THE BIOLOGICAL REVIEW. 51 



ORNITHOLOGY, 



CAPTURE OF THE CLAY-COLORED SPARROW IN 



ONTARIO. 



On May 9, 1894, while hunting in a field of small shrubs, 

 about fifteen miles west of London, I was attracted by a " dzzz- 

 dzzz-dz-dz " very similar to the song of the Golden-winged 

 "Warbler, yet different in tone. Expecting to find a Golden- 

 "wing at the end of the note, I could hardly believe my eyes 

 when I came upon a small sparrow sitting on the top twig of a 

 ■shrub, after the manner of the Field Sparrow, and saw him give 

 the note whcse author I was looking for. It proved to be a 

 ■Spizella pallida, the first, I believe, in our Province, though they 

 may yet be found inhabiting the north-western extremity, next to 

 Manitoba. I heard a Golden-wing near the edge of the same 

 field, but on looking him up he was a true Gold-wing, and I was 

 finable to hear or see any more Clay-colors. 



London, Out. W. E. Saunders. 



CISTOTHORUS STELLARIS. 



In the first number of the Biological Review I notice that 

 Mr. Nash believes his specimen of the Short-billed Marsh Wren 

 lo be the only Ontario record. In the first edition of Mr. 

 Mcllwraith's book there are no definite records given, except of 

 a set of eggs which I have, taken by Chas. Shuttleworth, of 

 Toronto, in the Toronto Marsh, about the year 1883. The 

 reference to the birds in the St. Clair marsh is not detailed, but 

 Mr. Morden certainly took several specimens there. Never- 

 theless, the localities where this bird spends the summer in 



