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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two ; taken at Toronto, Ont., by Mr. Herring. 



One set of two eggs taken at Garden Hill, ten miles north of 

 Port Hope, Ont., by Mr. W. H. Meeking, June loth, 1898. No 

 nest, the eggs just laid on the ground where the fire had burned 

 all the woods the year before. 



CLHI. PHAL.aENOPTIEUS Ridgway. 1880. 



418. Poor-Will. 



Phalcenoptilus nuttallii (AuD.) Ridgw. 1880. 



Only one pair of these birds was seen in two weeks stay at 

 Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889. One was shot in open day but no 

 nest was discovered. The country was open, dry and arid. 

 {Spreadborougk) From Kamloops south through the Okanagan 

 district of British Columbia. {Fannin.) A tolerably common 

 summer resident throughout the southern portions of the semi- 

 arid interior. {Brooks.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One specimen ; taken at Kamloops, B.C., June i8th, 1889, by 

 Mr. Spreadborough. 



CLIV. CHORDEILES Swainson. 1831. 



^20. Nighthawk. 



Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.) Swains. 1831. 



One specimen found dead on Melville Island. {Arct. M n.) 

 Stearns records this bird from Natashquan ; also obtained by 

 Drexler in August, i860, at Moose Factory, James Bay. {Packard?) 

 A summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Very common 

 in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Seen at Baddeck and Sydney, Cape 

 Breton Island, August. 1898 ; one seen in the marsh at Brackley 

 Point, Prince Edward Island, 25th June, 1888. {Macoun.) A few 

 were seen almost every day frequenting the open cLarings or 

 sailing high in the air while I was on Prince Edward Island. 

 {Dwigkt.) An abundant summer resident at St. John, N.B. 

 {Chamberlain^ A common summer resident ; breeds at Scotch 

 Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore) Not common in the Resti- 

 gouche valley, N.B. ; only seen in burnt districts near settle- 

 ments. {Brittain & Cox.) Taken at Beauport; a common summer 



