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Attention should be called to Mr. Dwi<i^ht's note in 'The Auk' 

 tor April, 1SS9, (Vol. VI, p. 1S6) in which he says that the 

 Terns obtained l)y him proved to be S. hirundo instead oi para- 

 discea as in his list and remarks. 



I may add that I met with a single Botaurus lentiginoses at 

 Northeast Margaree, where I spent one rainy morning. 



During my stay at Baddeck I was particularly struck with 

 the abimdance of Terns, Spotted Sandpipers, Kingfishers, Eave 

 Swallows, Yellow, Myrtle, and Magnolia Warblers, and Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglets, and with the absence of Red-eyed Vireos, 

 Wood Pewees, Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers, and Cedarbirds. 



Of the general character of the country and the woods Mr. 

 Dwight has written faithfully and interestingly. The season 

 this year was a very late one in Cape Breton. At the time of my 

 departure, the trees had not all leafed out, the grass was still 

 blown on the hills, and the few apple-trees which there were 

 had not begun to blossom. The ground was in some places yel- 

 low with dandelions. I found a very few belated blossoms of the 

 mayflower, Epigcea repens. Rhodora was in full bloom, but 

 Labrador tea had not yet opened. It was quite cold most of 

 the time, but I cannot say how cold, as I saw no thermometer. 

 I was told that snow fell on the Baddeck Mountains on the night 

 of June 9. 



On June 5 I visited a small island in the Bras d'Or Lake, over 

 which a great many Terns were flying, but though I came across 

 three or four hollows scratched in the sand, no eggs were found, 

 and it was probably too early for them. On June 9 I found 

 three Spotted Sandpipers' nests, each containing four eggs, on 

 the 4th a Snowbird's containing young, and on the iith another 

 Snowbird's with one young one and two eggs. On the 9th a 

 young Robin, just able to fly a little, was seen by the side of the 

 road. 



