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Spinus tristis- — The American Goldfinches breed every year in and 

 about the city. 



Poocsetes gramineus. — Vesper Sparrows' nests are likewise quite 

 common in the fields around the city. 



Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna. — The Savannah Spar- 

 row's nests are occasionally found, but not as common as the Vesper. 



Spizella socialis- — Chipping Sparrows' nests very common all over, 

 but the number is fast decreasing since the introduction of the Passer 

 domesticus. 



Melospiza fasciata. — The Song Sparrows' nests are the commonest 

 of all our native birds' nests. While at Linwood, Ont, in May, 1889, I 

 was standing by the gate on Sunday morning 5th, when I heard something 

 nutter, and turning saw a bird come out of a hole in the gate post. On 

 examining the nest I found one egg : being anxious to capture the bird 

 alive, I watched the hole but she did not go back that day, and next day I 

 looked and found two eggs, and on the third and fourth morning I found 

 an extra egg ; on the fifth morning I caught her just as she entered the 

 nest, and about half an hour afterwards she laid the fifth egg in the cage 

 During the four days of laying she had not sat on the eggs either day 

 or night, and only for about half an hour each morning while laying. 

 The same condition holds good among all the other birds I have 

 observed, except one Catbird. 



Towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus. — One nest found in a pile of brush 

 on Well's Hill in 1S88. 



Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea. — Found occasionally in rasp- 

 berry bushes. 



Progne subis. — The Purple Martins breed around the high buildings 

 on the main streets of the city, and are therefore hard to get. 



Chelidon erythrogaster. — Barn Swallow found common every year. 



Tachycineta bicolor.— Tree Swallows nest every year in the bird- 

 houses around the city. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons.— Cliff Swallows and Clivicola riparia, Bank 

 Swallows are to be found in thousands in the high banks on the lake 

 shore east and west of Toronto, and in July, 1S88, I dug out one nest of 

 the Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Rough Winged Swallow out of a nest 

 which was among the others at Long Branch. 



Ampelis cedrorum. — Find two or three every season in the orchards 

 about the city. 



