532 /. H. Fleming: 



Ontario, on the 19th, Mr. White says "They appeared in 

 large numbers and continued to pass until the 21st of 

 December ; one was found in a field above Manotick on the 

 Rideau River." On December 8th the first birds appeared 

 at Toronto, on Lake Ontario, and the flight continued till the 

 11th. Ascending the Niagara River, the flight was reported 

 at Buffalo, New York (9), above the Falls ; and entering Lake 

 Erie was at Blenheim near Rondeau on the north shore, and 

 at London some distance inland on the 10th ; and in Michigan 

 one was taken at Greenville (10) on the 13th. On Lake 

 Ontario, birds were taken in the following February at 

 Toronto, some on the 1st, and on the 23rd, Mr. Samuel 

 reported a specimen that " contained remains of fish." This 

 latter record would indicate that some at least of the birds 

 were able to suit themselves to the changed conditions. 



1895-6. 



This migration does not appear to have been general. In 

 northern New York they were reported at White Lake, 

 Onida County (11), December loth; at Senica Lake (17) on 

 the 25th, where one was reported as late as the following 

 May (17). 



On the Great Lakes the first report was December 9th, at 

 Toronto, when they were common till the 14th. 



1896-7. 



The migration this season is the most extensive recorded, 

 reaching far down the Atlantic coast and into the interior of 

 Eastern North America. (See Map. II.) 



In Connecticut, birds were taken at New Haven and Lake 

 Saltonstall in December, and in Massachusetts at Springfield 

 (13), on the Connecticut River, on the 19th. 



In New Jersey they were reported at various points on the 

 Delaware River, at Beverley (19), on the 15th of December, 

 at Palmyra (19) and Burlington (19) on the 16th. In 

 Virginia, at Cape Charles (16), on the 17th; ascending the 



