Vol. XXXVI 



1918 



Mousley, Birds of Hatley, Quebec. 293 



of the latter only one other bird, which with the present one makes 

 two in seven years, so that the sport of woodcock shooting round 

 Hatley cannot be said to be fast and furious. The Blackpoll 

 Warbler was also a new and interesting addition to my list, but this 

 was found at Ayers Cliff, some few miles away, and is dealt with 

 fully elsewhere. 



Other interesting items include a nest and set of eggs of the Marsh 

 Hawk and Meadowlark besides the taking of a small series of Dr. 

 Townsend's new subspecies, the Labrador Chickadee (Penthestes 

 hudsoniciLS nigricans), in May and early September, some of which 

 were given to Dr. Townsend and the rest to the Victoria Memorial 

 Museum at Ottawa, these examples being the first Canadian ones 

 to be presented to that institution. 



Whilst working over this new ground (which in general was 

 of a more swampy nature than the other) I also had the 

 pleasure of finding the pitcher plant in bloom, as well as six new 

 orchids, of which Hatley now possesses thirteen species to my 

 knowledge. 



The nest of the Red-headed Woodpecker was likewise in this 

 locality, but is dealt with in the following annotated list, in which 

 the name of Mr. W. E. Greer also appears not only in connec- 

 tion with this bird, but with several others as well. Mr. Greer, 

 besides being ( Sjecretary-Treasurer of the Township of Hatley, 

 farms about 160 acres of land at Hatley Centre, and is a taxidermist 

 of some ability as well, and at one time possessed a fine collection 

 of about one hundred birds of his own mounting, representing 

 nearly eighty local species. This collection was unfortunately 

 destroyed in a disastrous fire in 1909 that burnt Mr. Greer out of 

 house and home, besides destroying all his records. The house was 

 rebuilt and the collection is also in the slow process of being re- 

 formed. In his connection as a taxidermist many rare birds were 

 brought to him to be mounted, which had either been shot in the 

 district, or caught in traps set for muskrats or other small mammals. 

 He thus gained a more intimate knowledge of the ducks, hawks and 

 owls of the district than I have been able to do, and I am much 

 indebted to him for valuable help with regard to these species, as 

 will be seen in the list that now follows, of the forty-one new species 

 added since 1915. 



