14 A NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



We left too early for really good shooting. Any one wish- 

 ing to visit the islands for sport should be there during the 

 month of September, when the Ducks, Geese, Teal, etc., are 

 very plentiful. The following is a list of some of the birds 

 we shot during the week ending August 20, which have more 

 interest to the sportsman than to the naturalist : 



Godwits ...... 6 



Yellowlegs ...... 64 



Teal . . . . . . . 6 



Snipe & 9 



Sandpipers . . . . . . 57 



Curlew ....... 7 



Plover 74 



Turnstones . . . . . . 21 



Duck 4 



Small birds may be kept, by those who have not the leisure 

 to prepare them in the usual way, by an injection of carbolic 

 acid, the "crude" I think the best. Take a syringe and 

 inject a small quantity into the throat and vent, introduce a 

 small piece of cotton into the cavities to prevent the acid 

 from staining the feathers, and the bird is ready to be placed 



