26 A NATURALIST IX THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



the other. In trying to do too much, I did nothing ; for I 

 only obtained one Teal. Later in the fall, this is a grand 

 place for Geese, which come in here to drink and wash them- 

 selves in the numerous pools of partly fresh water. 



On this day we made quite a varied bag, which I give 

 in detail : 



Hudsonian Curlew .... i 



Hudsonian Godwits .... 2 



Blackbreast Plover . . . 20 



Golden Plover ..... 2 



Semipalmated Plover .... 9 



Turnstones . .... 5 



Greater Yellowlegs . . . . 12 



Yellowlegs 9 



Least Sandpipers ..... 7 



White-rumpled Sandpipers . . . 13 



Pectoral Sandpiper .... i 



American Dunlin ..... i 



Semipalmated Sandpipers ... 5 



Wilson's Snipe ..... 2 



Red-breasted Snipe .... 4 



Teal i 



Blue Heron ...... i 



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