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was seen by Mr. Comeau at Godbout on the St. Lawrence in 1882. 
(Dionne.) A rare visitor in the Montreal district. A pair was 
observed at Beauharnois in the fail of 1889 and one shot; another 
example was taken in the summer of 1891, at Isle aux Noix, forty 
miles from Montreal. There is a record in The Auk, Vol. II., page 
110, of a pair seen at Rockliffe, on the Ottawa river, in the spring 
of 1883. The male was obtained and is now in the museum at 
Ottawa. These were adults, but the specimen in my collection, 
which was obtained at Rondeau, near the west end of Lake Erie, 
and others which I have heard of along our southern border, were all 
young birds. (MclIlwraith.) The only definite record for the Tor- 
onto region is a specimen in my collection taken at Port Union, 
- May 24th, 1895. Dr. Wm. Brodie says a pair bred regularly many 
years ago at Port Union and several were shot. (J. H. Fleming.) 
An adult specimen of this species was shot on Duck bay, Lake 
Winnipegosis, in 1888, by Mr. David Armit. This I believe is the 
northernmost record for the species. (£. T. Seton in The Auk, 
Vol xp: 40.) / 
LXXVI. EGRETTA Forster. 1817. 
197. Snowy Heron. 
Egretta candidissima (GMEL.) GOSSE. 1847. 
Casual visitor in Nova Scotia; one specimen shot in a marsh 
near Halifax, another at Musquodoboit. (Downs.) Saw one shot 
at Combermere, Renfrew county, Ont., in August, 1892. (Rev. C. J. 
Young.) Ihave recently mounted a fine adult male shot May 11th, 
1901, near Pincher creek, Alta. (G. F. Dippie.) Accidental in 
British Columbia. Two specimens taken at Burrard inlet, B.C., 
May, 1879, (fannin.) 
LXXVII. FLORIDA Bairp. 1858. 
200. Little Blue Heron. 
Florida cerulea (LINN.) BAIRD. 1858. 
Accidental and very rare in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) On May 
23rd, 1900, a specimen of this species was brought to Mr. Ernest 
Doane at L’Anse au Loup, Labrador by a man who had shot it a 
day or two before. Mr. Doane skinned the bird and sent it to me. 
