446 Fleming, Birds of Toronto, Ontario. [^' t k 



rare, and no males in full plumage have been taken, nearly all the birds 

 examined having been immature. Males in full plumage no doubt occur, 

 as one was taken at Belmont Lake, near Havelock, Ont. (100 miles east of 

 Toronto, October, 1900). 



52. Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. — Regular migrant; 

 common March 1 to May 11; in the fall through October and November; 

 a few are said to winter; spring birds are nearly all in full plumage. 



53. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. — Regular fall migrant, 

 in October and November; the majority of the birds examined are imma- 

 ture, but there is a full plumaged male in Mr. Maughan's collection. 



54. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. — Regular fall migrant; 

 not common. Full plumaged birds are said to have been taken, but all 

 examined are immature. They occur in October (October 16, 1895). 



55. Chen caerulescens. Blue Goose. — An adult taken on the lake 

 shore, seventeen miles west of Toronto, is in my collection; another pro- 

 bably taken here is in the collection at Trinity University; both birds are 

 adult. This goose has been taken at Ottawa, London, and Gravenhurst 

 in Ontario. 



56. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — Regular migrant, March 

 10 to 30, returning October 16 to November 12; these dates can probably 

 be extended. Earliest date February 24, 1906. 



57. Branta canadensis hutchinsii. Hutchins's Goose. — A female 

 taken October 19, 1905, is in the collection of Mr. Maughan. The identi- 

 fication of this goose is frequently incorrect; a reputed local record was 

 sent to me from England which proved to be a small Canada Goose; but 

 Hutchins's Goose is of rare occurrence in Southern Ontario; one in my 

 collection was taken at Port Rowan on Lake Erie, October 6, 1896. 



58. Branta bernicla glaucogastra. White-bellied Brant. — Two 

 records, a male taken November 12, 1899, and a female taken December 2, 

 1895; there are no specimens in the old collections. 



59. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. — Rare; probably acci- 

 dental. I have seen only two fresh birds, one of which is now in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. C. K. Rogers; there are two in the collection at Trinity Univer- 

 sity that were probably taken here. Is seems likely that at one time this 

 swan was of regular occurrence here. 



60. Olor buccinator. Trumpeter Swan. — There are no recent 

 records, but Prof. Hincks described in 1864 a new swan Cygnus passmori. 

 taken here, which was really a young Trumpeter; and between 1S63 and 

 1866 he was able to get six local birds to examine. 1 There are two speci- 

 mens in the collection at Trinity University that were no doubt taken here. 



61. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. — Summer resi- 

 dent, April 11 to Nov. 4; abundant in spring and fall; breeds (May 31, 1906). 



1 Proc. Linnaean Society of London, Zoology, VIII, 1864, 1-7; and IX, 1868, 

 298-300. 



