172 The Ottawa Naturalist. [December 



Lakix Lyali.ii, Parlat. 



Mr. Walter D. Wilcox found this tree in 1898 on Mt. 

 Hector, about 11 miles from Laggan, Rocky Mts. This station 

 extends thelimit o( F. Luallii some 3 or 4 miles further north 

 than it was known to occur. Mr. Wilcox was als j on the moun- 

 tains at Glacier LaKe, head of Saskatchewan River, and at the 

 source of the Athabasca, but did not see this larcli, .-o ib.at its 

 northern limit may now be considered to be dcfinitul}- fi.xed. 



CaLAM WILKA LONGIFOLIA. (Hook) H.uk. 



Ammoph>l ' lonf/i ol a, Henth. and liook. ; Macoun, Gat. 

 Can. Plants, vol iv, p. 208. 



Not rare on sand)' ground in the northern part cf Lamb- 

 ton Co. and southern {)art of fiuron Co, Unt. (/ Dearness) 

 Eastern limit in Canada. 



1'"lymus elymoiuks, \Raf.) Sweczy. 



(Jne specimen collected by Prof. Macoun in 1897 on the 

 side of a mountain at Crow Nest Pass, Rocky Mts. New to 

 Canada. 



NOTES ON THE B^^LDS OE KING'S CO., NOVA SCOTIA. 



By Hakold Tufts, Esq., Wolfville, King's Co., N.S. 



Urinator imber {Gm///). Loon. 



Fairly common, breeding on the Gaspereau Lakes. They 

 are often left behind the shad seines by the falling tide, and 

 being unable to rise from the ground are then easily taken by 

 the fishermen. When brought to bay in this position they make 

 a good tight before yielding and are really quite dangerous to 

 tackle unless a gun be used against them. 

 Larus marinus {Linn ) Black-backed Gull. 



Common except in January and February. Two sets of 

 eggs taken last May (1898) at the Gaspereau Lakes, are now 

 in the museum at Ottawa There are many islands in the lakes, 

 but only two or three of the smallest of these are used as nesting 



