Capture of the Avocet in New Brunswick. — Wlien in St.John, 
N. B., a short time since, I saw in a bird-stuffer’s shop a good specimen of 
the Avocet ( Recurvirostra americana ) sent to him to set up. It was shot 
by Mr. William Ellis, at Quaco, where he has shot three this season (1880), 
and where he says “ they come along every few years.” I have been able 
to get but two. As they occur so rarely in New England, it is a little 
strange to find them so frequently over the border in New Brunswick. — 
George A. Boardman, Milllown, St. Stephen, N. B. 
Bull.'N.O.CS, 5, Oct, , 1880, p. 2y/. 
Birds of Southern New Brunswick. 
Xft , Chamberlain. 
14. Recurvirostra americana. Avocet. — Mr. William Ellis of St. 
Martins, a village on the shore of the Bay of Fundy, says he has shot 
one or more of these birds each year for the last five years, usually meet- 
ing two together. A specimen taken by him in 1880 is in the museum of 
the Natural History Society. 
Bull, N. O.O, 7, April, 1882. p. 105 
American Avocet and American Three-toed Woodpecker at Toronto. 
An Avocet ( Recurvirostra americana ) was shot on the eastern sand- 
bar, Toronto, by Mr. C. K. Rogers, September 19, 1901. The bird was 
noticed feeding among a flock of plovers. It proved to be a male, and is 
the second Toronto record, the first being of a bird taken about fifteen 
years ago. 
<5~m, KTx . 
3irds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H. Fleming. 
Pt . I , Water 3irds . 2 Auk, xix, 1902 , 79 . 
A up , XXIII, Oct., 1903, £.443. 
79. Recurvirostra americana. American Avocet. — Accidental mi- 
grant, two records, one a bird in full plumage in the possession of Mr. 
Wm. Loan, the other an adult male in the gray plumage taken September 
19, 1901. 2 
