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110. General notes. — On October 19, we received at Mr. 

 Cross' store: — two Barred Owls (Si/riiium nebulosum) and one 

 Screech Owl (^Megascops asio) from near Toronto. 



111. Spruce Partridge in Haliburton County. — On 



October 19, we received one of this species {Dendragapus canadensis) 

 from Haliburton. 



112. October 22. — Received at the store one Black Hawk 

 (Archibiiteo lagopus sdncti-joliannis), one Redshouldered Hawk (^Buteo 

 liiieaius), one Screech Owl (Megascops asio), one Blackheart Sand- 

 pijjer {Tringa alpina facijica) all taken at Toronto. 



113. October 23. — Received from Colborne, one Richardson's 

 Owl {Nyctala tengniahni richardsoni). 



114. October 24. — Received a Bald Eagle (ffaliaetos leucoceph- 

 altts) shot on the 5tli concession of York, W. 



115. October 25. — Received Green-winged Teal [Anas carolin- 

 ensis), one Wilson's Snipe {Gallinago delicata), shot at Toronto. 



116. October 26. — Received a Spruce Partridge [Dendragajnts 

 canadensis) from Haliburton and one Black Duck {Anas obscura) 

 from Toronto. 



117. Oct. 29. Great Gray Owl. — A fine specimen of this 

 northern bird ( Ulala cinerea) was sent to day to the store from North 

 Bay, Lake Nipissing. Its stomach coiitained, one entire Shrew — ap- 

 jiarently Sorex coopt^ri, and the remains of some field mice {Arvicola 

 riparius ?). — James R. Thurston. 



118. Fox Sparrow arrived. — On Oct. 26, while at Well's 

 Hill, North Toronto, I shot a Fox Sparrow [Passerellci iliaca). 

 This is the only speciinen reported this year.^ — George E. Atkinson. 



119. Fall migration and habits of the Pine Linnet or 



Siskin. — On October 2, I observed three Pine Linnets {Spinus 

 2jinus), the fii"st of the season. They were flying high in the air near 

 Springfield, on the Credit. Their numbers increased in this neighbor- 

 hood through October, and now, October 29, the species is extremely 

 abundant. They are observed chiefly in flocks of various sizes among 

 the silver-birch trees on whose catkins principally they subsist at this 

 season. While on the wing each member of the flock utters its loud 

 twitter, so that the presence of the birds is noticeable from a great 

 distance ; but as soon as they alight, each one sets about collecting 

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