The Tufted Tit — A New Record for Canada.— On May 2, 1914, at 

 the far end of the trees on Point Pelee, Ontario, Mr. J. S. Wallace found two 

 Tufted Tits (Bxolophus bicolor) one of which at least was very talkative. He 

 caUed the writer over and after watching them a short time we secured one. 



This bird has been sought at Pomt Pelee as being the most likely place, 

 ever since the present contingent began to visit the Point regularly, nearly 

 ten years ago. The bird occurs every fall on Belle Isle which hes between 

 Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, and has been vainly sought on 

 the mainland in Windsor as well as lower down on the Detroit River. 



In lower Ontario the Black-capped Chickadee is the only regular visitor 

 of the family and therefore it was quite an extraordinary event that on 

 May 2 and 3 we saw not only the Black-cap and the Tufted but the Hud- 

 sonian as well. The latter was a single bird talldng away to himself at 

 a great rate and very unsuspicious.— W. E. Saunders, London, Ontario. 



Auk, XIV, Jnly, 1897, ^ 

 A novel Idea of a Tufted Titmouse. — On April lo, 1897, while wander- 

 ing leisurely along the border of a wood outside of Beverly, N. J., my eye 

 caught sight of the peculiar actions of a small bird ahead of me. Walking 

 cautiously to within a reasonable distance and using my field glasses, I 

 observed a Tufted Titmouse (Partis bicolor), as I supposed trying to drive 

 a red squirrel away. The squirrel was lying flat on the upper side of a 

 large sloping limb, and the Titmouse would approach cautiously from 

 behind and catch at its tail. It was not long before I noticed that the 

 bird had collected quite a mouthful of the hairs, with which it flew off to 

 a hole near by where it was deposited. This is certainly one of the most 

 interesting novelties in relation to nest building that I ever met with. 

 A friend who was with me also observed the occurrence. — J. Harris 

 Reed, Beverly, N.J. 



