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to be hoped, however that it will not restrict its range to the 

 point nor to the shore of Lake Erie in Ontario, as this bright 

 plumaged bird will make an acceptable addition to our fauna. 

 Inland we have but few records of stragglers, which in the vicin- 

 ity of London are as follows : One shot at St. Thomas, spring of 

 i890,by Mr. O.Foster; one taken in a cedar swamp a mile from Lon- 

 don, Nov. 30th, 1896, this being the first record for Middlesex Co., 

 and which is made complete as far as I am able to ascertain by a 

 second at Kilworth by Mr. John Thompson, Nov. 17th, 1899, both 

 these birds being males. The Rev. C. L. Scott reports one shot 

 near Aylmer, Elgin Co., about October, 1900. From Guelph one 

 is reported by Mr. F. N. Beattie as spending the winter of 1899 

 around his place. Other repo'rts come from Chatham and 

 Rondeau, all of single specimens,' and apparently stragglers. 

 (/. C. Keays in The Auk, Vol. XIX., p. 204.) On Feb. 14th, 1901, 

 I procured a female cardinal grosbeak at Penetangui"shene, which 

 I sent to Mr. Jas. H. Fleming, of Toronto, about the same time a 

 male was taken near Toronto. {A. F. Young}} Between Novem- 

 ber 20th and 27th, ig02, a male was seen about Rusholme Road, 

 Toronto; and one was taken in Toronto, in February, 1900. 

 (/. H. Fleming) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One specimen purchased with the Holman collection in 1885. 

 Said to have been taken in southwestern Ontario. 



CCIX. HABIA Reichenbach. 1850. 



595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 



Habia ludoviciana (Linn.) Stejn. 1848. 

 Met with only once near Baddeck,Cape Breton Island. {Dwigkt.) 

 Not common about Halifax, but frequent in the vicinity of Truro 

 and Pictou, N.S. {Downs.) Taken at Beauport; rather rare around 

 Quebec. {Dionne) A very rare summer resident near St. John, 

 N.B. {^Chamberlain.) Seen from May to November at Scotch 

 Lake, York Co., N.B.; breeds here ; a family was seen passing 

 south, August i6th, 1901. {W. H. Moore.) A common transient 

 visitor around Montreal, but evidently goes further north to breed; 

 I have only observed it here in spring, so I infer it returns soiith 

 by another route. {Wintle.) 



