THE BIOLOGICAL REVIEW. 



Mr. Atkinson's records on the unusual visit of Brunnich's 

 Murres apply to the vicinity of Toronto, and I shall add a few 

 notes on their movements, as far as can be ascertained, in other 

 parts of the province. 



Mr. Thos. Mcllwraith, has recorded (Birds of Ontario, 1886, 

 p. 33,) a specimen said to have been " found in the [Hamilton] 

 Bay, in a state of extreme exhaustion, about twenty-five years 

 ago," (i.e., about 1861). 



Mr. Wm. Couper, of Quebec says,* " This species makes an 

 occasional foolish visit to the fresh waters of the St. Lawrence. 

 In the fall of 1866 hundreds were destroyed by the inhabitants, 

 who sold them to hucksters to exhibit on the market as an 

 article of food." 



Mr. Chamberlain says " it occasionally straggles as far west 

 as Lake Ontario." (Cat. Can. Birds, 1887, p. 5.) 



The above notes comprise all the records, as far as I know, 

 that are published regarding these birds in Ontario. 



In order to ascertain the route taken, and to what extent 

 these birds had travelled inland, members of the Biological 

 Society communicated with a number of observers in various 

 districts, and the thanks of the Society are due to all of whom 

 enquiries were made ior their kindness and willingness to help 

 us in every way. 



The result of these enquiries has established the fact that the 

 birds followed up the St. Lawrence River and along the north 

 shore of Lake Ontario to its western end. 



They also branched up the Ottawa River as far as the city of 

 Ottawa, where they were seen at least a week before they were 

 observed at Montreal. 



At Hamilton a specimen was got the day after (November 20, 

 1893,) they were observed at Ottawa, but the majority were 

 taken about the same time that they were so numerous at 

 Toronto. Probably the first specimen got at Toronto was taken 

 about the time they were first observed at Montreal, but the 

 majority did not arrive at Toronto until eight or ten days later. 



Dr. G. A. McCallum, of Dunnville, and Mr. Frank L. Webster, 



* In " Our Northern and Eastern Birds," by E. A. Samuels, 1883, p. 573. 



