CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 
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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two ; taken at Toronto, Ont., by Mr. Herring. 
One set of two eggs taken at Garden Hill, ten miles north of 
Port Hope, Ont., by Mr. W. H. Meeking, June toth, 1898. No 
nest, the eggs just laid on the ground where the fire had burned 
all the woods the year before. 
CLIT]. PHALA(NOPTILUS Ripeway. I88o. 
418. Poor-will. 
Phalenoptilus nuttalit (Avupd.) Ripew. 1880. 
Only one pair of these birds was seen in two weeks stay at 
Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889. One was shot in open day but no 
nest was discovered. The country was open, dry and arid. 
(Spreadborough.) From Kamloops south through the Okanagan 
district of British Columbia. (Fannin.) A tolerably common 
summer resident throughout the southern portions of the semi- 
arid interior. (Bvooks.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One specimen ; taken at Kamloops, B.C., June 18th, 1889, by 
Mr. Spreadborough. 
CLIV. CHORDEILES Swainson. 1831. 
420. Nighthawk. 
Chordeiles virgintanus (GMEL.) SWAINS. 1831. 
One specimen found dead on Melville Island. (dAvct, W un.) 
Stearns records this bird from Natashquan; also obtained by 
Drexler in August, 1860, at Moose Factory, James Bay. (Packarda.) 
A summer migrant in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Very common 
in Nova Scotia. (Dowmzs.) Seen at Baddeck and Sydney, Cape 
Breton Island, August, 1898 ; one seen in the marsh at Brackley 
Point, Prince Edward Island, 25th June, 1888. (JZacoun.) A few 
were seen almgst every day frequenting the open cl-arings or 
sailing high in the air while I was on Prince Edward Island. 
(Dwight.) An abundant summer resident at St. John, N.B. 
(Cramberlain.) A common summer resident ; breeds at Scotch 
Lake, York Co.,N.B. (W. 4H. Moore.) Not common in the Resti- 
gouche valley, N.B.; only seen in burnt districts near settle- 
ments. (Brittain G Cox.) Taken at Beauport; acommon summer 
