Mar. 1888.] 



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about eighteen miles from the salt water. 

 (Miniis Basin). I (lon"t rciuoniber ever having 

 seen a Hening Gull on these lakes. 



Herring Gull (Lanis ar(ii'itt<itufi smillis<jiiian- 

 us). May 27, 28. .luiie 2. July 5. 



Dusky Duek, .May 2.i, ^C, 28. These were 

 also found on the Gaspereaux Lakes. 



American Merganser (Mer/ius tnerganser amer- 

 icanus). May 23, 30. Found on islands in Gas- 

 pereaux Lakes. First set (taken May 23). was 

 found in a large old stub, about twelve feet 

 high, in a hole in the lop. This hole reached 

 down about twenty inches, w here the neat was 

 composed of old rotten wood, a little dog grass, 

 and was lined with feathers. The parent bird 

 was caught on the nest, and the eggs (eleven 

 in number), were perfectly fresh and very uni- 

 form in shape. The next set taken May 30 (also 

 eleven in number), was situated nmch the same 

 as the one above described, and incubation was 

 about a week advanced. 



Great Northern Diver (Coliimbus turquatiis). 

 June 5. Nest, a depression in the sand, a few 

 feet from the water's edge, without lining of 

 any kind. Eggs, two In number, measuring 

 3.02x2.44, and 3.00x2.43. 



Black Guillemot. July 3. 



Kingfisher (C'eryle alcyon) . May 28, 28, June 

 14, July 7. 



Great Blue HiM'on {Ardea herodias). May 10, 

 twelve sets taken, numbering respectively, four, 

 five, and six eggs. Five was tbe usual number, 

 however. The sets seemed to be complete with 

 but few exce|)tions, and were fresh or slightly 

 incubated. 



Great Horned Owl (jBh'io ri'i'i/iaHiis). March 

 25, 28, fresh. 



American Goshawk {Aslur atricappill us) . 



Marsh Hawk {Circtis hudsonkus). June 8. 



Sparrow Hawk {'riniuiHCiiliis spaverii(s) . May 

 20, 24. 



(.'anada .la_v {Perisoreus canadensis). May 10, 

 well incubated. 



Crtiw (C'orvns frtiyivoi-us). .MayO, 7. 11, 13, 13. 

 20. 



Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Spliyrapicus va- 

 rius). June 2. 



Flicker (Colaptes auralus). Jutie 1, 2, 2, 0. 7, 

 18. 



Canada Grouse (Caiiacv candi'nsis). May 2."), 

 28. 



KulHed Grouse (Ilonasa iimbi'llus). May 15, 

 18,10. Jnnefi. 



Black Snowbird (Junru kyinnalis). May 13, 

 10, 20, 21, 20, 29. June 1, 4, 22, 23, 29. 



Chipping Sparrow (Spizella donifstica). May 

 25, 28. June 2, 4, 10, 18, 28. 



Song Sparrow (Melospiza fasciata). May 26, 

 29, 30. 



Savanna Sparrow {I'assovulus sandwichensis 

 savanna). May 21, 25, 20, 27. 



Grass Viiioh (Porerctrs yrantinfiis). May 20, 

 27. June 4. 



Swamp Sparrow (.l/c/o.v/"'-" palnstris). May 

 27. 



Hermit Thrush (Hylnrii-hln nnalasro' pallasi). 

 June 20. 



Robin ( Merii/a miyratoria). May 18, 27, 29. 



Kingbird ('J'yrannus carolinensis). June 15, 

 18, 19, 20. 



Hell-eyed \"\vi-o (Vin'iisyh'a olivacea). .June 

 21, 28. 



Blue-headed Vireo ( Vireo snJilarius). June 8. 



Yellow Warbler (Z)p»(Zru;ca mstiva). June 5, 

 7, 10, 11. 



Night Hawk (Chordfiles pupetue), .)nne 0, 

 21. 



Clitt'Swallow (Petrorheiidon hinifiums). June 

 10, 20. July 7. 



White-bellied Swallow ( Tarhyrlneta hiculor). 

 May 27, 29, 29, fresh. 



Black-capped Chickadee (Panis atricapiUus). 

 June 4, well incubated. 



Kusty Grackle {Scolecophayan ferruyineus). 

 June 3, 11, well incubated. 



Catbird {Galcoscoptes carulinensis). July 21, 

 23, 25. 



Cedarbird (Ampr-lis cedrodnait). June 20. 

 July 3, 4. 



The Corn Crake in Connecticut. 



BV HON. .JOHN N. CLARK, SAYHROt)K, CONN. 



In looking over a Check List made from the 

 A. O. U. Code I find the names of fifty-one 

 species or varieties of birds enclosed in brack- 

 ets, and upon investigation disi'overed by Rule 

 3 " that stragglers or accidental visitors not re- 

 garded as components of the North American 

 fauna were to be distinguished by having their 

 respective numbers in brackets," so that these 

 fifty-one species are regarded as stragglers or 

 accidental visitors, and every capture of one of 

 them by an ornithologist is i-egarded as an in- 

 teresting event to be triunipli.intly rei'orded for 

 publication. 



But how few such triumphs are there in the 

 records! Probalily but a small portion of such 

 captures fall to the lot of the ornithological 

 student. Seventy-five in a hundred of the 

 sportsmen would dress the rare bird tor the 



