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bedaubed with the wliite excrement of the birds. The birds at this rock 

 were all in full adult plumage, but we saw two or three birds on a rock 

 about three miles off that appeared to be in immature plumage. At no 

 place did we see any Common Cormorants. 



On May 29 we visited a similar but smaller colony at Cormorant Isle 

 off Watachoo and found 73 nests containing 170 eggs. On May 30 we 

 sailed near a third colony on a rocky island off Agwanus of about the same 

 size as the one at Cormorant Isle. 



We saw single birds flying inland over the rivers at Piashte-bai and 

 Riviere des Corneilles. 



17. Mergus americanus. American Goosander. — On June 7 we 

 saw 3 birds of this species flying by Eskimo Island. They were probably 

 late migrants. M. J. Beetz told us that this species occurred in the open 

 water of the rapids of the Piashte-bai River in winter. 



18. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merg.\nser; ''Bec-scie" (Fr.); 

 "Oushuk" (In.). — We found this bird common along the coast, generally 

 in small flocks and not in pairs. 



19. Anas rubripes. Red-legged Black Duck. — Common in pairs 

 along the coast and in the ponds. 



20. Dafila acuta. Pintail. — We had a very satisfactory view of an 

 adult male of tins species as it flew from a pond in a bog back of Natash- 

 quan on June 1. 



21. Clangula clangula americana. Golden-eye; "Plongeur" (Fr.). — 

 We saw but very few of this species along the coast: two at Isle des Corneilles 

 on May 28, four at Esquimaux Point on June 6, and one at the cliffs near 

 Clearwater Point to the east of Esquimaux Point on June 10. Here on the 

 edge of the sand cliffs over 100 feet high in an old birch stub overlooking the 

 sea, we found the nest of this species containing 15 eggs. They were 

 12 feet from the ground in the stub 18 feet high. 



22. Clangula islandica. Barrow's Golden-eye. — We learned from 

 Monsieur J. Beetz that this species occurred regularly only in winter in the 

 open waters of the river at Piashte-bai, and he very kindly presented us 

 with two specimens of adult males in the flesh, that he had shot in January 

 of the previous winter at that place, and kept in cold storage. 



23. Harelda hyemalis. Old Squaw; "Coe-caw-wee". (Ind.). — We 

 saw Old Squaws on one day only. May 23, wliile we were steaming along 

 the coast between May Island and the Shelldrake River. To the west of 

 the Moisie River we saw only about a dozen, but to the east of the Moisie 

 and between it and the Shelldrake we saw numerous flocks of 50 to 200 

 birds each, and from 1.000 to 1500 birds in all. These were either on the 

 water or flying about lugh in the air either to the east or west. All appeared 

 to be in full summer plumage. As we saw none after this further down the 

 coast, we inferred that, like the Brant, the Old Squaw migrated north over 

 land, and this surmise was confirmed by several natives with whom we 

 talked. Mr. Saltzman said that very few went by Betchewun in the 

 spring, although many flew by going to the west in the fall. 



