72 THE BIOLOGICAL REVIEW. 



MEADOWLARK AND SONG SPARROWS 

 WINTERING. 



On January i, 1892, a Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) was 

 .seen at Port Credit. 



There are several other records of Meadowlarks wintering 

 about this latitude, and probably they remain regularly. 



Song Sparrows (Melospiza fasciata) have been observed 

 occasionally during the winter. I shot one in Rosedale on 

 January 16, 1892. My attention was attracted to it by its 

 harsh " churp," when I noticed it hopping among some brush- 

 wood. The snow was seven or eight inches deep. 



Mr. J. B. Williams also noticed one on the Island on the 

 same date. 



On February 28, 1892, I came across one near the Woodbine, 

 quite close to the street. 



The next winter record I have, is one seen on December 11, 

 .1892, on the Humber River. 



Toronto. Hubert H. Brown. 



BARTRAMIAN SANDPIPER AT TORONTO. 



On May 6, 1893, while walking over some fields east of the 

 City, searching for Meadowlarks, I observed a bird running in 

 a moist hollow, which at first I took to be a Wilson's Snipe, as 

 it seemed to be unusually large for that bird. I shot it, and was 

 very agreeably surprised to find my capture the Bartramian 

 'Sandpiper {Bartramia longicauda). 



The bird was very tame and unsuspicious, feeding quite 

 unconcernedly, while a large shooting match was in full swing 

 not more than two hundred yards away. It was a female, and 

 some of the ovaries were beginning to develop, three of them 

 measuring a quarter of an inch in diameter. 



Toronto. James R. Thurston. 



