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97. Baird's Sandpiper (THnga bairdU). — Mr. Mcllwraith con- 

 siders this species a rare one in Ontario, mentioning that he knows of 

 but four having been taken. On September 24, a specimen was 

 received at the store and several others on previous seasons. Mr. 

 Ernest E. Thompson informs me that on September 10, 1887, he pro- 

 cured two on Ashbridge Bay, and saw several others. On September 

 16, 1889, he got another at the same place, so that we may consider 

 this bird a regulai', though not a common fall migrant. 



98. Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus). — On Septem- 

 ber 26, we received three of these rai-e Sandpipers, all shot at 

 Toronto. 



99. White-rumped Sandpiper {THnga /uscicolUs).— Taken 

 September 24. A late captui'e. 



100. Buff-breasted Sandpiper {Tryngites suhruficolUs). — One 

 shot by Mr. Wm. Loane, September 5. 



101. Peregrine Falcon {Falco peregrinus anatum). — Killed 

 here September 25-; stomach distended with grasshoppers. 



102. Fall birds. — Night-hawk {Ghordeiles virginianus) last seen 

 September 30 ; Rusty Grakle {Scolecophagus carolinus) shot on Don 

 Flats September 30; Sparrow Hawks {Falco sparverius), Broad- 

 winged Hawks (Buteo latissiTmis), and Sharpshins {Accipiter velox) 

 very abundant, October 1 ; the stomachs of nearly all these last were 

 full of grasshoppers. 



103. Late nesting of Cuckoo. — On August 12, I found the 



nest of a Black-billed Cuckoo [Coccyzus erythropthalmus) in Rosedale, 

 North Toronto ; it contained two eggs. — James R. Thurston. 



104. Fall Migrants. — On September 28, I collected one Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler {Dendroica cosriolescens), and on the 22nd, 

 one Winter Wren [Troglodytes hiemalis) ; on September 28, strag- 

 gling flocks of White-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys), White- 

 throated [Z. alhicollis), Swamp [Melosjnza georgiana), Song (M. 

 fasciata) andVesper [Pooccetes gramineus) Sparrows ; also Myrtle 

 Warblers (Dendroica coronata) and Vireos, were observed moving 

 southward. — Hubert H. Brown. 



(Fifteenth Meeting, October 15, 1889). 



105. Last Migrants. — October 3, I shot a Solitary Vireo (Vireo 



