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strange birds having been seen at different points, six or seven miles 

 from here, and always the same habits reported, that they are rather 

 sluggish in their habits, sitting quietly in the trees occasionally uttering 

 their sad call note, but no attempt at a song. I may say that although 1 

 could have collected a number, I only took the one pair. From reports 

 I must have heard of twenty-five or thirty birds in small parties, which 

 could hardly have been the same lots that are in this section. — G. A. 

 MACCALLUM, M. D., Dunnville, Ontario. 



I have the assurance of Mr. Fletcher, Entomologist for the Agricul- 

 tural Department of the Dominion of Canada, that none of these birds 

 were observd at Ottawa. — W. BRODIE. 



The first time I came across this rare visitant of southern Ontario 

 was in the spring of 1855, in Glanlord Tp., near Hamilton. There were 

 five together on the ground, of which I shot two. This occurred after 

 the snow had gone, or was nearly so, in early April. 



I removed from that section and came to the northern part of Huron 

 County a few years after. The first time I got one of these rare birds 

 was in the winter of 1861. This occurred in the middle of February, 

 and I had the skin for some years, but it was lost in a fire, this was a 

 female. I saw several during the winter of 1861. The snow, however, 

 was so deep in the bush that it was impossible to collect any. In the 

 next year, 1862, several were seen as I was driving round in my cutter 

 to visit sick people, also Pinicola enucleator, the Pine Grosbeak, was com- 

 paratively scarce. This I always found in swampy places, on scrubby 

 pines, tamarac and spruce, and also I saw once an Evening Grosbeak 

 sitting on a high bush cranberry, on the roadside within ten yards of me, 

 pecking at the berries. This was in the township of Turnberry. In 

 1865, one of these birds was sitting high up on a soft maple, and I shot it. 



In 1874 one was shot by me but much torn up with heavy shot, a 

 male. 



In 1889 quite a number were found all over this section during the 

 months of January and February, several of which I saw in the posses- 

 sion of Dr. Tennent, and Mr. Anderson. 



In 1891 I shot one in Kinloss Township. It was on a tree, by the 

 banks of a creek, February 13. It may seem strange, yet on not one 

 occasion did I ever hear any notes made by this bird. — JOHN H.. 

 GARNIER, M.D., Lucknow, Ontario. 



No evidence of an eastern migration was obtained, but several observers 

 reported flocks flying westward along the lake shore. The consensus of 

 opinion seemed to be that the birds which came first, remained in or 

 around the city until late in the spring, or were killed. 



