1912] The Ottawa Naturalist. 95 



upon an incubating female, the brown colour of the bird 

 being easily distinguishable from the green moss upon 

 which she was sitting. The bird allowed me to stroke her 

 1 tack without being the least disturbed and had to be lifted 

 off the nest in order that a snapshot could be taken of the 

 eggs. She at once turned a couple of somersaults and 

 feigned a broken wing and remained in the immediate 

 vicinity. 

 Least Sandpiper. On June 18th, two nests were located near 

 water, the eggs in each set numbering four. These were 

 simply laid on grassy mounds in a large bog. 

 Yellowlegs. Common on the "barrens" and nesting in fair 



numbers. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. Many nests located on the beach near 



Bay of Islands. A common summer resident. 

 Pigeon Hawk. Breeding in suitable localities and apparently 

 the common hawk of the Island. The writer located a nest 

 of this species on the ground in spruce w r oods on June 6th. 

 The set of five eggs was laid underneath a stump, strips of 

 bark and a few T feathers forming the lining. A week later 

 another nest was discovered some twenty feet up in a pine, 

 tree. 

 Osprey. Two miles from St. George's Bay two nests were 

 found. These were placed on the top of evergreen trees 

 on the side of a mountain and within a few yards of a lake. 

 On June 3rd, one nest contained three eggs far advanced in 

 incubation and the other had two fresh eggs. June 10th, 

 another nest was located in a big pine tree, it contained 

 three newly hatched young. 

 Belted Kingfisher. Common. 

 Northern Flicker. One of the commonest Woodpeckers on 



the Island. 

 Alder Flycatcher. Abundant. On June 28th, a nest with 



three fresh eggs was found in a low shrub. 

 Labrador Jay. Many birds seen in all localities we visited. 

 CROw r . Only a few seen along the Humber River. 

 Rusty Blackbird. Saw r a great many in spruce swamps 



during the first w 7 eek in June, but no nests were found. 

 Pine Grosbeak. This species is apparently a common breeder. 

 It was noted at several points, especially along the Humber. 

 By June 10th, the young had left one nest and two others 

 were ready for eggs. On June 14th, one of the latter con- 

 tained three fresh eggs. The nests were all placed at various 

 heights in spruce trees and were built externally of twigs 

 and lined with some kinds of bleached grasses, the whole 

 being very shallow and frail. 



