36 Philipp and Bowdish, New Brunswick Birds. [j^ 



FURTHER NOTES ON NEW BRUNSWICK BIRDS. 



BY P. B. PHILIPP AND B. S. BOWDISH. 



Plates V-VL 



Renewed field work by the authors during the summers of 1917 

 and 1918, in the same region of northern New Brunswick as that 

 dealt with in previous papers, 1 has resulted in the securing of cer- 

 tain additional data concerning the bird life of that region, that 

 would seem to justify publication. 



Since in our previous papers definite locality was not given, it 

 may be here stated that all records, in previous papers as well as 

 the present one, refer to Northumberland County. A large part 

 of this region is wild and undeveloped. Township boundaries are 

 difficult to locate, and it is therefore impracticable to attempt 

 more detailed locality references. 



In 1917 the authors were in the field from May 16 to July 2. 

 Mr. T. F. Wilcox was a member of the party from June 15 to 30, 

 and Messrs. George H. Stuart, 3d, and Samuel Scoville, Jr., from 

 June 18 to 25. Earlier arrival in the field was undertaken for the 

 purpose of studying breeding habits of the early nesting species, 

 but the season here, as elsewhere, was extremely backward, and 

 nesting dates by no means normal. Snow banks lay everywhere 

 in the woods, often to a depth of five and six feet, at the time of 

 our arrival, and lingering snow was seen in the woods as late as 

 June 5. 



Field work for 1918 occupied the period between June 11 and 

 July 1. The season was apparently a little earlier than normal. 

 Mr. George H. Stuart, 3rd, was again a member of the party from 

 June 15 to 24, and Dr. Henry F. Merriam from June 16 to 29. 



Additional Birds Noted. , 



The last two seasons' work has added twenty-three species to our previ- 

 ous list of birds observed, as follows: 



Rissa tridactyla tridactyla. Kittiwake. — A flock of about twenty 

 of these birds was observed on a point of beach, June 2, 1917. 



1 The Tennessee Warbler in New Brunswick, Auk, January, 1916, pp. 1-8; Some Summer 

 Birds of Northern New Brunswick, Auk, July, 1917, pp. 265-275. 



