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take a picture of it. He remarked it might be too shy for 

 that, or perhaps not come at all in the presence of a 

 stranger. When I arrived there the next morning, the 

 farmer was just out; I entered his little rough log cabin 

 and got some rolled oats or wheat. This I held out in my left 

 hand calling the bird, which had already appeared in a 

 small poplar, sweetly singing all the time. Imagine my 

 surprise, when it flew right straight on my hand, eyed me 

 for a minute, and then commenced eating with all his 

 might. He w^as so fearless, that I could take a picture of 

 him, manipulating the camera with my right hand. He 

 came repeatedly. Afterwards I also took pictures of him 

 on the farmer's hand. The pictures of the bird on my 

 hand, however, did not turn out well. The object was too 

 ne-ir for a snapshot. 



Redpoll {Acanthis linaria), a flock of 10-15 at Latchford, March 

 26th. 



The following were undoubtedly the first migrants: Am. 

 Golden-eye, (C/awe;^/a aniericana) three, one male and two 

 females seen in a ripple in the Montreal River, near the 

 railwav bridge at Latchford. 



Crow {Corviis brachyshaiuchus) , 5 seen at New Liskeard, March 

 24th, flying straight north. I had seen crows already at 

 North Bav, March 14th, but these at New Liskeard were 

 txndoubtedly the first arrivals of their kind in this section. 



A person with snowshoes might have seen besides these the 

 rufted grouse (partridge) and the spruce partridge; also the 

 three-toed woodpeckers, but not many more. 



G. EIFRIG. 



Ottawa, Mav 8th, 1908. 



REVIEW OF DR. J. M. CLARKE'S GEOLOGY OF A 

 PORTION OF GASPE -PENINSULA, QUE. 



By H. M. Ami. 



"Early Devonic Historv of North-Eastern North America." 

 Memoir Q. New York State Museum, New York State Education 

 Department, 366 pp., 48 plates, sections, diagrams, maps, etc. 

 Albany, IQOS, by J. M. Clarke, State Geologist and Director of 

 the New York State Museum. 



