PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



Rare Birds Taken at Toronto. By John Maughan, Jr., Esq. 



(Read April 13, 1895). 



Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus Marinus). Locality, 8 miles out from Toronto, 

 Island in Lake Ontario. Date, 8th February, 1894. Measurements : spread 5 ft. 9+ ins., 

 wing 2 ft. 7 ins., length 2 ft. 6 ins., leg 11 ins., tarsus 3^ ins., tail 8^ ins., bill 2^ ins., 

 bill, from gape, 4i ins., middle toe 3^ ins. Sex J*. 



Peregrine Falcon or Duck Hawk (Falco Peregrinus Anatum). Locality, Toronto. 

 Marsh, Ashbridge's Bay. Date, 25th June, 1894. Measurements: length 19* ins., 

 tail 7i ins., wing 19^^ ins., spread 44f ins., tarsus 2 ins., middle toe 2f ins., bill i in., 

 gape li ins. Sex (^. 



Remarks. — Plumage very light ashy, feathers very much battered and bare. 



Marsh Hawk (Circus Hudsonicus). Locahty, Toronto Marsh, Ashbridge's Bay 

 Date, 20th May, 1894, and 2nd April, 1895. Measurements : length 18^ ins., wing 20 

 ins., spread 3 ft. 6 ins., bill i in., gape ij ins., leg lo^ ins., tarsus 2| ins., middle toe 

 If ins., tail 8J ins. Sex cf and cf . 



Remarks.— Both these hawks are noted for their being old males in the "Blue 

 Plumage." Colour : very light bluish ash, with pure white under wings and upper and 

 under tail coverts. Measurements are practically identical. 



Razor-Billed Auk (Alca Torda). Locality, Hamilton Bay, Ont. Date, 9th Decem- 

 ber, 1893. Measurements : spread 27 J ins., tail 3^ ins., wing 12 ins. Sex (^. 



Remarks. — This species is undoubtedly very rare here, as records of only two have 

 been noted before this one. No doubt it came along with the Guillemots that were 

 taken in such numbers at different points during the winters of 1893, 1894 and 1895. 



Red Phalanpe (Crymophilus Fulicarius). Locality, Toronto Island (east end). 

 Date, 6th October, 1894. Measurements: bill i in., spread 15 ins., wing 6^ ins., tail 

 2 ins., leg 3 ins., tarsus 15-16 in., middle toe 15-16 in. Sex (^. 



Leash or Yellow Rail (Porzana Noveboracensis). Locality, Centre Island, Toronto. 

 Date, 6th October, 1894. Measurements : length 6h: ins., spread lof ins., wing 4I ins., 

 leg 31^ ins., tarsus fin., tail 7-16 in. Sex (J*. 



Purple Sandpiper (Tringa Maritima). Locality, Toronto Island (east end). Date, 

 27th October, 1894. Measurements: length 9 ins., tail 2 ins., wing 7^ ins., spread 15! 

 ins., bill i^ ins., leg 3^ ins., tarsus | in., middle toe i in. Sex (^. 



