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on following it I discovered its nest on the bough of a small cedar about 

 ten feet from the ground. The mother came and sat on the eggs three 

 times while I was watching it but I could not secure her. The nest con- 

 tained two eggs which were partly incubated. 



Carpodacus purpureus. — On June 14, 1 approached a pair of Purple 

 Finches in the Queen's Park. I managed to get close enough to strike 

 one of them with a stick, and captured it. — ChaS E. PEARSON. 



Bonasa nest in Rosedale. — On June 9, I found a nest of the Ruffed 

 Grouse, Bonasa umbellus togata, in Rosedale. It contained fifteen eggs, 

 all but three of which had been hatched and the young gone. -The shells of 

 each egg had been cut around the large end and the young let out, and 

 the large end turned inside the remainder of the shell, so that every shell 

 was quite complete, two of the remaining three were bad and the third 

 contained a dead bird. The nest was in a small depression on the side 

 of a ravine. The same day I found a nest of Wilson's Thrush, Turdus 

 fuscescens, containing three of its own eggs, and one of the Cowbird 

 Molothrus ater, at the same place. — G. E. Atkinson. 



Migration observations, from Port Sydney. — The following is a 

 list of the dates on which the different birds arrived here last spring, 

 and a comparison with the arrivals up to April 1890. Acanthis linaria, 

 Redpoll arrived January 25, 1889, November 1, 1889, much earlier. 

 Otocoris alpestris praticola, Shorelark, March 5, 1889, Feburary 27, 

 1890, much earlier. Spizella monticola, Tree Sparrow, March 11, 

 1S89, April 7, 1890, later. Junco hyemalis, Junco, March 17, 1889, 

 April 7, 1890, later. Merula migratoria, Robin, March 22, 1889,. 

 April 23, 1890, later. Sialia sialis, Blue-bird, March 22, 18S9, April 

 25, 1890, later. Larus argentatus, Herring Gull, March 22, 1889 

 March 18, 1 890, earlier. Melospiza fasciata, Song Sparrow, March 

 24, 1889, April 7, 1890, later. Scolecopliagus carolinus, Rusty 

 Grackle, April 1, 1889, April 9, 1890, later. Quiscalus quiscula 

 aneus. Bronzed Grackle, April 9, 1889, April 9, 1890, same. 

 Spliyrapicus varius, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, April 11, 1889, April 12, 

 1890, later. Colaptes auratus, Flicker, April 11, 1889, April 12, 

 1890, later. Spinus tristis, American Goldfinch, April 11, 1889,, 

 April 10, 1890, earlier. Sayornis p/mbe, Phoebe, April 11, 1889, 

 April 14, 1890, later. Accipiter velox, Sharp-shinned Hawk, April, 

 16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Falco sparverius, Sparrow Hawk, 

 April 16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Contopns virens, Wood 

 Pewee, April 16, 1889, not yet come, later. Pooccetes gramineus, 

 Vesper Sparrow, April 16, 1889, April 11, 1890, earlier. Ceryle 

 alcyon, Kingfisher, April 16, 1889, April 12, 1890, earlier. Trogol- 



