I4 A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN J/SLANDS. 
We left too early for really good shooting. Any one wish- 
ing to visit the islands for sport should be there during the 
month of September, when the Ducks, Geese, Teal, etc., are 
very plentiful. The following is a list of some of the birds 
we shot during the week ending August 20, which have more 
interest to the sportsman than to the naturalist : — 
Godwits E : 6 
Yellowlegs . , 64 
shea Ty ; ; 6 
Snipe.) : ; : ; 9 
Sandpipers. : : ; 57 
Curlew . a eS 7 
Plover - : : 74 
Turnstones . : 21 
Duck. : : . : : 4 
Small birds may be kept, by those who have not the leisure 
to prepare them in the usual way, by an injection of carbolic 
acid, the “crude” I think the best. Take a syringe and 
inject a small quantity into the throat and vent, introduce a 
small piece of cotton into the cavities to prevent the acid 
from staining the feathers, and the bird is ready to be placed 
