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Sandpiper. Fine $10.00 and costs. Suspended. 



John McCarthy, Killarney, Manitoba. Shoot- 

 ing Blue- winged Teal in close season. Fine 

 $10.00 and costs. 



W. Woods. Killarney, Manitoba. Shooting 

 Blue-winged Teal in close season. Fine $10.00 

 and costs. 



Dame Onesime Despres, 148 St. Bernard St., 

 Quebec, Que. Having in possession one live 

 Bobolink. Withdrawn. 



Wm. Francis Slade, Westmount, Quebec- 

 Illegal possession of Semipalmated Sandpipers. 

 Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Wm. Townsend, Grand Pre, King's County, 

 Nova Scotia. Molesting Semipalmated Sand- 

 pipers by discharging a gun with intent to kill. 

 Fine $10.00 and costs. 



J. V. Welsh, Turtle Tank, Mine Centre, Ontario. 

 Ha\'ing a migratory game bird, viz: plover, in 

 his possession without lawful excuse contrary to 

 sec. (6) of the M.B.C.A. Fine $10.00 and costs. 

 Seizure: one shot-gun. 



R. Paquet, Magog, Quebec. Having in posses- 

 sion one Great Blue Heron. Fine $10.00 and 

 costs. 



H. A. Channell, East Bolton, Quebec. Having 

 in possession one Grebe. Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Fred Mitchell, Sherbrooke Quebec. Having in 

 possession one Wood Duck. Fine $10.00 and 

 costs. 



Henri Menard, Eastman, Quebec. Having in 

 possession two Mergansers in close season. Fine 

 $10.00 and costs. 



Henri Menard, Eastman, Quebec. Having. in 

 possession one Great Blue Heron. Withdrawn. 



Harry E. Reid, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Having 

 in possession one Great Blue Heron. Fine 

 $10.00 and costs. 



E. J. Hibbert, Chipman's Corner, Nova Scotia. 

 Hunting Woodcock in close season. Fine $10.00 

 and costs. 



H. Whittier, R.R. No. 2, Magog, Quebec. 

 Having in possession one Great Blue Heron. 

 Fine $10.00 and costs. 



H. J. Placey, 17 WelUngton St., S., Sherbrooke, 

 Quebec. Having in possession one Loon. Fine 

 $10.00 and costs. 



John Murphy, New Minas, King's County, 

 Nova Scotia. Having in possession Semipalmated 

 Sandpipers.in close season. Fine $10.00 and costs. 



NORTHWEST GAME ACT PROSECUTIONS. 



R. W. Phillips, Victoria Island, Northwest 

 Territories, Violation of Section (6) of the Re- 

 gulations under the Northwest Game Act, which 

 prohibits hunting and trapping, except by Eskimos, 

 on Victoria Island, Northwest Territories — A fine 

 of $100.00, without costs was imposed, or, in 

 default, two months imprisonment with hard 

 labour at Fort McPherson. The accused being 

 destitute the warrant of committment was sus- 

 pended on condition that the accused leave the 

 Territory by the first steamer. Accused left the 

 country. Seizure: Three White Fox skins. 



George Komana, Kittigaruit, Northwest Terri- 

 tories, Trapping Fox out of season. Fine $50.00. 

 Seizure: Two White Fox skins. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE WINTER BIRDS OF THE OKANAGAN VALLEY, 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 



By J. A. MuNRO, Okanagan Landing, British Columbia. 



Since the publishing of a list of the winter 

 birds of the Okanagan Valley in 1917*, a number 

 of additional records have been made which may 

 be of some interest. In the list referred to, an- 

 notations were given on one hundred and ten 

 species and sub-species known to occur during 

 the winter months, and, with the additions here 

 recorded, the list is increased to one hundred 

 and twenty-two. Winter is defined for the 

 purposes of this paper as being between Novem- 

 ber 1st and March 1st inclusive. 



Long- tailed Duck: Harelda hy emails. An 

 adult male shot in Bissett Creek near Lumby on 

 November 15th, 1918, was brought to the local 



*The Ottawa Naturalist, XXXI, pp. 81-89. 



taxidermist. This species is known as a scarce 

 and irregular migrant. 



Canada Goose: Branta canadensis canadensis. 

 At Vaseaux Lake on December 22nd, 1920, 1 heard 

 honkers flying over and was told by the residents 

 that they winter regularly in this section. 



\'IRGINIA Rail: Rallus virginianus. An adult 

 female in my collection was taken at Summer- 

 land on December 22nd, 1919. 



Prairie Falcon: Falco mexlcanus. A young 

 male was taken at Okanagan Landing on Novem- 

 ber 6th, 1921. 



Gray Gyrfalcon: Falco rusticolus rusticolus. 

 A specimen of this rare falcon was taken at 

 Kelowna on December 1st, 1916, and is now in 

 the collection of Mr. L. E. Taylor. 



