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of the dates are well within the mark, and can no doubt be extended. 

 I have not thought it wise to give the average date; the amount of 

 material is not sufficient, and in any case unless the records are made 

 continuously in one place the results are misleading. In giving 

 the dates between which a species has been found here, I have used 

 those that have occurred more than once, and those that stand alone 

 have been given as earliest or latest as the case may be. 



From a very early period in the city's history there has been a 

 more or less active interest taken in natural history, which has re- 

 sulted in two or three collections of birds coming down to us, whose 

 history is well known, and which give a very good idea of the 

 ornithological conditions between 1840 and 1S50. Of these the 

 collection made by the late Hon. G. W. Allen was the largest and 

 contained about 145 species. To the influence of Dr. Wm. Brodie 

 we owe the formation of a small society which published its reports 

 in the ' Proceedings of the Canadian Institute ' from 1889 to 1891, and 

 afterwards printed four numbers of the 'Biological Journal of On- 

 tario' in 1894; these reports I have used largely, also the collection 

 made by the society at that time. Mr. J. Hughes Samuel has allowed 

 me to use his collection and records ; the latter are of great impor- 

 tance as they cover a number of years of continuous collecting at 

 Toronto Island, and I have particularly used them to correct my 

 warbler dates. Mr. John Maughan, Jr., has allowed me to examine 

 his large collection of mounted birds, part of which is now in the 

 Provincial Museum, and I have found much useful data, particu- 

 larly among the larger birds. I have also examined many rare 

 records in the collection of Mr. J. H. Ames; Mr. C. W. Nash has 

 allowed me to quote a paper published in 'Forest and Stream' (Vol. 

 38, 1892, 77) on 'Shore Birds Near Toronto,' and I have based 

 many wader records on specimens taken by him. There are many 

 mounted birds in the possession of sportsmen in the city, which have 

 also been examined. My own collection of Toronto birds is a con- 

 siderable one, and this paper is largely based on it. 



1. Colymbus holboellii. Holbcell's Grebe. — Spring and fall resi- 

 dent. A female taken April 12, 1S96, is not in breeding plumage; full 

 plumaged birds are rare. April 28- June 6 and August 22, 1905. Young 

 birds are not uncommon in the Lake during October and probably earlier. 

 Latest record, November 24, 1900. 



