VOl i906 in ] Fleming, Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 453 



refer to immature Black Terns; I have seen no specimens from the Great 

 Lakes. 



9. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. American White Pelican. — A 

 rare straggler; has been reported several times, but no specimens have 

 been taken here, though there are several Lake Ontario records. 



10. Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown Pelican. — Prof. Hincks gives 

 this in his list, and one was sent to Paris, no doubt the one recorded in one 

 of the agricultural journals of an earlier date, the reference to which I 

 have been unable to find. The bird was said to have been taken near To- 

 ronto. 



11. Somateria dresseri. American Eider. — Prof. Hincks gives 

 this in his list, and a pair were sent to Paris. I have carefully examined 

 a number of eiders from the Great Lakes, including several recorded as 

 this species; all prove to be S. spectabilis. 



12. Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. — I have a specimen 

 probably taken here, and Mr. John Bunker remembers one having been 

 shot here some years ago. I have recently examined five specimens taken 

 in southern Ontario; they all belong to this form, and it seems likely that 

 C. h. nivalis does not occur on the Great Lakes. 



13. Anser albifrons gambeli. American White-fronted Goose. — 

 Said to have occurred here, but there seem to be no specimens in local col- 

 lections. This goose, however, occurs in southern Ontario; two were taken 

 at Port Perry, Ont., April 15, 1894, one of which I examined; there is an 

 adult in the museum at Toronto, and one is recorded by Mcllwraith, both 

 from the St. Clair Flats. 



14. Plegadis autumnalis. Glossy Ibis. — One was mounted by the 

 Rev. John Doel many years ago and was said to have been taken at Toronto; 

 Mcllwraith records a pair from Hamilton, one of which was sent to Paris 

 and is the one referred to in Prof. Hincks 's list. 



15. Porzana jamaicensis. Black Rail. — Prof. Hincks gives this 

 in his list, and one was sent to Paris, possibly the one taken at Ingersoll, 

 Ont., in 1857. ' Young Virginia Rails have been confused with this species. 



16. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. — There has 

 been considerable confusion in the identification of the three curlews cred- 

 ited to the Great Lakes; a very careful search has failed to find any authen- 

 tic specimen from this region of the Long-billed Curlew; I have, however, 

 found the Hudsonian Curlew so named, and the Eskimo Curlew marked 

 Hudsonian. There is in the museum of Toronto University a correctly 

 identified Long-billed Curlew, but the collection is a general one, and the 

 bird may have come from anywhere. Prof. Hincks gives it in his list, and 

 one was sent to Paris; there are none in any Ontario collections I have 

 examined. 



17. Ochthodromus wilsonius. Wilson's Plover. — Prof. Hincks 

 gives this species in his list, and a pair were sent to Paris; beyond this 

 nothing is known. 



1 Canadian Journal, IV, 1859, 389. 



