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of migration among the insectivorous birds. Redstarts, Setophaga 

 ruticilla, and several other Warblers were to be seen in great numbers. 



September 16. — I secured a young Maryland Yellow-throat, 

 Geothlypis trichas, and a male Olive-back Thrush, Tardus ustulatus 

 szcainsouii, in the University Grounds. 



September 21. — I observed numbers of White-throated Sparrows, 

 Zonotricliia albicollis, in different parts of the city, and saw two Purple 

 Finches, Carpodaais purpureas, in the University Grounds. — G. E. 

 Atkinson. 



(Thirty-third Meeting, October 7, 1890.) 



Port Sydney observations — May 7, saw Brown Thrasher, Har- 

 porhynclius rufus, and Snowbirds, Plectrophenax nivalis. 



May 14 — Saw three more Snowbirds. 



May 18. — Saw a Maryland Yellow-throat, Geothlypis trichas. 



May 23. — Secured an Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus borealis. 



May 25. — Saw three male Towhees, Pipilo erythrophthalmus. This 

 bird is becoming commoner every summer ; a few years ago it was never 

 seen here at all. 



May 28. — Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius, also saw a flock of 

 Pine Siskins, Spinus pinus, which stayed three days, and then went 

 north. 



August 15. — Great numbers of Swallows migrating south, rested on 

 my farm fences for two days. Pipits, Antlius pensilvanicus, are also 

 here now. They remain longer in the fall than the spring.— W. K.AY, 

 Port Sydney, Muskoka. 



Troglodytes biemalis. — On October 5, I observed the last Marsh 

 Wren, in Toronto Marsh. — JOHN Edmonds. 



Accipiter atricapillus. — In October a male Goshawk was shot by a 

 gunner on Ashbridge's Bay, as it flew at his duck decoys. — J. R. 

 Thurston. 



Migration notes. — The last week of September, and first week of 

 October, migration has been at its height. Sparrows, Warblers, Thrushes, 

 and Blackbirds, are to be seen all about the city. White-throated 

 Sparrows, Zonotricliia albicollis, Myrtle Warblers, Dendroica coronata, 



