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97. Baird'S Sandpiper (^Vmgra bairdU). — Mr. Mcllwraith con- 

 siders this species a rare one in Ontario, mentioning that he knows of 

 but four having been taken. On September 24, a specimen was 

 received at the store and several others on previous seasons. Mr. 

 Ernest E. Thompson informs me that on September 10, 1887, he pro- 

 cured two on Ashbridge Bay, and saw several others. On September 

 16, 1889, he got another at the same place, so that we may consider 

 this bii'd a regular, though not a common fall migrant. 



98. Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus). — On Septem- 

 ber 26, we received three of these rare Sandpipers, all shot at 

 Toronto. 



99. White-rumped Sandpiper {Tringa fuscicolUs). — Taken 

 September 24. A late capture. 



100. Buff-breasted SSilldpiper (Tryngites subruficolUs). — One 

 shot by Mr. Wm. Loane, September 5. 



101. Peregrine Falcon {Falco peregrinus anatum). — Killed 

 here September 25 ; stomach distended with grasshoppers. 



102. Fall birds. — Night-hawk (Ghordeiles virginianus) last seen 

 September 30 ; Rusty Grakle {Scolecophagus carolinus) shot on Don 

 Flats September 30 ; Sparrow Hawks {Falco sparverius ), Broad- 

 winged Hawks {Buteo latissimus), and Sharpshins (Accipiter velox) 

 very abundant, October 1 ; the stomachs of nearly all these last were 

 full of grasshoppers. 



103. Late nesting of Cuckoo. — On August 12, 1 found the 



nest of a Black-billed Cuckoo (C'occijzus erythropthalmus) in Rosedale, 

 North Toronto ; it contained two eggs. — James R. Thurston. 



104. Fall Migrants, — On September 28, I collected one Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler {Dendroica coerulescens), and on the 22nd, 

 one Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) ; on September 28, strag- 

 gling flocks of White-crowned (Zoiiotrichia leucophrys), White- 

 throated (Z. albicollis), Swamp (Melospiza georgiana), Song (M. 

 fasciata) and Vesper {Fooccetes gramineus) Sparrows ; also Myrtle 

 Warblers (Dendroica coronata) and Vireos, were observed moving 

 .southward. — Hubert H. Brown. 



(Fifteenth Meeting, October 15, 1889). 



105. Last Migrants. — October 3, I shot a Solitary Vireo {Vireo 



