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Bones of the Great Aik {Plautus itnpcnnis) , at Moint 

 Desert Island. — In August, 1882, at Manchester's Point, Xorth- 

 ea.st Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, I obtained a number of 

 Ijones of birds from the extensive shell heap which lines the shore 

 at this ])lace. Among these lx)nes were some that I l)elieved might 

 belong to the C.reat Auk and I referred them all to Mr. J. D. Sorn- 

 borger for identification. He kindly wrote me under date of April 

 lo, 1906, as follows: "I return herewith the left coracoid and right 

 ulna from Mount Desert. Vou will see, by comparing them with 

 the s])ecimens from l-"utik Island, which I enclose, that they arc 

 positively bones of the C.reat Auk." The >hell lieaj) at Man- 

 chester's Point, in 1S.S2, was covered with loam and turf to a depth 

 of several inches, and had evidently been overgrown by forest trees 

 of considerable size, the stumps of .some of whii'h still remained. I 

 found no glass beads or other evidence of contact with ICuropeans 

 among the shells, but only stone and bone implements and bits of 

 rude pottery, data which may be of help in determining the age of 



the Auk bones. 



ClIAS. \V. T<»WNSENI>, M. D. 



76 MarllK)rough St., lioston, Mass., 

 .\ugust 27, i«x^7. 



Notes ikom .\von. — C)n May 25th. a ncighlx)r found a Hum- 

 mingbird in his barnyard, where it had ]x'rished the preceding 

 night. For several nights, at this time, the thermometer had 

 registered freezing or below. I did not see a live Hummingbird 

 until Jtdy 9th. I have not seen a Loon or a Red-tailed Hawk this 

 year. I have seen only one Mourning Warbler. The American 

 Mergan.ser and Spotted Sandpiper seem to be much decreased in 

 numbers. On March 21, 1903, I saw, in a large flock of Juncos, 

 two Albinos, marked alike and probably from the same brood. The 

 throat was jmre white, and the white extended up the side of the 

 head ; there was also a white line above the eye. These markings 

 with the band across the breast gave the birds a peculiarly odd 

 appearance. D\v\ W. Sweet. 



Phillips, Me., Aug. 10, 1907. 



