Vol 'i9i9 XVI l Mousley, Birds of H alley, Quebec. 481 



date, however, to the end of the month things were very quiet 

 again in the Warbler line, and it was not until the first week in 

 September that there was another marked increase. On the 

 twenty-first of August Nighthawks were seen at Ayers Cliff, this 

 being my earliest date for the species, and two days later a Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch was rfoted, my last record, as already mentioned, 

 dating as far back as October 3, 1917. This day was also memor- 

 able, as I was able to add yet another new species to my list in the 

 shape of the Philadelphia Vireo. 



On the twenty-sixth, while en route to climb Mount Orford, 

 2,860 feet, the following birds were noted, viz. : Broad-winged Hawk 

 at Ayers Cliff, Loon and Sora near Magog, and an Osprey near 

 the top of the mountain. All of these birds were of interest to me, 

 the first being new to my list, although it might have been included 

 before, as I know I must have seen the species on two or three other 

 occasions. The Loon I had not seen here before, although it occurs 

 regularly on Lake Massawippi in the fall, while the Sora is an 

 uncommon summer visitant at Hatley, one nest so far being all 

 that has fallen to my lot. The Osprey also up to now had only 

 been noted in the spring migration, one or two having generally 

 paid a visit to " the marsh " for the past four years during the early 

 part of May. Nothing of any particular interest was noticed for 

 the next few days, with the exception of a pair of Pine Warblers 

 and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher until September the third, when a 

 male Wilson's Warbler was seen at close quarters, and another on 

 the eighth, together with a female, the latter being the first I have 

 seen here so far. On this latter date a Cape May Warbler was 

 also seen, and on the following day an immature Tennessee Warbler 

 was shot, which constituted my first fall record for the species. 

 Another interesting item noted on this same day was an example 

 of the Acadian Chickadee, a specimen of which was obtained a 

 few days later, or on the eleventh, while others were recorded up 

 to the fifteenth, after which they disappeared and were not seen 

 again during the year. On the night of the tenth there was a severe 

 frost, in fact, this has been an abnormal year for frosts, one on the 

 eighteenth and nineteenth of June causing considerable damage 

 to the bean crop. After this last one in September the weather, 

 which had been very dry for several weeks (causing many of the 



