The Great White Egret in New Brunswick. — Mr. C.J. Maynard 
has informed me of the capture of an immature specimen of Ardea egretta, 
which he examined in the flesh, shot at Whitehead, Island of Grand 
Menan, on the 3d November, 1878. It is a singular fact that so many 
instances have occurred in late years of southern species having wandered 
north to New England and more northern localities in the fall and winter 
months. Besides a bird of this species recorded for Nova Scotia by Mr. 
J. Matthew Jones of Halifax, this is, I think, the most northern locality 
in which this bird has been detected. — If utiiven Deane, Cambridge, 
Mass. Sail. IT.O.'O. 4, Jan, 1879, P 6 3 ■ 
Birds within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Can, Comeau & Merriam 
ioi. Ardea egretta. Great White Egret. —Accidental straggler 
from the south. One seen June 9 , 1882 , on an island in Godbout River. 
Bull. N. Q. 0. 7. Oct, 18Q2, p, 239 
The Great White Egret a n d th e - ¥ - clk>w — Rath in Ottawa, Canada. — In 
the ornithological collection of the Geological and Natural History 
Survey of Canada are two mounted specimens which, from the localities 
of their capture, deserve special notice. The first of these is a fine spring 
male of Herodias egretta , which was shot in the spring of 1883 at Rock- 
liffe, Ont., by Mr. Sidney H. McIntyre, and presented by him to the 
Survey. In answer to a letter of inquiry Mr. W. H. McIntyre writes : 
“Two of these birds are all that were ever seen here. They seemed to be 
a pair, and after this one was shot the other stayed around for a day or 
two and then left, and we have seen no more like them. I cannot give 
date of the shooting; it was shot, however, by my son Sidney H. 
McIntyre within about one half mile of our house at Rockliffe.” Rockliffe 
is on the Ottawa River, about lat. 77 0 50 ' north, long. 46 ° 08 ' west, making, 
as far as I am aware, the most northerly record of the Egret. 
UA *(- 
Auk, 2, Jan.. 1886. p. //<?. ' 
Records from Toronto. E. E. T. Seton. 
Great White Egret. Ardea egretta. —A magnificent 
specimen of this beautiful Heron was shot at Lake Nipissing in 
1883 . It is now in the museum of Mr. C- A. Hirschfelder. 
Auk, 2, Oct., 1886. p.336 
Birds of Toronto, Ontario. 
By James H.Fleming. 
Pt.I, Water Birds. 
AuX, XXIII, Oct., 1906, p.447. 
65. Herodias egretta. American Egret.—A specimen in my collection 
taken at Port Union (17 miles east of Toronto) May 24, 1895; this is the 
only definite record, but white herons have been reported from various 
points on the lake that seem to be of this species. Dr. Wm. Brodie says 
a pair bred regularly many years ago (about 1870) at Port Union and sev¬ 
eral were shot. 
