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macerated, however. The intestine was 180 mm. long while the 

 caeca were 36 and 28 mm. respectively. The caeca are thus rela- 

 tively very long, much longer than in the species of Trogon and 

 Pharomacrus examined by Garrod. 



FURTHER NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE 



BIRDS OF HATLEY, STANSTEAD COUNTY, 



QUEBEC, 1916-1917. 



BY H. MOUSLEY. 



In ' The Auk ' for 1916, Vol. XXXIII, pp. 57-73, 168-186; will be 

 found my first account of the birds of this district covering a period 

 of five years (1911-1915) and embracing 122 different species. 

 Since that account was written a further 41 have been added to 

 the list, and in this paper I propose to deal with these new species 

 in the same way as previously, carrying on the numbering also 

 from where it left off. Before proceeding with these however, I 

 would like to make a few remarks on the seasons of 1916 and 1917, 

 and the increase or otherwise of certain interesting birds, as well as 

 to mention the fact that the breeding list has been increased from 

 63 to 77 species, the fourteen new ones whose nests, eggs or young 

 had not been previously taken being, Marsh Hawk, Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Belted Kingfisher, Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, Meadowlark, Pine Siskin, Scarlet Tanager, 

 Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, and Black-throated 

 Green Warblers, as well as the Water-Thrush. Of the two afore- 

 mentioned seasons probably 1917 was the coldest, wettest and most 

 backward of the two, and many species, especially the warblers, 

 were held up on migration, and were from ten days to a fortnight 

 behind time. Ruffed Grouse suffered severely, most of the chicks 

 being lost in both seasons from exposure to the wet and cold, and 

 these birds in my opinion badly need a three years close season, not 

 only here but in many other parts of the country, to recuperate. 



