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Sula bassana. Gannet. — Considerable numbers noted off the beaches, 

 June 2, 1917. 



Clangula clangula americana. Golden-eye.— On our arrival, 

 June 11, 1918, a nest containing ten eggs, mostly pipped and about hatch- 

 ing, was shown to us by a young man living near by. The eggs reposed 

 in a beautiful and profuse bed of down, at the bottom of a hollow about 

 two feet deep and eight inches in diameter, in the broken top of a yellow 

 birch, dead, save for a thin, live outer shell, standing on a fence line be- 

 tween woods and an open field. 



Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. — Two noted May 17, 

 1917. 



Branta canadensis canadensis. Canada Goose. — Three noted, 

 May 16, 1917, and a few thereafter, two being seen as late as May 28. 



Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. — 

 Two birds noted June 22, 1918, and on several subsequent dates. Doubt- 

 less breeds sparingly. 



Philohela minor. Woodcock. — The omission of the Woodcock from 

 our previous list of birds noted was an oversight, as one of these birds was 

 observed June 6, 1916. One was also noted June 14, 1917. Both records 

 were made at the same place, a muddy island, covered with willow and 

 alder bushes, and this was the only locality where Woodcocks were seen. 



Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. 



Ereunetes pusillus. Semipalmated Sandpiper. — One or both of 

 these sandpipers, in a flock numbering some thirty individuals, were 

 observed, May 20, 1917, and on other occasions, up to May 27. 



Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — Two noted, May 17, 1917. 



Canachites canadensis canace. Canada Spruce Partridge. — A 

 brood of half grown young noted, June 21, 1917. Reported as formerly 

 abundant, this bird appears to be now rather scarce in this region. 



Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. — One se- 

 cured, in scant scrub brush, on beach, May 17, 1917. 



Circus hudsonicus. Marsh Hawk. — One noted, May 18, 1917, and 

 on one or two subsequent occasions. 



Falco columbarius columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. — One observed, 

 May 16, 1917. 



Falco sparverius sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. — Several noted 

 during 1917 visit. One observed entering old Flicker excavation, May 18, 

 1917, was doubtless nesting there. 



Archilochus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. — A nest 

 containing two fresh eggs was found on June 23, 1917, built on a drooping 

 dead limb of a spruce about twenty feet from the ground, in open woods, 

 and another, in similar situation, on June 25. We met with Humming- 

 birds quite commonly, both in 1917 and 1918. 



Empidonax trailli alnorum. Alder Flycatcher. — Common on 

 some of the mud flats and islands where suitable alder growth occurs. 

 Doubtless breeds. 



