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Cygnus buccinator, Richardson. Trumpeter Swan. — The late 

 Dr. A. Hall, in this Journal, Yol. 7, page 414, describes the 

 American Swan, Cygnus Americanus, from a specimen then and 

 now in the Society's collectien, which was shot at Longueuil. The 

 individual in question is a young individual of the Trumpeter 

 Swan. 



Fulix affinis, Baird. The Lesser Scaup, " Blue Bill," or 

 ''Little Black Head" — Occurs occasionally in the neighbour- 

 hood of Montreal, in company with the common Scaup Duck. 



Aythya vallisneria, Bonaparte. Canvass-back Duck. — Two 

 specimens of this species were shot this autumn at Dundee, by Mr. 

 James Hopkins, and are now in the Society's collection. The 

 species seems rare in Eastern Canada. The pair in question 

 occurred in a flock of the closely-allied red-headed duck. 



Bucephala Islandica, Baird. Barrow's Golden Eye. — Bare on, 

 or near, the Island of Montreal ; a few were shot in the autumn 

 of 1869, and stragglers are occasionally to be met with among the 

 common species. The male is easily distinguished from the 

 common golden-eye, but to separate the females of the two species 

 is much more difficult : a careful study of the shape and coloring' 

 of the bill will enable the student to separate them. 



J. P. W. 



On the Gulls of the Nova Scotian Coast. By J. 

 Matthew Jones, F. L. S. — According to the catalogue of 

 North American Birds published by the Smithsonian Institution, 

 I find the following species of Laridce inserted, as having been 

 observed on the North-east coast of this continent. 1. Pomarine 

 Skua {^Stercorarius pomarinus, Temm.) 2. Glaucous Gull 

 (Larus glaucus, Briinn.) 3. White-winged Gull (L. leucopterus, 

 Fabr.) 4. Great Black-backed Gull (L. marimcs, Linn.) 5. 

 Herring Gull (L. argentatus, Briinn.) 6. Eing-billed Gull (L. 

 Belawarensis, Ord.) 7. Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephahis 

 Philadelphia, Ord.) 8. Kittiwake (^Rissa tridacfi/Ia, Linn.) 9. 

 Ivory Gull (Pagophila ehumea, Kaup.) 10. Fork -tailed Gull 

 (Xema Sahinii, Bon.) 11. Wilson's Tern {Sterna Wilsoni, 

 Bonap.) 12. Arctic Tern {S. macroura, Naum.) 13. Least 

 Tern (S.frenata, Gambel.) Of this list of thirteen species nine 

 have been identified by myself, and one by Major Wedderburn, 

 (late 42nd Highlanders,) as occurring on the coast of Nova 

 Scotia, and seven of these are in my own cabinet. The ten 



