Bird Notes from Toronto. — A male Sturnella magna was collected 
Feb. 21 , i88r, by Mr. Jas. Helliwell, at Highland Creek, about fifteen miles 
east of Toronto. The bird was in fine plumage and in fairly good condi- 
tion. He had his ‘home’ in a dense thicket in a deep ravine, through 
which ran a ‘Spring Creek’ (which did notfreeze during the winter), about 
a mile from a barn-yard which he visited almost daily, feeding on sweep- 
ings and pickings from manure. The bird was carefully dissected but no 
wound or injury of any kind could be found. The gizzard contained a 
few small pieces of gravel, a few grains of oats, and pickings from cow 
dung. This is believed to be the first record of this species wintering 
north of Lake Ontario. 
Auk, Y. April 1888. p. £//, 
Andrew Downs has just mounted a Meadow Lark , 
taken at Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, Feb. 16th. A 
rare bird there. 
O &0. XIV.Mar. 1889 p.47 
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183. Sturnella magna. Meadowlark. — Common summer resident, 
March 16 to October 30; numerous winter records; breeds (May 2 to July 
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