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Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea) sitting on the top of a flagstaff at the 

 corner of Yonge and Wellesley Streets, in the city. — J. B. Williams. 



127. Late summer birds. — On November 8, I shot a male 

 Canada Flycatcher {Sylvania canadensis) ; on the 10th I saw a flock 

 of Red-shouldered Blackbirds (Ayelaius phoeniceus).— John Edmonds. 



128. Migrants. — On November 3, I saw two Hermit Thrushes, 

 (Turdus aonalaschkae pollasii) ; and one Bronze Blackbird ( Qwiscalus 

 purpureas nneus). — George E. Atkinson. 



(Eighteenth Meeting, December 10, 1889). 



129. A late Plover. — On November 9, I collected a specimen 

 of Golden Plover (Charadrius dominicu) on the Ashbridge sand-bar, 

 it was in good condition and apparentiy in full possession of all its 

 powers. — John Edmonds. 



130. Pine Grosbeaks, arrived. — While at Georgetown in 



the County of Halton, on November 15, I noted a small flock of 

 Pinicola enucleator feeding on the berries of the mountain ash. — 

 Wm. Brodie. 



131. A late Towhee. — I collected a male Pipilo erythrojrthal- 

 mus, on the Don Flats, November 16 ; it was in good condition. 

 Mr. Thompson informs me that the bulk of this species went south 

 during the first week of October. 



132. King Eider at Toronto. — A fine male specimen of 

 Somateria spectabilis was collected in Toronto Bay, November 25. 

 This is the first positive record of the species for the Province. 



133. Great Gray Owls. — A second specimen of Syrnium 

 cinereum was received from the Nipissing region on the 22nd of 

 November ; and on December 2, I received a specimen that had been 

 shot at Victoria Park near Toronto ; on December 7, I received an- 

 other from Lome Park, Peel County, Ontario ; and on December 4, 

 another from Port Arthur. This species is more abundant this year- 

 than ever I have known it befoi-e ; a taxidermist in Quebec in- 

 forms me that he has received nearly a dozen this winter already, 

 which is more than he obtained in the previous seven years that he 



