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ing for birds. Dec. 27th, at West Minot, I saw 6 English vSparrows 

 and 4 domestic Doves. Dec. 30th, I saw a pair of English Sparrows 

 here on my place in Hebron and heard i Blue Jay and flushed i 

 Canada Ruffed Grouse. Tree Sparrows were seen here Jan. 5. A 

 Snowy Owl was shot here from a telegraph pole by one of my 

 neighbors. 



Capt. Herbert E. vSpinnev, vSeguin Eight. 



In compliance with your request that a record of birds seen 

 from Dec. 24tli to the 31st be kept, I submit to 3'ou the following 

 report as kept by myself : 



Dec. 24th, 1905, Black Guillemot, r ; Cormorants {P. carbo), 4; 

 American Eider Duck, about 30; Crow, i ; American Herring CUill, 

 20. Dec. 25th, vSnowy Owl, i ; Herring Gull, 4. Dec. 26th, Herring 

 Gull, 3. Dec. 27th, Cormorant {P. carbo), i ; Shrike, i, which I 

 took to be the Northern ; Herring Gull, 12. Dec. 28th, American 

 Eider Duck, about 30; Eoon (6". ijiibrr), i; Herring Gull, 6. 

 Dec. 29th, the day stormy with a stiff southeast wind, accompanied 

 with rain and fog. The fog signal being in operation I did not see 

 a bird. Dec. 30th, nothing but a few Herring Gulls were seen, per- 

 haps half a dozen. Dec. 31st, two Scoter Ducks, which I took to 

 be O. Americana, but as they were a long distance away was not 

 sure. 



Capt. Mark Young, Matinicus. 



I send a list of birds seen at my station Christmas week : Dec. 

 24th. Fifty Herring Gulls seen on Two Bush island to-day. Many 

 little birds in the bay to-day called Pewee Gulls by the baymen. 

 They are never seen here in summer. Many little birds seen in the 

 bay to-day called Ice Birds by the baymen. Dec. 25th. Many little 

 birds seen on No Man's land to-day called Rock Birds by the bay- 

 men. They are never seen here in the summer. Dec. 26th. Earge 

 numbers of old Sea Ducks and Drakes were seen sitting on the 

 southernmost shoals of my station to-day. Old Squaws are seen 

 around all the neighboring islands to-day. Dec. 27th. A few Eoons 

 and Noddies were seen to the eastward of Matinicus to-day, some- 



