iSS4.1 Correspondoicc. 2Q5 



registering fifteen to twentj-foiir degrees below zero witii a frequency 

 and persistency that is quite unusual in this vicinity. 



On stormy days the birds were not seen about the city, but they seemed 

 quite indifferent to the cold, and when the sun was shining, even though 

 the temperature was extremely low, they literally swarmed upon the 

 branches, and on the ground beneath the mountain ash trees, in the 

 squares and gardens ; nor did they finally leave until every berry had been 

 devoured. 



I had almost neglected to note another occurrence for which the past win- 

 ter will remain remarkable — the advent oi Passer domcstictts. Somewhere 

 about New- Year's day a small detachment of English Sparrows — the first 

 that are known to have visited this Province — arrived at St. John in a car 

 of grain shipped from some western city; and, somewhat in the style of 

 other 'cheeky' visitors, these pests act as if they intended to 'stay all sum- 

 mer.' — Montague Chamberlain, St. JoJni, N. B. 



Second Addendum to List of Birds Ascertained to Occur within ten 

 miles from Point de Monts, Province of Quebec, Canada ; based chiefly 

 upon the Notes of Napoleon A. Comeau. — Mr. Comeau has sent me 

 skins of the following-named species, taken by him at Godbout, and not 

 pi-eviously recorded from that locality' : 



157. Saxicola cenanthe. Shot May iS, 1884. 



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159 

 160 

 161 

 162 

 163 

 164 



165 

 166 

 167 

 168 



169 

 170 



Passerella iliaca. Shot Oct. 11, 1883. 



Spizella monticola. Shot in August, 1883. 



Passer domesticus. Shot May 27, 1884. 



Empidonax flaviventris. Shot in August or September, 1883. 



Tringa canutus. Shot in August or September, 18S3. 



Accipiter fuscus. Shot May 2, 1884. Tolerably common : breeds. 



Melospiza lincolni. Shot June 2, 18S4. 



Melospiza palustris. Shot June 2, 18S4. 



Falco peregrinus nsevius. Shot June 2, 1S84. 



Passerina cyanea. Shot June S, 1884. 



Siurus auricapillus. Shot June 9, 1884. 



Sphyrapicus varius. Shot June 13, 1SS4. 



Picoides tridactylus americanus. Tolerably common. — C. Hart 



Merriam, M.D., Locust Grove, Ne7v York. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



\_Corrcspondents are requested to write brie Ay a??d to t/ie point. No afte?itio?i loill 

 be paid to atwtiymous coiiunun ications.'] 



An Ornithological Swindler. 



To THE Editors of The Auk : — 



Sirs : A case of ornithological swindling which has latelv come to mv 

 notice is of such an aggravated character that I feel it my duty to make 

 the facts known. They are as follows : — 



