Vol. XXIII 

 1906 



Townsend, Birds of Cape Breton Island. 173 



Oceanodroma leucorrhoa. Leach's Petrel. Oceanites oce- 

 anicus. Wilson's Petrel. — Petrels, apparently of both species, 

 were seen at a distance off the Nova Scotia coast south of Cape 

 Breton. 



Sula bassana. Gannet. — An adult flew directly over the 

 steamer half way between Ingonish and Sydney on September 1. 

 Several were seen south of Cape Breton on August 17. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — Several were 

 seen at sea south of the island on August 17. 



Actodromas fuscicollis. White-rumped Sandpiper. — Several 

 were seen at Ingonish. 



Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. — Two were seen at Ingonish. 



Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — One seen at 

 Ingonish. 



Squatarola squatarola. Black-bellied Plover. — A flock of 

 14 were seen at Englishtown on August 21. 



Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. 

 Cooper's Hawk. Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk. 

 B. platypterus. Broad-wixged Hawk. — One of each of these 

 species of hawks was seen. 



Pinicola enucleator leucura. Pine Grosbeak. — Two adults 

 and two young were watched within a few yards near Neil's Harbor 

 on August 27. The female was feeding the young. 



Passerella iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — I saw one individual of this 

 species at Neil's Harbor on August 26. 



Passer domesticus. English Sparrow. — W. P. Coues 1 reports 

 that this species "made its first appearance in Cape Breton coin- 

 cidently with the completion of the Cape Breton Railroad, during 

 the month of November last [1889]". I found it abundant at 

 towns along the railroad, as at Hawkesburg, St. Peters, and Sydney. 

 It was also abundant at Baddeck, Englishtown, and at Sandy 

 Mac-Donald's at the mouth of French River. Fortunately it did 

 not seem to have extended north of that point, and may Smoky 

 long block its way! 



There were eighteen species recorded by Dwight, Bolles or Allen 

 which I did not see, namely: Clangula clangula amerieana, Harelda 

 hyemalis; Oidemia deglandi (the entire absence of Scoters along 



1 Auk, Vol. VII, 1890, p. 212. 



