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82. June 2. — Found nest of common Junco (Junco hiemalis) on 

 a hillside at Rosedale, Toronto ; it contained five young ones. — 

 James R. Thurston. 



83. Arrivals, June 1. — Tennesee Warbler (Helminthophila 

 peregrina) ; Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica maculosa) ; Black-cap (D. 

 striata) ; Maryland Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas). — James H. 

 Fleming. 



84. Blackbilled Cuckoo nesting. — On June 2, I found the 



nest of Coccyzus erythropthalmus, in the woods to the north of 

 Toronto ; it was a very flimsy affair and placed on a fallen branch 

 which was lodged in the fork of a sapling about thirty inches from 

 the ground. It contained two eggs. — Wm. Brodie. 



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85. A Pair of Olive-sided Flycatchers- — On June 2, Mr. 



S. Mitchell while shooting near Toronto observed a pair of Flycatch- 

 ers, they were a good deal on the ground and kept so close together 

 that he killed them both with one barrel, one was shattered, the 

 other he brought to me, but unfortunately it was spoilt before it 

 could be skinned. It was a Contopus borealis. — Wm. Brodie. 



86. Another Olive-side.— On June 3, I collected a specimen of 

 Contopus borealis, making the fifth example taken at Toronto. — J. B. 

 Williams. 



87. Field Sparrow-nesting. — On May 23, I found a nest of 

 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla with four eggs. Is not this early for 

 the species? — James H. Fleming. 



(Thirteenth Meeting, June 18, 1889;. 



88. Pileated Woodpeckers nesting.— On June 4, during 



my recent trip to Muskoka, I was fortunate enough to discover the 

 nesting place of a pair of these birds (Ceophlceits pileatus). The nest 

 was about 50 feet from the ground in a hemlock tree about ten miles 

 north of Bracebridge. The head of the female was visible in the 

 entrance to the nest, and the male bird was sitting on a branch close 

 by. A heap of chips lay at the foot of the tree. — C. W. Armstrong. 



