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only to settle a short distance ahead. Upon these occasions the loud 
whistling of their rapid wing beats can be heard a long distance —a 
half mile or more if the weather is very calm. 
13. @idemia deglandi. WuHITE-WINGED ScoTER.— This species asso- 
ciates in large flocks with O¢demia americana, and all statements made 
concerning the latter will apply equally well to O¢demia deglandt. 
14. Ardea herodias. GREAT BLUE HERON.— Not abundant. This 
species is sometimes seen in the fall of the year, but its scarcity is quite 
natural since the cape is not at all suited to its wants. The individuals 
seen by me were either perched upon the fish-trap poles or else wading in 
the lake. 
15. Fulica americana. AMERICAN CootT.—Very rare. Occasionally 
seen upon the lake in the fall of the year. 
16. Gallinagodelicata. Wu4Lson’s SNipE. — During the fall of the year 
this species is sometimes abundant andat other times rare. There is only 
a very small marsh upon the cape where they are to be found and which 
is hardly suited to the habits of the species. 
17. Numenius hudsonicus. HupsonIAN CuRLEW.— Very rare. The 
cape being very rocky and densely wooded, it is no wonder that this bird 
is rare. The only twoseen by me were shot on May 18, 1898, and both were 
females, found upon a grassy headland of about four acres in area. The 
stomachs of the birds contained a quantity of beetle-like insects. 
18. Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus. Soory GrousE. —It would be 
hard to say whether this species is abundant or not owing to the character 
of the country. All that I can say, however, is that I have only seen one 
specimen, which [ killed. This was on May 17, 1898, and upon dissection 
the specimen proved to be a female, her oviduct containing an egg upon 
which the coloring matter had not been deposited. 
19. Bonasa umbellus sabini. OREGON RUFFED GROUSE. — Not abun- 
dant; although with a sufficient amount of labor these birds can be found. 
It took me nearly a month to become well enough acquainted with their 
habits to obtain even one or two a week. 
These Grouse are only found upon the cape during the fall, and the 
utmost care must be exercised in hunting them. They are extremely fond 
of the small wild crab apples (Pyrus rtvularis) which grow in the low, 
damp woods. The birds visit these trees very early in the morning and late 
in the evening, at which times they may be found silently perched upon 
the branches. As they generally hear you approaching before you discover 
them, they are nearly always seen in a motionless attitude, ready to fly at 
the slightest sound. It often happens that the first intimation a hunter 
has of the presence of a Grouse is a startling commotion among the 
branches overhead, the rapid whir of wings and the bulky form of the 
bird as it hurls itself through the woods! 
20. Columba fasciata. BAND-TAILED PIGEON.— This Pigeon is only 
seen on the cape when the salmon berries (Atudus nutkanus) ripen in June 
and July. They are then seen in large flocks, but are difficult to shoot 
