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From the external characters, which alone have been hitherto 

 examined, it has been supposed that it was most nearly allied 

 to the Harpy Eajjjle of South America (Thrasa'etes harpyia). 

 We hope that Dr. Shufeldt's reseai'ch, which will be published 

 in a forthcoming number of the 'Philippine Journal of 

 Science/ will settle this question. 



In the short article whose title is here quoted Dr. Shufeldt 

 gives a rdsume of what is at present known about the bird, 

 illustrated with photographs taken by himself of the head 

 and foot alluded to above. These should be compared with 

 Gronvold's pictures in Ogilvie-Grant's article in 'The Ibis^ 

 (1897, pp. 216, 218). 



Taverner on Canadian Birds. 



[The Ganneta of Bonaventura Island. By P. A. Tavoruer. Ottawa 

 Nat. xxxii. 1918, pp. 21-26.] 



[Addenda to the Birds of Jasper Park, Alberta. By P, A. Taverner. 

 Canadian Alpine Journ. ix. 1918, pp. 62-69.] 



Lying off the coast of the Gaspe Peninsula in the extreme 

 eastern portion of the Quebec Province south of the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, is the little island of Bonaventura. This 

 and Bird Rock near the Magdalen Islands, also in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence and a much more inaccessible spot, are the 

 only two known rookeries of the Gannet on the western side 

 of the Atlantic. 



Mr. Taverner describes in a readable and picturesque 

 article two visits he recently made to this island in 191 -t 

 and 1915. The Gannets nest on the seaward face of the 

 island where there are high cliffs weathered into a series of 

 ledges, and he estimates the number of the individual birds 

 at about 8000. In horizontal cracks extending back into 

 the heart of the rock are to be found breeding Murres, 

 or Guillemots as Ave shoidd call them, llazorbills, and 

 Puffins ; while Leaches Petrels resort to smaller crevices 

 and clefts, whence they only come out at night. Mr. Taverner 

 mentions a curious sweetish odour proceeding from these 

 last which he states is not unpleasant. It seems a pity that 

 something cannot be done to preserve the Gannets on 



