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1905| ONTARIO ORNITHOLOGICAL Notes: WINTER 1904-05 121 
ONTARIO ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES : WINER 1904-05. 
By A. B. KLuGu, Sec’y. Wellington F.-Nat. Club, Guelph, Ont. 
Ornithologically considered, the past winter has not been 
without its interesting episodes, 
~ On December 30, during a snowstorm, a Horned Grebe lit 
in a snowdrift in Guelph. One foot appeared to have been frozen, 
but the bird seemed otherwise all right. It was placed in a large 
case with a pan of water and fed on fish, which it consumed 
readily; but it died the next day. 
Great Black-backed Gulls have been seen throughout the 
winter at Toronto by Mr. S. Hunter. 
Herring Gulls, though seen on the Great Lakes, have not 
wandered inland as much as usual. 
American Mergansers wintered in some numbers on the 
Thames at London and a few on the Speed at Guelph.” 
A Mallard was taken at Wingham on February 12, and 
two Black Ducks were seen at the mouth of a small creek near 
Penetanguishene by Mr. A. F. Young on February 8, 
A Scaup Duck was taken at Penetanguishene on Decem- 
ber 5. 
Old-squaw Ducks wintered at Toronto, and American 
Golden-eyes at Toronto and London. 
An adult female Black-crowned Night Heron was shot in an 
orchard near Woodstock on December 24, and was given to Mr. 
W. D. Hobson of that city. 
A Cooper’s Hawk was seen by Mr. S. Beattie at Guelph on 
January 20, and by others on January 28 and February 7. 
A Bald Eagle was seen by Mr. W. E. Saunders at. London 
on February 4, and one was shot near Woodstock on March 11 
and examined by Mr. W. D. Hobson. 
An American Sparrow Hawk was seen at Guelph in February 
by Mr. A. A. Davidson. 
Three Snowy Owls were shot in Frontenac and Leeds coun- 
ties and sent to the taxidermist in Kingston, one was taken at 
Brampton in December, and one at Guelph on February 26. 
An Arctic Three-toed Woodpeckper was seen at Penetan- 
