44 The Ottawa Naturalist. [June 



a.m., a flock of twelve alighted on the beach for a few minutes 

 and then flew north; 8.10 a.m., a flock of forty-eight came in 

 from the lake and remained until 11 a.m., flying up and down 

 the beach. Several times they alighted on the sandbar beside 

 the Herring Gulls, who repeatedly drove them away; 10.20 

 a.m.; two flew up the beach; 11.20 a.m., a flock of 500 crossed 

 the beach flying in a north-westerly direction, sometimes in a 

 long straggling line and again closing up into a compact flock; 

 between 11.30 and 1 1 .40 a flock of ten, one of five and one of six 

 flew over; 11.40 a.m., a flock of seven crossed the beach; 11.50 

 a.m., a flock of forty alighted on the beach and remained in the 

 vicinity until 2.30 p.m. No more were seen until 7.30 p.m., when 

 a flock of thirty flew over. May 25th, 8.45 a.m., a flock of 

 eleven crossed the beach; 4.30 p.m., a flock of twenty-three 

 alighted on the beach beside the Herring Gulls. May 26th, 1.00 

 p.m., a long line about 300 in all crossed the beach. Another 

 flock of twenty followed close behind. 



Black-bellied Plover. Single birds and flocks of three 

 and four seen from May 7th until June 16th. They were 

 observed more frequently between May 24th and June 5th. 



Killdeer. The first record made on March 19th. The} 

 breed on the city dump north of the sandbar. 



Semipalmated Plover. A few seen between May 21st 

 and June 8th in flocks of five and six and generally accompanied 

 by Semipalmated Sandpipers. 



Belted Piping Plover. One seen on April 22nd, May 

 5th and 8th. Three pairs arrived on May 10th and began nest- 

 ing a few days later. One set of eggs was found on May 29th. 

 They were laid on the open pebbly beach without any attempt 

 at concealment. The eggs harmonized perfectly with the 

 neutral colored sand and gravel and were very hard to locate. 



Ruddy Turnstone. The first record made on May 10th. 

 Only a few stragglers were seen until May 2 7th, when flocks of 

 twenty to forty began to arrive. The flight lasted until June 8th 

 The last record was taken on June 19th. when a single bird was 

 seen. 



Marsh Hawk. Single birds seen from March 20th to 

 May 8th. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. April 28th, one flew down the 

 beach. 



Pigeon Hawk One seen on the north shore of Ash- 

 bridges Bay. 



Sparrow Hawk. March 20th, one seen. May 16th, one 

 seen. 



Belted Kingfisher. First record made on April 1st 

 A common summer resident. 



