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northern record for the species in Ontario. Its dimensions are : — length 

 5.88; extent, 10; wing, 3.19; tail, 2.06; beak, .51. It was in fair con- 

 dition, and had been feeding on grasshoppers and coleoptera. — ERNEST 

 E. Thompson. 



Arrivals &c. — On May 21, at Well's Hill I shot an adult female 

 Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo latissimus, and secured the first Baybreasted 

 Warbler, Dendroica castanea, and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Em- 

 pidonax fiaviventris. — H. H. BROWN. 



Albino Passer domesticus. — Since June 10, I have observed a 

 sparrow, which is completely white, in company with others of its 

 species, around the Woodbine Race Track, but as yet have not secured 

 it. — J AS A. Varley. 



June 7- — I received a Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa, and a Nor- 

 thern Phalarope, Phalaropns lobatus, one specimen of Black Tern, 

 Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis ; and on June 14, a full plumaged 

 Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax ncevius, and White-rumped Sandpiper, 

 Tringa fuscicollis, all collected on Ashbridge's Bar. — W. CROSS. 



Townee's nest. — On May 25, I found a nest of Pipilo erythroph- 

 thalmus, in Rosedale. It contained four fresh eggs and was constructed 

 of grape-vine bark lined with coarse grass. 



Coccyzus americanus, in Union Station — On May 29, I was 

 given a female Yellow-billed Cuckoo, which was caught about 4 a.m. 

 while roosting in the Union Station ; and on May 30, I received a 

 Virginia Rail Rallies virginianus, caught in the same place where they 

 had evidently gone to roost. 



Nests found. — On May 31,1 found a nest of the Savannah Sparrow 

 Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna, containing four eggs ; two of 

 the Sora, Porzana Carolina, one containing six, and the other two eggs, 

 also several nests of Red-winged Blackbirds, Agelaiits pJimniceus, some 

 with eggs and some with young in. June 4, one nest of Spotted Sand- 

 piper, Actitis macularia, containing four fresh eggs. June 7, several nests 

 of Bank Swallow, Chelidon erylkrogaster, with eggs at different stages of 

 incubation, and several nests of Purple Martin, Progne subis, and Tree 

 Swallow, Tacliycineta bicolor. These two latter seem to have two nests 

 containing eggs at the same time, as the boxes examined contained two 

 nests and eggs each, while only one pair of each of the birds were 

 observed. 



Trochilus colubris nest. — While collecting east of Toronto on June 

 7, 1 was attracted by a Humming Bird which was flying around my head ; 



