VOl i907~ IV ] Fleming, Birds of Toronto, Canada. 87 



290. Sialia sialis. Bluebird.— Abundant migrant and summer 

 resident, March 3 to November 11; earliest spring record. February 26, 

 1906. 



Hypothetical List. 



18. Rallus crepitans. Clapper Rail. — Given in Prof. Hincks's list, 

 and a pair were sent to Paris; given as occurring at Toronto, in 'Hand 

 Book of Toronto,' 1858, 54, and by Mcllwraith in his Hamilton list of I860, 1 

 but is not mentioned in subsequent lists. In all three cases R. elegans is 

 given as well, but even with this evidence the records must be incorrect. 



19. Canachites canadensis canace. Canadian Spruce Grouse. — 

 Of this species the late Hon. G. W. Allen says: "I hardly know whether 

 I am correct in enumerating the Spruce Partridge as among the number 

 of birds found in the immediate neighborhood of Toronto. I have never 

 shot one myself, but I have had specimens brought to me, which were 

 said to have been procured not very many miles from here." 2 On July 

 29, 1904, Mr. E. F. Handy. C. E., observed a covey of Spruce Partridge 

 on the tracks of the Grand Trunk Railway near Zephyr (about 45 miles 

 northeast of Toronto); on inquiring Mr. Handy was informed that there 

 had always been a few in the swamp lying between Mount Albert and 

 Zephyr. This is no doubt the most southern point in Ontario where this 

 partridge is found. 



20. Tympanuchus americanus. Prairie Hen. — It is marked as 

 having been taken at Toronto in 'Hand Book of Toronto,' 1858, 54, with 

 the remark : " This is the Heath Hen of our Legislative Act for the preserva- 

 tion of game." Mcllwraith records the taking of one at Hamilton in May, 

 1886, 3 but it seems unlikely that this was a native bird as they were probably 

 extinct by that date in Ontario, though imported birds may have been on 

 some game preserve; but there is no probability that the bird ever came 

 as far east as Lake Ontario. 



21. Meleagris gallopavo fera. Wild Turkey. — Dr. Brodie says that 

 many years ago (between 1840 and 1850), a well known and reliable hunter 

 saw a flock on the west side of Yonge Street in the township of Whitchurch; 

 none were taken, but the man's statement was generally believed at the 

 time. Wild Turkeys certainly came as far east as Hamilton, and Mr. 

 C. W. Nash was informed by an old resident of Dundas (a few miles west 

 of Hamilton) that they were found at one time on a farm, now just outside 

 the town limits. 



22. Elanoides f orficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. — I have a speci- 

 men that is said to have been taken here many years ago; it is certainly 

 an Ontario record. 



23. Empidonax virescens. Acadian Flycatcher. — The published 



1 Canadian Journal, V, 1860, 394. 



2 Ibid., I, 1853, 171. 



3 Birds of Ontario, 1886, 128. 



