May 9.^-Crested Flycatcher {Myiarchus crhiitus) ; Kingbird 

 ( Tyrannus tyraanus) ; Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis). 



73. May 10. — Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus) ; Rose 

 breasted Grosbeak {Hahia ludoviciana) ; Black and White Ci'eeper 

 {mniotilta varia) ; Wood Thrush (Turdus mustelinus). 



74. May 16. — CAnsidmn W avhlev {Sylvania canadensis). 



75. May 18. — Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) ; Wilson's 

 Warbler [Sylvania pusilla) ; Baybreasted Warbler {Dendroica 

 castanea). Obsei"\'ed by the Subsection. 



76. Olive-sided Flycatcher at Toronto. — On May 18 



while out shooting 1 secured a Flycatcher Avhich proved to be of the 

 above rare species (Contopus horealis). This is the second record for 

 Toronto. — James H. Fleming. 



77. A supposed Loggerhead at Toronto. — On May 18, 



while out west of the city, in a scrubby corner of an open field, I 

 found a Shrike's nest with three eggs in it, and afterwards shot both 

 birds, finding in the female a fully formed egg. These birds did 

 not seem to be our usual form Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides, but 

 rather the true ludovicianus of the South. — James R. Thurston. 



(Twelfth Meeting, June 4, 1889). 



78. Cowbird's egg in Vesperbird's nest.— On May 24, I 



found a nest of Pooccetes gramineus with one cowbird's (Molothrus 

 ate/') egg, and three eggs of the owner. — J. B. Williams. 



79. Arrivals, May 24. — Blackheart Sandpiper {Tringa aljnna 

 pacijica) ; Semipalmated Sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus) ; and Cur- 

 lews. 



80. May 27. — Caspian Tern {Sterna tschegrava) ; Common Tern 

 {^Sterna hirundo). 



81. May 31. — Red-breasted Snipe {Macrorhamphus griseus). 



