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a few Dovekies are generally to be found along the coast in summer. 

 While these birds are called Bull-birds by the English-speaking 

 inhabitants <>n the eastern coast, the French of the southern coast 

 call them Bons Hommes. 



Bight Parasitic Jaegers were seen off Long Point; several of these 

 were in the dark phase. Kittiwakes in small numbers were seen 

 along the coast especially in the region of I he Perroquets; nearly 

 all were in immature plumage. At the mouth of the Natashquan 

 River lour immature Glaucous Gulls consorted with Great Black- 

 backed and Herring Gulls and both of these last named ( bills were 

 common on the coast. Terns were common everywhere but not 

 in large numbers. Those examined carefully with glasses seemed 

 to be all ( lommon Terns except one seen at close range at Natash- 

 quan that was an Arctic Tern. 



One Petrel, probably a Wilson's Petrel, was seen off the Mingan 

 Islands. No Gannets were to be seen about the Perroquets on 

 our passage east, and but five on the return, three in adult, two in 

 immature plumage. I was told that although a few of these 

 birds visited the place every season, none had bred there for years. 

 This corresponds with the results obtained here by Mr. Bent and 

 myself in L909. On August 10 the steamer passed near enough to a 

 rocky island off Agwannus for me to see some fifty or sixty Double- 

 crested Cormorants thereon. This was one of the three colonies 

 visited by Mr. Bent and myself in 1909. 



Of Ducks, a few Red-breasted Mergansers and one or two Whist- 

 lers were seen along the coast. Eiders were fairly common, but 

 not abundant, east of Mingan. All were in the brown plumage, 

 although an occasional male was seen with a few white feathers still 

 remaining. The males are believed by many on the coast to dis- 

 appear after the middle of July and this they can do effectually 

 by dropping their conspicuous nuptial dress and donning the well 

 named eclipse plumage. All three species of Scoters were seen 

 in small numbers on the coast. 



On and near the beach at Natashquan and about the Little 

 Natashquan River, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Sanderlings, Greater 

 Yellow-legs, Spotted Sandpipers, Hudsonian Curlews, Semipal- 

 mated and Piping Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones were found in 

 small numbers. Of these the Hudsonian Curlews and Piping Plover 



