Vol. XXX VII 



1919 



Lewis, Winter Robins in Nova Scotia. 209 



February 12. Dartmouth, N. S. (H. F. Lewis) 1. 



February 13 (about). Glenwood, Yarmouth Co., N. S., (Mr. R. 



M. Sargent) about 12. 

 February 13 and for some time previously. Pictou, N. S. (Mr. A. 



Scott Dawson) 30^0. 

 February 16. Amherst, N. S. (Mrs. H. T. Holmes) 2. 

 February 18. Dartmouth, N. S. (H. F. Lewis) 1. 

 "All winter," previous to February 19. Wolfville, N. S. (Mr. 



Gormley) "a few." 

 February 21. Antigonish, N. S. (Mr. R. Archibald) 1. 

 February 24. Pictou, N. S. (reported by Mr. W. Archibald) 



"several." 

 February 25. ' The Common,' Halifax, N. S. (Mr. H. B. Vickery) 1. 



It will be noted that the points from which Robins are reported 

 are scattered throughout the province, from Sydney and Glace 

 Bay in the east to Yarmouth in the west, and from Amherst, on the 

 New Brunswick boundary, to places such as Halifax and Glenwood, 

 on the south shore. The intervening parts of the province are 

 fairly well represented in the observations, so that these may be 

 held to indicate a condition general in Nova Scotia. 1 am per- 

 suaded that the fact that there are considerable areas, such as the 

 three counties of Shelburne, Queens, and Lunenburg, from which 

 no observations are recorded, is due to the absence of observers 

 there, or to my failure to get into communication with any who 

 may have been there, rather than to the absence of winter Robins 

 from those regions. This belief is strengthened by the fact that, 

 in every place in the province where trained observers were known 

 to be situated, winter Robins were reported by them. 



In the case of observations made in Halifax 1 have recorded the 

 street or part of the city where the birds were seen, so as to show 

 that the distribution in the Halifax area was general, and that it 

 is improbable that the same few birds were being recorded repeat- 

 edly by different observers. This is particularly important in 

 connection with the observations made on February 3, on which 

 date many observers saw Robins in and near Halifax. No two of 

 the observations recorded for that day are from the same part of 

 the city. It should be borne in mind, also, when considering these 



