1887.] Dwight on the Summer Birds, of Cape Breton Island. 17 



37. Junco hyemalis {Linn.'). Not numerous. 



3S. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Rare. 



39. Tachycineta bicolor ( Vieill.). Common; breeds. 



40. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.). Common; breeds. 



41. Lanius borealis Vieill. Seen but once. 



4J. Dendroica sestiva (Gmel.). Common; breeds. 



45. Dendroica coronata (Linn. ). Very common ; breeds. 



44. Dendroica striata (Forst.). Not common ; breeds. 



45. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). Moderately common. 



46. Sylvania pusilla ( Wils. ) . Common. 



47. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.). Only a few seen. 



48. Parus hudsonicus Forst. Seen once only. 



49. Phyllopseustes borealis (Bias.). One specimen. 



50. Turdus aliciae Baird. Common. 



51. Merula migratoria (Linn.). Common. 



52. Hesperocichla naevia (Gmel.). Common; found breeding. 



It will be noticed that some of the best known boreal species. 

 such as the Hawk Owl, Snowy Owl, Pine Grosbeak, Ciossbill. 

 Gyrfalcon, etc., are conspicuous by their absence ; but I saw 

 nothing of them, although the country is sufficiently diversified 

 to be adapted to the wants of almost all of them. 



SUMMER BIRDS OF THE BRAS D'OR REGION OF 

 CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA. 



BY JONATHAN DWIGHT, JR. 



So far as I can learn, no definite information regarding the 

 birds of Cape Breton has found its way into print. I feel, there- 

 fore, that the list of species I met with during a couple of weeks 

 spent last summer in the centre of the island may be of some 

 interest. My stay was from August 4 to August 16. and I will 

 venture to say that the species noted during that period are a fair 

 index of the summer residents of the country bordering upon the 

 Bras d'Or lakes, although my observations were confined chiefly 

 to the immediate vicinity of Baddeck, Victoria Co., N. S. As 

 one may see by the map, the Great and little Bras d'Or nearly 

 cut the island in two, forming large inland seas, resembling 

 lakes, which are little affected by the tide, on account of their 

 narrow connection with the ocean. Around them hills slope up 



