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bird, but, in 18S9, I found one nest on Spadina Road in the stump of an 

 apple tree, where the hole was about three inches broad and the nest was 

 only about three inches below the level of the hole ; it contained five 

 eggs. — G. E. Atkinson. 



(Thirty-Second Meeting, Sept. 23, 1890.) 



Haliaeetus leucocephahis- — On Sept 15,1 received a fine Bald Eagle 

 from Pickering, Ontario. It was a very large specimen and had been 

 seen repeatedly carrying away small lambs. 



Buteo swainsoni. — A fine male specimen of the Swainson's Hawk 

 was secured on the Don flats and brought to me on Sept. 5. This is 

 the first specimen I ever received in the flesh and the first record of its 

 occurrence about Toronto. — Wm. CROSS. 



Vireo solitarius. — On Sept. 17, I collected a specimen of the Blue- 

 headed Vireo in Rosedale. — Wm. METCALFE. 



Albino Passer domesticus. — On June 21, I secured an entire 

 albino English Sparrow at Kew Gardens, it was a female and had been 

 setting. Its color was a dark cream on the breast and a few very light 

 brown markings on the shoulders and back corresponding to the dark 

 markings of the ordinary specimens and the wings and tail were all dirty 

 white. 



Aix sponsa. Buteo latissimus.— At Sparrow Lake, Muskoka, I 

 found Wood Ducks and Broad-winged Hawks very numerous during 

 August. — J. A. Varley. 



Micropalama himantopus. — On July 28, I shot a fine Stilt Sand- 

 piper on Ashbridge's Bar. This bird is considered very rare about 

 Toronto. 



Phalaropus tricolor. —On Sept. 15, while Mr. A. Bunker was watch- 

 ing for ducks off the Sandbar at the west end of the Island, a Wilson's 

 Phalarope pitched among his decoys and was secured. This also is 

 considered a rare capture in this vicinity. — T. HARMAR. 



Summer Collections.— June 18th, Calidris arenaria, Sanderling, 

 collected on Ashbridge's Bar; July 17, young Coot, Fulica americana, 

 secured in the marsh. 



Aythya affinis. — About July 21 there seemed to be an unusual 

 migration of ducks and shore birds, several species of the former having 



