274 Birds collected and observed 



5$. Scolopax Wilsonii, (Temm.) Snipe. Several brace shot atMississ- 

 augi and La Cloche in the latter part of September. 



57. Microptera Americana^ (Aud.) American Woodcock. A single 



bird shot at L'Anse, 2nd July. Numerous at the 

 Sault Ste. Marie and Mississaugi^ in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



58. Choradrius marmoratusj (Wayler.) American Golden Plover. 



A specimen, in summer plumage, was shot at the 

 mouth of the Mississaugi, 24th September. Very nu- 

 merous about Little Current and La Cloche Island in 

 the beginning of October, some of them in winter 

 plumage. 



5>. Tringa arenaria, (Aud.) Wandering Sandpiper. A number of spe- 

 cimens shot at the mouth of the Mississaugi, 24th 

 September. 



60. T. semipalmata. (Wils.) Semipalmated Sandpiper. Three speci- 

 mens shot near the mouth of Batch-ah-wah-nah River, 

 11th August. 



$1. Ortygometra Carolinus, (L.) Sora Rail. Sault Ste. Marie and La 

 Cloche. At the former place a male was shot, 30th 

 August. 



62. Fulica Americana, (Gmel.) American Coot. Mr. Murray has shot 



this bird at Lake Nipissing and Whitefish Lake. 



63. Podiceps Carolinensis, (Lath.) Red-billed Dobchick or " Hell 



Diver." Abundant on the north side of Lake Huron 

 after the middle of September. 



64. Colymbus glacialis, (L.) Loon or Great Northern Diver. Common 



on both Lakes. Fishermen on both sides of Lake 

 Superior set what they term " pound nets " for all 

 kinds of fish. Loons allured by the fish at the ex- 

 tremities of these circular enclosures frequently 

 alight inside of them. After gorging themselves they 

 are unable, from want of room to start, to rise over 

 the top of the net which is generally four feet above 

 the water. When thus imprisoned they are easily 

 captured alive j in this way we obtained two fine spe- 

 cimens. 



65. Larus argentatus, (Brunn.) Silvery Gull. Abundant on both 



lakes. Numbers of these gulls were constantly 

 hovering over the jumbling water at the foot of the 

 Sault Ste. Marie. Half-fledged young ones were seen 

 on projecting shelves of sandstone at the Pictured 

 Rocks, 12th July. 



6ft. Sterna hirundo ? (L.) Common Tern. Tern supposed to be of thia 

 species have been seen at Little Current, and shot by 

 Mr. Murray at the mouth of the French River. 



