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on Lake ( mtarioj the Piping Plover has never been more than a migrant at 

 Toronto lill i!*<)7, when Mr W. I? Humphreys found two young and two 

 on thi i i tern Sandbar on June 23. En 1008, a number of pairs bred 

 along the whole lake front of Toronto Island) a set of three eggs was found 

 on July I, and a downj young was taken by a boy on the same date, and 

 another downy young was Been on June 10. I saw three pairs of <>M birds 

 on ,lul\ 6. 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Turkey Vulti re. A young male 

 ill en at Scarboro near Toronto, November 17, L0O8, was mounted \>y 

 Mr. o. Spanner Another unpublished Ontario record L copied from the 

 journal of the late •) Hughes Samuel, December 2, 1895, Peterboro: 

 Ontario Called on Elcombe the local taxidermist, be hae a fine specimen 

 nf Turkey Buzzard ( .- 1 k * ■ r i on the banks of Indian river at Warsaw, 14 

 mile from Peterboro during the summer by a man named Spencer, the 

 hotel keeper Morgan of Warsaw tells me that Spencer winged this bird 

 and kept it alive for several weel 



Astur atricapillus atricapillus. Goshawk. \ large flight occurred 

 in 1906, from October 13 to November 26. I examined over a dozen from 

 Toronto and heard of as many more that had been taken, all full plumaged 

 birds. The flight extended east to Ottawa and a few remained about 

 Toronto during the winter. I received one from Oakville, 19 miles west, 

 of Toronto, on January 4, 1907. 



Buteo borealis krideri. Krider's Hawk. - An immature bird taken 

 ai Pickering, '!'■'> mile eai I of Toronto, on August 19, 1901, by Mr. W. B. 

 Elubidge, ie in my collection; this is the first Ontario record. 



Buteo swainsoni. Swainson's Hawk. One taken at Toronto on 

 October 16, 1909, an immature bird in the dark phase with yellowish 

 markings, mounted by Mr. O. Spanner. 



Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa. Great Gray Owl. A flight 

 appears to have passed eastward along Lake Ontario in Hior. On January 

 .'!, I received one from Port Credit, 13 miles wesl of Toronto, on January 4, 

 one from Mimico, 7 miles west, and on February I, one. from Toronto and 

 on March 8, one from Trenton, 100 milt the city. B< ides these 



I beard of a number of others that wer< taken I examined two taken 

 at Toronto, I ebi uarj 1 1 and I"), 191 1 . 



Cryptoglaux funerea richardsoni. Richardson's Owl. A male 

 picked up dead but quite fresh at Toronto on June 1 1, 1907; the bones of 

 both le^s were crushed and gangrenous, and death was due to starvation. 

 The bird had probably been trapped and released as it showed no traces of 

 captivity. \ female taken at Toronto January 13, 1910, is in my collec- 

 tion, a is 1 he June bird. 



Bubo virginianus subarcticus. Arctic Horned Owl. I ex- 

 amined a female of this form of Horned ' >wl taken together with two small 

 downy young about \pril 24, 1911, at Heaslip, 123 miles north of North 

 Hay. This breeding record explains the presence in winter of this Owl in 



southern Ontario. 



