from the AUx and Buffalo Lake Districts. 073 



Gavia immer. Great Northern Diver or Loon. 



Badly-mounted specimens of this liandsome bird are 

 generally exhibited in most taxidermists"' shops in this 

 country% It does not appear to be as common as I expected 

 to find it, and my notes are therefore scanty. It was 

 re[)orted to me that a specimen was to be seen on the 

 lake at Alix village on May 20, and I saw this bird and 

 its mate there on June 7. I could find no trace of a 

 nest. Their weird cries reminded me of the time when my 

 friend Dr. Bowdler Sharpe and I nsed to watch them on 

 the Sundalsoren fiord, Norway, in May and June, 1899. 

 I have reason to believe that another pair reared one young 

 on a lake ai)out four miles south of Alix. On Buffalo Lake 

 they appear to be very^ rare. !Mr. George Cook informed 

 me he ])icked up a dead specimen in June of the present year 

 on the shore, and ]Mr. James Brindle told me he saw one 

 on June 3. I saw no specimens during my visit there. 



Larns marinus. Greater Black-backed Gull. 

 On entering Halifax Harbour, ]March 28, a few of these 

 Gulls Mere observed. 



Lams franklini. Franklin's Gull. 



On April 24 three Franklin's Gulls were seen near 

 Alix, and on May 4 six in the same locality. From this date 

 onwards they were one of the commonest birds over a wide 

 tract of countr3\ On Buffalo Lake and many small lakes 

 during June and July they congregated by the thousand, 

 and were always particularly noisy. This species does 

 not appear to nest on the lake, although feeding there 

 extensively ; but on a fair-sized expanse of water within a 

 mile or two of the village of Mirror they do so abundantly. 

 This swamp is called Spotted Lake, on account of the 

 numerous and isolated, clumps of reeds of varying sizes, 

 I visited this colony with my friend Mr. George Cook, 

 of Buffalo Lake, on June 19. My notes for this day^s 

 trip read as follows: — ^' To enter tlie lake we had haul 



