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digging down I came to the nest—a mass of withered grass and 
bits of bark and wood—in which was one egg, incubation just 
commencing. The bird was on the nest, and when handled 
ejected an oily fluid, very rank smelling. After measuring and 
identifying the bird I let it go. The other two nests I found were 
of the same character and under the same conditions, and some 
distance from the edge of the cliff. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Our egg collection consists of three specimens. Two of these 
were procured on the Magdalen Islands, on July 1oth, 1897. The 
third specimen was taken at the end of a burrow in the ground 
on Green Island, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, June 28th, 1894, 
by Mr. P. A. Thomas. 
XXXVII. OCEANITES Kevsertine & Brasius. 1840. 
109. Wilson’s Petrel. 
Oceanites oceanicus (Kun) LicutT. 1854. 
Traced as far north as Resolution Island on our outward voyage; 
on the homeward, first seen about one hundred miles south of 
Cape Farewell. (AKwmelin.) Common, and said to breed, on 
several of the islands along the coast of Newfoundland, especi- 
ally at Port au Port. (eeks.) Observed everywhere between 
Annisquam and the Gut of Canso and they were common and 
generally distributed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (vewster.) 
ORDER STEGANOPODES. ToTIPALMATE SWIMMERS. 
Famity IX. PHAETHONTIDAR. Troric Birps. 
XXXVIII. PHAETHON Linnaus. 1758. 
112. Yellow-billed Tropic Bird. 
Phaéthon americanus GRANT. 1897. 
Accidental in Nova Scotia. One individual of this species was 
taken after a storm at Shubenacadie. (Dozzs.) 
113. Red-billed Tropic Bird. 
Phaéthon ethereus LINN. 1758. 
One specimen taken on the Newfoundland Banks. (Chamber- 
lain.) 
