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were rather scarce to-day, but even then there were thousands of 

 them. I stood on the top of the bank, where it was not less than 

 three hundred feet high, and gazed at the birds sitting in a white 

 line as far as I could see. They were feeding on shrimps, which 

 are their favorite food around the island in the winter. 



Dec. 31st. Saw to-day 4 English Sparrows, flock of Juncos 

 near my house, small flock of Crows, 5 White-winged Crossbills, 4 

 Chickadees, and with them i Hudsonian Chickadee, very rare here. 

 Saw also thousands of Kittiwakes and Razor-billed Auks, and the 

 only Ivory Gull I ever saw alive. It was an elegant specimen, as 

 white as snow\ This Gull is an accidental visitor in the neighbor- 

 hood of Grand Manan. 



Nellie F. Dunton. 



Observations at Bath: 



Dec. 20th, 1908, was at Winnegance (south end of Bath). Day 

 fine. vSaw 4 Blue Jays, 6 Chickadees, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, i 

 Gull, 3 birds flying, too far off to be identified. Heard a Crow. 



Dec. 2ist, snow squall early, then clearing. Saw 5 Blue Jays, 3 

 Chickadees, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches and a Crow, 



Dec. 22nd, saw 3 Blue Jays, 2 Chickadees, i Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, I Gull. 



Dec. 23rd and 24th, was busy preparing for Christmas and did 

 not see any birds excepting the large flocks of English Sparrows 

 and Pigeons on our streets. 



Dec. 25th (Christmas), walked along the country roads some 

 two miles in West Bath and vicinity, and saw only 2 Crows and 2 

 Goldfinches, or the same one twice, but they tell me that the next 

 day there were four different kinds of small birds around the house 

 I visited that day. They were quite sure one was a Junco, but I 

 have not seen any in this vicinity for some time. 



Dec. 26th, at Winnegance again, and took a long walk in the 

 woods in the afternoon. Saw 3 Blue Jays, 4 Chickadees, 2 Red- 

 breasted Nuthatches, 3 Crows, i small Hawk, probably a vSharp- 



