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72 Arnold, Summer Birds of Newfoundland. [jan! 



A SHORT SUMMER OUTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND, 1911. 



BY EDWARD ARNOLD. 



In 1894 the writer made a collecting trip through the Canadian 

 Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and enjoyed 

 the novel experience so much that for nine years following he put 

 in a good part of the months of May and June enjoying field work 

 in Saskatchewan and Alberta, despite mosquitoes and other winged 

 pests, which flourish so abundantly during the early summer in 

 those localities; during those years taking many sets of Richard- 

 son's Pigeon Hawk {Falco columharius richardsoni) , Sprague's 

 Pipit {Anthus spraguei), Nelson's Sparrow {Passerherbulus nelsoni 

 nelsoni), Leconte's Sparrow (Passerherbulus lecontei), Baird's 

 Sparrow {Ammodramus bairdi), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), 

 Western Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus), Upland 

 Plover {Bartramia longicauda), Avocet (Recurvirostra amcricana), 

 Piping Plover {Mgialitis meloda), W^ilson's Phalarope (Steganopus 

 tricolor), Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus viexicanus) , Woodcock 

 (Philohela minor), Killdeer {Oxyechus vociferus), also about twenty 

 different kinds of ducks, besides many other species too numerous 

 to mention here. 



The years 1905, 1906, 1907, found me during the months of 

 June studying the nesting habits of Kirtland's Warbler {Dendroica 

 kirtlandi) in Northern Michigan, my home State. In April, 1908, 

 I moved to Montreal and the following year took such sets as 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox), Broad-winged Hawk 

 {Buteo platypterus) , Savanna Sparrow {Passerculus sandwichensis 

 ■savanna), Slate-colored Junco {Junco hyemalis hyemalis), and other 

 birds of various kinds found nesting in the vicinity of Montreal 

 and adjacent townships. In my collecting trips around Montreal 

 I was frequently accompanied by my friend Mr. W. J. Brown, an 

 enthusiastic field naturalist, who has accumulated a very fine 

 collection of sets of eggs of the local birds found breeding in the 

 Province of Quebec. Mr. Brown and myself often discussed 

 Newfoundland as a desirable field to explore and our plans were 

 finally made to put in the early part of the season of 1911 collect- 



