Oct.-Dec. 1921.] 



The Canadian Field-Naturai.lst 



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especially over the shallower waters of 

 the inner bay. 



Order Steganopodes. 

 Family Phalacrocoracidae. 



(119.) Phalacrocorax a u; it us auritus 

 Ijesson. Double-crested Cormorant. Xoted 

 once, flying over the sandspit, three indi 

 viduals in company with ducks. 



Family Pelecanidae. 



(125.) Pelecanus enjthrorhynchos Gme 

 lin. White Pelican. From one to eighl 

 or more of these birds fished partically 

 every morning and evening in the inner 

 ba}^ and on one occasion one was en- 

 countered on the spit itself three-quarter? 

 of the way to the fish-station. 



Order Anseres. 



Family Anatidae. 



(132). Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 

 Mallard. 



(139.) Nettion carolinense Gmelin 

 Green-winged Teal. 



(140.) Querquedula discors Linnaeus 

 Blue-winged Teal. 



Tliese three species we^ e frequently 

 noted passing in flight over the spit, es- 

 pecially at evening. 



(149.) Marila af finis, Eyton, Lesser 

 Scaup Duck. A few seen in the evenings a 

 short distance from shore. 



Order Paludicolae. 



Family Rallidae. 



(214.) Porzana Carolina Linnaeus. Sora 

 Rail. The characteristic notes of this rail 

 were heard at the ma: shy portion of the 

 spit toward Plover Point". 



Order Limicolae. 

 Family Scolopacidae. 



(239.) Pisohia maculaia Vieillot. Pect- 

 oral Sandpiper. Noted several times feed- 

 ing along the beaches of the spit. 



(254.) Totanus melanoleucus Gmelin 

 Greater Yellow-legs. Noted on the spit. 



(256.) H el od ramus solitarius soliiarius 

 Wilson. Noted quite regularly along the 

 inner shore of the sandspit, especially in 

 the evening. 



(263.) Actitis macularia Linnaeus. Spot- 

 ted Sandpiper. Noted several times on the 

 beaches of the spit. 



Family Charadriidae. 



(273.) Oxyechus vocife us Linnaeus. 

 Killdeer. Noted feeding along the beaches 

 of the spit. 



(277.) Aegialiiis meloda Ord. Piping 

 Plover. Noted one morning along the 

 outer beach. Nested at Plover Point, 

 where parents and young were collected. 



Order Raptores. 



Family Buteonidae. 



(331.) Circus hudsonius Linn^aeus. 

 Marsh Hawk. Observed passing over point 

 several times and on one occasion it was 

 noted quaitering near the camp in search 

 of prey. 



Order Coccyges. 

 Family Alcedinidae. 



(390.) Ceryle alcyon Linnaeus. Belted 

 Kingfisher. This conspicuous bird was a 

 rather infrecptent fisher along the inner 

 shoreline of the sandspit. 



Order Macrochires. 



Family Caprimulgidae. 



(420.) CJwrdeiles virginianus subsp. 

 Gmelin. Nighthawk. This species was a 

 regular visitor on the spit near camp at 

 evening, a half a dozen o:- more being noted 

 or heard at one time. 



Order Passeres. 

 Family Coracidae. 



(488). Corvus hrachyrhipiclws b achy- 

 rhynchos Brehm. Crow. Flocks composed 

 of as many as a hundred individuals reg- 

 ularly visited the beaches of the sandspit 

 in search of dead fish. Single individuals 

 could be observed in the vicinity at almost 

 any hour of the day but the large flocks 

 usually came at evening and morning. 



Family Icteridae. 



(495). Molothrus ater Boddaert. Cow- 

 bird. Noted as a visitant about the camp. 



(497). Xanthocephalus xanfhocephalus 

 Bonaparte. Yellow-headed Blackbird. This 

 species was noted several times around 

 camp, usually together with one or both of 

 tlie following blackbirds. 



(498.) Agelaius phoeniceus subsp. Lin^ 

 naeus. Noted as a visitant on the sandspit. 



(511b). Quiscalus quiscula aeneus Ridg- 

 svay. Bronzed Grackle. A common species 



