lOA. Allkn, 3fni//nrr B/'ri/s of the Bra$ d' Or Rcgioti. [April 



It is very probable this bird may prove to be an as jet undescribed 

 (orixxof parvirosfrt's from the Lower Amazon. — F. M. C] 



[251. Crypturus sj>. nov.f — A speciinen of Crypdirus collected bv Smith 

 March 29, 1889, lam unable to identify with any described species. I hes- 

 itate, however to add to the confusion which exists in this group by naming 

 a species which lack of material for comparison would not permit me 

 properly to characterize. For the present, therefore, I simply give the 

 following brief description : 



Crown, hind neck, and upper back vinaceous-brown ; lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, tail, greater and lesser wing-coverts, black or brown- 

 ish black barred with buffy; wings brownish black, the secondaries with 

 bufty spots on their outer webs ; throat ochraceous-bufl"; neck and breast 

 cinereous with a slight brownish wash ; flanks blackish, barred with 

 bufty ; centre of the abdomen white ; under tail-coverts light rufous with 

 black vermiculations. Wing, 6.50; tarsus, i.8o;culmen, 1.20 inches. — 

 F. M. C] 



SUMMER BIRDS OF THE BRAS D'OR REGION OF 

 CAPE BRETON ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA. 



BY FRANCIS H. ALLEN. 



In 'The Auk' for January, 1S87, (Vol. IV, p. 13) appeared 

 an article with the above title by Mr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. Mr. 

 Dwight's observ^ations were conducted from Aug. 4 to Aug. 16, 

 principally in the immediate vicinity of Baddeck. 1 may be per- 

 mitted to make some additions to his list based on my own obser- 

 vations from June 4 to June 12, 1S90. My time was much too 

 short and too much occupied with other things to make as care- 

 ful an investigation as shotild have been made. Therefore, in 

 spite of the fact that my visit was at a much more favorable time 

 of year than Mr. Dwight's, my list numbers only fifty-five spe- 

 cies. His list numbers fifty-nine, but four of them, Tringa 

 minutilla^ Ereiinetes pusillus^ Totaiius Jlavipes^ and Arci/a- 

 ria interpres^ I think it is safe to say were migrants. Another 

 species, Rallus virginianus^ is marked by an interrogation 

 point, indicating some uncertainty as to its occurrence. Of the 

 fifty-four remaining species, scvcittccn are not on my list, and, 

 what is still more surprising, eighteen which I observed are not 



