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nest. The nest was like that of the Snowbird, 

 and contained four of its own eggs, besides 

 that of the Cowbird. These were white, thickly 

 dotted towards the large end, with reddish 

 spots. They were, however, (June 8th,) near- 

 ly incubated ; so I did not remove them. On 

 the 7th of June, I collected in a beaver mea- 

 dow, some two miles north of the town, three 

 nests of the Purple Finch ; these were situated 

 near the tops of small balsams. Four eggs 

 are the general set. On the same date, I took 

 from a small thorn bush/ a nest of two eggs, 

 which I have marked as belonging to the 

 Black and Yellow Warbler. The Yellow 

 Warbler is quite abundant in this neighbour- 

 hood now, though it is only a few years ago 

 sinceT first noticed it, and the same may be said 

 of the Bobolink The Catbird is numerous 

 in this locality, I have seen several nests this 

 season, but never, except on one occasion, saw 

 more than four eggs in a nest. The Bed- 

 wing Blackbird is also numerous ; collected 

 several nests this season, mostly from flags in 

 water ponds, or the margins of creeks. The 

 Highholder or Golden-winged Woodpecker, 

 is the most abundant of this class of birds 

 here ; I have collected some five or six sets ot 

 its eggs this year. There are generally six 

 eggs in each set. Altogether I have collected 

 eggs of some forty 'different species of wild 

 birds this season, and obtained seven addition- 

 al species by exchange, from J. A. Morden, 

 Esq. I have now in my collection specimens 

 of the eggs of nearly seventy Canadian birds. 

 When in London, on the 27th of September, 

 last, I identified among the grand collection 

 of Canadian and foreign birds, exhibited by 

 J. A. Morden, Esq., a specimen of Cooper's 

 Hawk, as the species whose nest and eggs I 

 described in my last article. 



Wm. L. Kells. 

 Listowel, Ont., Nov. 1882. 



COLEOPTERA FOUND IN THE 

 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



By William Cooper. 



Phryganophilus collaris, Lee. 

 Stenotrachelus arctatus, Say. 

 Crymodes discicollis, Lee. 

 Pytho Americana, Kirby. 

 Priognathus monilicornis, Baud. 

 Borus unicolor, Say. 

 Salpingus virescens, Lee. 

 Calopus angustus, Lee. 



This insect has a wide distribution, from 

 New Mexico to the city of Quebec. Mr. Pro- 

 vancher says it is rare about the neighbour- 

 hood of the latter city. When I collected 

 there, they were abundant at the upper end of 

 St. John St., near the Finlay Asylum. 



Ditylus coeruleus, Rand. 



Narcerdes melanura, Linn. 



Oxasis 1 notoxiodes, Fabr. 

 2 thoracica, " 



Asclera ruficollis, Say. 



Cephaloon lepturides, Newm. 



Anaspis 1 flavipennis, Raid. 

 2 rufa, Say. 



Mordella 1 marginata, Mels. 

 2 linearis, '* 



Mordellistena 1 scapularis, Say. 

 2 pityoptera, Lee. 



Pelecotoma flavipes, Mels. 



Corphyra 1 lugubris, Say. 



2 collaris " 



3 fulvipes, Newm. 

 Notoxus anchora, Hentz. 

 Anthicus 1 rejectus, Lee. 



2 formicarius, Laf. 



3 florialis, Paylc. 



4 corvinus, Laf. 

 Dendroides Canadensis, Latr. 

 Pyrochroa flabellata, Fabr. 

 Schizotus cervicolis, Newm. 

 Meloe angusticollis, Say. 

 Macrobasis unicolor, Kirby. 

 Epicauta 1 Pensylvanica, DeGeer. 



2 vittata, Fabr. 

 Pomphopaea aenea, Say. 

 Myodites 1 fasciatus Say. 



1 stylopides, Newm. 

 Barynotus undulatus, Uhler. 

 Sitones 1 lepidhs, Gyll. 



2 scissifrons, Say. 

 Pandeleteius hilaris, Herbst. 

 Otiorynchus 1 sulcatus, Herbst. 



2 ligneus, Oliv. 

 Cyphomimus dorsal is, Horn. 

 L'abbe Provancher described this species as 

 Micronychus sulcatus which falls, it being 

 preoccupied by Otiorynchus sulcatus, Fabr. 

 The insect is now known as C. dorsalis as 

 above. 



Phyxelis glomerosus, ScJioen. 

 Listronotus 1 appendiculatus, Boh. 



2 latiusculus, " 



Ithycerus Novaboracensis, Forst. 

 Phytonotus nigrirostris, Fabr. 

 Lixus musculus, Say. 

 Lepyrus colon, Linn. 



Continued from paqe 188 No. 11. 



