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November 20 to December 15, on Toronto Bay. Mr. Lloyd has a young 

 male taken on Lake Ontario October 20, 1904, and he saw one which 

 had just been killed at Scarboro Heights, Toronto, on November 11, 

 1916.— J. H. F. 



Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. — A female was taken on Lake 

 Ontario near Toronto on September 27, 1907. — H. L. 



Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus. Snow Goose. — An adult taken 

 at Weller's Bay, Prince Edward County, on Lake Ontario, October 21, 

 1916, is now in the Provincial Museum, Toronto.- — J. H. F. 



Chen cserulescens. Blue Goose. — An adult female shot on No- 

 vember 2nd, 1914, at Port Rowan on Lake Erie is in the collection of Mr. 

 John Maughan. An immature female was shot by Mr. Bert Gardner at 

 Point Pelee on October 21st, 1916, the upper and lower mandibles of this 

 specimen were black becoming flesh purple at base, commissure dusky 

 black; legs and feet dark lead gray (plumbeous), webs dusky. Another 

 immature bird was taken on the Holland River near Schomberg, in York 

 County, on November 6th, 1916. The bird was in poor condition and 

 had probably been previously wounded. This and the other immature 

 bird were in dark gray plumage.- — J. H. F. 



Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan.— A flock of about twenty 

 settled in Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, on the evening of April 17th, 1914, 

 leaving next morning. One was killed at Whitby, thirty miles east of 

 Toronto, on Lake Ontario on the 18th. — J. H. F. 



Herodias egretta. Egret. — A bird, without dorsal plumes, was 

 killed on August 3rd, 1916, in Dundas County, Ontario, and identified 

 by Mr. Oliver Spanner. It was subsequently mounted by a local taxi- 

 dermist, but I have been unable to learn who owns it at present. — J. H.F. 



Rallus elegans. King Rail. — One taken at Picton, Bay of Quinte, 

 on March 28, 1917, is in the Provincial Museum, Toronto. — H. L. 



Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — One taken on November 10, 

 1906, at Toronto, is in my collection. This is the latest record. — J. H. F. 



Porzana Carolina. Sora Rail. — Specimens taken on October 12, 

 1904; October 15, 1914; and October 17, 1914, are late Toronto dates.— 

 H. L. 



Calidris leucophaea. Sanderling. — A specimen was taken at To- 

 ronto on September 15, 1905, a late fall date. — H. L. 



Limosa hsemastica. Hudsonian Godwit.— One was shot on Sep- 

 tember 18th, 1912, on the Eastern Sandbar, Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, 

 by Mr. H. M. Sheppard. The bird was flying in company with nine Gol- 

 den Plover, some of which were taken at the same time. The record is 

 based on a letter written by the late S. T. Wood, who published an ac- 

 count of the occurrence in the 'Globe' of October 12th, 1912. — J. H. F. 



Helodromas solitarius solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — Spring 

 occurrences are rare in Ontario. On May 16, 1918, three were seen at 

 Coldstream, Ontario, and one taken; and on May 23, 1918, two were tak- 



