A town and port of entry of Oxford (disambiguation)|Oxford county, Ontario, Canada, 80 m. S.W. of Toronto by rail, on Cedar creek, the Thames river and the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways. Pop. (1901) 8833. It is in one of the best agricultural sections of the province, and has a large export trade in cheese, butter and farm produce. Organs, pianos and agricultural implements are manufactured. It contains a residential school, under the control of the Baptist church, affiliated with McMaster University, Toronto.
From Cambridge Natural History, vol.
ix., "Birds," by permission of Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.