THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



sy- — May 9. — tiirundo horreorum : Hani Swallow. 



1.(1. — " 9.— Icterus Baltimore : Baltimore ' Iriole. 

 (Local, Bee-bird.) 



61. — " 9. — Tringoides macularii ; Spotted Sand- 

 piper. 



6?. — " 10. — Vireosylvia gilva } Warbling Vireo. 



63. — " 10. — Dendfreeca ccemlescens ; 1 Mack-throated 

 lilue Warbler. 



64. — " 10. — Hylocickla/uscescens : Tawny Thrush. 



05. — " \z.~Geothlvpis trichas ; Maryland Yellow- 

 throat. 



66. — " 12. — Troglodytes cedon ', House Wren. 



67. — 1 " 13, — Siurus. auricapUlvs ; Golden crowned 

 Thrush. 



98.— " 13. — Empidonax Trailii '; Trail's Fly-catcher. 



69 — " 13. — Coccygus erythropthaliiiiis ; Black-billed 

 Cuckeo. 



70- — " 13. — Melanerpes erytkrocephalus ; Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. 



71- — " 13. — Myiodioctes Canadensis : Canada Fly 

 catching Warbler. 



72. — " 16. — Dendrcsca maculosa ; Black-and-yellow 

 Warbler. 



73-' — " 17- — Dendrasca Pennsylvanica; Chestnut sided 

 Warbler. 



74- — " 17- — Pyranga rubra ; Scarlet Tanager. (Local, 

 Fire-bird.) 



75- — "• 17- — Goniaphea ludoviciana ; Rose-bn 

 Grosbe .1 



At this date Professor Macoun was called 

 away to other duties ami ceased collecting in 

 the vicinity of Belleville. Shortly afterwards 

 he set out on another exploring expedition to 

 the *North -West, returning home on October 

 14th, when lie commenced his Pall collecting, 

 the result of which, as well as of his Northern 

 explorations, will he made known hereafter. 



Professor Macoun retains mounted speci- 

 mens of all the above named birds, except 

 the Crow and Crossbill; but in future he 

 intends to adopt the plan suggested to him by 

 His Excellency the Governor-General, in 

 have the skins of his captures simply filled, 

 without wiring or setting up, so thai they can 

 be kept in boxes or in drawers of a cal 

 thus economizing both time, space and mone^ . 

 with the additional advantage of having them 

 in a more accessible form For examination and 

 comparison. 



Note.— -The Red Crossbill is. the Cureiros- 

 t/ra Americana oi Wilson. The genus Loxia 

 is not applied to our Crossbills by the best 

 American ornithological authors. Jordan's 

 Manual is, evidently, a mixture o\' European 

 and American genera, ll would be safer and 

 more correct if our correspondent followed the 

 Smithsonian Ornithological Catalogue. Jordan 

 places our Pine Grosbeak under the European 

 list, while it was originally described In Caba- 

 nis as Canadensis, its habitat being more 

 North American than British. Again the 

 Shore Lark or Skv Lark of America is called 



alpestri8, from the European li-t. 

 bird is the I'., cvrnnta. Boie. 1 hi- Bpeci< - ha* 

 been found nesting on the bland ol M 

 With regard to the Greal Northern Shrik 

 is, ai this age, absurd to go back to the Lin- 

 n.ran nomenclature, especially lor gei 

 We have no! seen Professor Jordan's Manual. 

 I, in suffice to -a\ thai I>r. Baird, of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, years ago classified 

 the four North American Shrikes" under the 

 genus i'oi.i.vkio. The faunal and floral no- 

 menclature of (he above Institution is, there- 

 fore, supposed to be thai in use throughout 

 the I'uiied States and Canada. Pallas' Thrush 

 is a true Turdi s, and the White-bellied Swal 

 low a IIiki m>o. Wilson's Thrush is placed 

 under a genus not recognizable on thi> conti- 

 nent. Indeed, we are s.htv that our corres'' 

 Pendent did not append the authorities for such 

 species. The latter is a true Tdrdus. The 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak is not a Gonuphba, 

 but a fair type ot the genus Gi h: vex, ol Swain- 

 There are other errors which could be 

 pointed out co Professor Jordan, but we (rust 

 our esteemed Belleville friend will look on the 

 above remarks as emanating from a lo> 

 system which should certainly be carried out. 

 We know further thai American entomolo- 

 gical writers catalogued insects occurring 

 between Mexico and the Arctic -one. p)a< 

 therein, ai intervals, forms either British or 

 foreign, thai never occurred on this continent. 

 We ma\ here state, in connection with the 

 early appearance of the Snowy Owl, that Mr. 

 \. A. Cbmeau, Ol Godbout, Lower St. Law- 

 rence, shot a line specimen o! the latter on the 

 1 2th October, and he says " it is somewhat 

 early comparatively." Aboul this .late several 

 specimens were offered on the Montreal mar- 

 ket. What causes this bird, SO well clothed 

 in SOfl, immaculate down and so thoroughly 

 lagopede — perfectly formed for Arctic regious, 

 to appear in our temperate climate during the 

 fall of the year? It is not cold that moves it 

 from its summer haunts, because it can stand 

 the lowest Arctic temperature. The Snowy 



