8 THE BIOLOGICAL REVIEW. 



Mr. Wintle thinks "the cause of their taking such an extreme 

 inland flight was through failure or scarcity of food in their 

 natural waters and habitat." 



Dr. C. K. Clarke, of Kingston, has very kindly given the 

 matter his attention, and gathered together a number of notes 

 which would otherwise probably have been lost. 



He sends a clipping from the Kingston Wliig of December 20, 

 1893, from which the following are extracts : — " A foolish Guil- 

 lemot, similar to the one found by Dr. Wood, near Collins' Bay, 

 was picked up dead on the Pittsburgh shore by Arthur Hora." 



On December 23, 1893, ne writes " the Guillemots have un- 

 doubtedly been seen here. I myself saw one. My son and I 

 came across a Guillemot a few days ago. It was in Portsmouth 

 bay, and we were quite close to it. 



" Saw Mr. Stratford, the taxidermist, this morning ; he says 

 two specimens were sent to him recently. 



" Mr. Routley tells me that these birds are quite common on 

 Lake St. Francis, between here and Montreal." 



Mr. Thos. Mcllwraith, of Hamilton, writes as follows : — " The 

 first of these Murres was brought to me on November 20, and 

 about the 7th or 8th December the last lot that I heard of were 

 secured ; they were five in number, and so much reduced that 

 they were taken alive by the hand ; about twelve in all were 

 taken here. 



" I heard of them between the dates given above at Sher- 

 brooke, Eastern Townships, Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton. 



" To make sure of the identification, I sent one to Mr. Ridg- 

 way, who confirmed it a ' Brunnichs Murre.' " 



Mr. T. Patterson, mail clerk, G.T.R., Toronto, has furnished 

 the following information : — " Mr. C. Beaty, mail clerk on 

 Central Vermont Railway, residing in Montreal, informs me 

 that Guillemots were numerous on Lake Champlain about the 

 middle of December, 1893, an d that many were collected about 

 the same date on the St. Lawrence River, near Montreal, and 

 that he collected several specimens, one of which was mounted 

 and is now in his collection." 



I purposed consulting the Observatory records as to wind 

 and weather, to determine, if possible, the cause of the unusual 



