7^6 Seton, Interesting Records from Toronto. [October 



bar on the crown is strongly marked. No bar on the breast, but 

 there is a dark patch just before each wing-band, fading away 

 towards the back ; a dusky patch on each ear ; primaries dusky ; 

 the three central pairs of tail-feathers are touched with dusky near 

 the tip. I had no opportunity to make measurements, but in the 

 same case were me/oda and sctnipalmata, and comparison with 

 these makes me almost certain that it is cantiana. The bill is 

 noticeably long, black, and slender. I never met the bird before, 

 and have no material to aid me in settling the point. 



American Snipe. Gallinago wilsoni. — A white specimen 

 of this well-known bird was shot in Toronto marsh on the 3d of 

 May, 1S84, by Mr. H. Townson, in whose possession the bird 

 now is. It was killed in company with two normal individuals 

 of the same species. It is pure white, with the ordinary mark- 

 ings indicated in pale, creamy buff, the only dark shades being a 

 few dusky touches on the scapulars, flanks, and subterminal tail- 

 band. The legs and bill are yellowish flesh-color. 



Ruff. Philomachus pugnax. — A specimen of this rare 

 straggler was shot on Toronto Island in the spring of 1882. 

 It is now in the possession of Mr. Young of Toronto. The bird 

 was mounted in a sealed case, so that accurate measurements 

 could not be made, but the general proportions and the large ruff 

 were unmistakable. This specimen appears to agree with the 

 maximum dimensions given in Coues's k Key.' The ruff is not 

 fully developed, and the face is still feathered. The color is as 

 follows : Head, nape, hind-neck, and upper part of ruff gray with 

 black pencillings ; wing-coverts and scapulars black with light 

 edges ; chin, belly, crissum, and tail-coverts white ; quills dusky ; 

 tail-feathers gray with black bars ; throat, breast, and most of ruff 

 glossy, greenish black. 



Great White Egret. Ardea egretta. — A magnificent 

 specimen of this beautiful Heron was shot at Lake Nipissing in 

 1883. It is now in the museum of Mr. C. A. Hirschfelder. 



Hybrid Mallard and Dusky Duck (?). — In the rooms of 

 the Gun Club there is also a supposed hybrid between these two 

 species. Certainly it answers the description of no Duck ever 

 found in this region, while it combines, in a remarkable degree, 

 the characters of the two mentioned. It is known to the sports- 

 men here as a 'Brewer.' It was shot in this locality. No data. 



Barrow's Goldeneye. Bucephala islandica. — A fine male 

 specimen of this Duck was killed hereby Mr. Charles Pickering 



