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the only cases I know of in which Leach's Petrels have been found so 

 near land. One of the skins is now in my possession ; the other is in the 

 collection of Mr. Arthur Helme of Millers Place, L. I. — Robert C. 

 Murphy, Mt. Sinai, Long Island, N. Y. 



Two Additional Records of the European Widgeon (Mareca penel- 

 ope). — In the 'Wilson Bulletin,' Vol. XI, No. 4, p. 112, under the title 

 'Notes from Sandusky, Ohio,' Mr. E. L. Moseley writes, without data: 

 "Two specimens of the Widgeon {Mareca penelope) were mounted by 

 John Herb this spring." 



Through the kindness of Mr. Moseley I am enabled to state that one 

 specimen, a male, was shot by Mr. Edward Hinde on April 18, 1904, some 

 five miles east of Sandusky on the West Huron marsh, which forms an 

 extension of Sandusky Bay. This bird is now in possession of Mr. 

 William Hanson. 



The other specimen, also a male, was brought to Mr. Herb, taxidermist, 

 on April 20, 1904, having been shot on Sandusky Bay about two days 

 previous by Mr. Henry Hartung in whose possession it now is. These 

 records make the twentieth for the interior. — Ruthven Deane, Chicago, 

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An Unusual Migration of Ducks in Ontario. — In February 1899, an 

 unusual inland flight of ducks was noticed in various parts of southern 

 Ontario. Mr. John Bo yd has lately placed at my disposal letters relating 

 to this flight, received by him in response to a letter on the subject pub- 

 lished in the Toronto 'Globe ' of March 10, 1S99. These letters, in addi- 

 tion to the notes I already had, are sufficient to show how important and 

 wide-spread the movement was. 



During the second week of February ducks were picked up in various 

 parts of Toronto, on the streets, in the freight yards, in open fields in the 

 suburbs, and on the roads leading into the city ; they were found princi- 

 pally by the drivers of delivery wagons, and so exhausted were the birds, 

 that in no case did they survive more than a day or two, in confinement. 



The species were principally Cowheens (Harelda hyemalis), with a few 

 Golden-eves (Clangula clangula americana) and American Mergansers 

 {Merganser americana) ; the species being in about the same proportion 

 as is usual on Lake Ontario in winter. Though a few Bluebills (Aytkya 

 marila) winter about Toronto none were noticed in the flight and it is 

 possible that they were too weak to attempt it. 



I heard of about thirty ducks being found about Toronto, though the 

 number actuallj' taken must have been greater. A Grebe (probably 

 Colmybus auritus), was picked up alive a few miles west of Toronto, and 

 this bird survived three days. 



At Grimsby, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, about twenty-seven 

 miles west of Niagara Falls, Ont., Mr. Edward Farewell picked up about a 

 dozen dead ducks on the lake shore ; of these two were Mergansers, and 



