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said to remain longer than any other bird. Plentiful on Melville 
peninsula, but not so common in the Polar sea. (Avrct. Man.) 
Everywhere common on Ellsemere island. It was found nesting 
in many places among old heaps of stones. (£4. Bay.) Generally 
distributed, but nowhere breeding in numbers in the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence (Svrewster.) Breeding in abundance on all suitable 
islands in northeastern Labrador. I was unable to discover any 
trace whatever of the Mandt guillemot, although Turner reports it 
abundant on the east coast. (Szge/ow.) Common in Hudson 
strait ; also east and south shores of Labrador. (Packard.) A 
few seen on the west coast of James bay in 1903. (Spreadborough.) 
Breeds abundantly in scattered colonies on most of the Magdalen 
islands. (Bzshop.) Breeds at Seal island, Yarmouth co., N.S. 
(77. F. Tuts.) Seen throughout the year on Prince of Wales 
sound, Hudson strait. (Payne.) Common at Quebec. (Dezonne.) 
One shot in Burlington bay, Hamilton, Ontario, many years ago. 
(Mclwraith.) One record at Toronto, Ont., a female taken 
Dec. Igth, 1895. It is possible that this bird is C. mandti. as its 
beak is small and its plumage very white. (/. . Fleming.) 
BreEpiInG Notes.—A large series of eggs of this bird was 
collected for me by Mr. Dicks on Pig island, coast of Labrador, 
June 20th, 1895. Another large series was collected for me in 
Ungava bay, Labrador, on July 9th, 1896. This bird lays two 
eggs in crevices of sea cliffs. I have also eggs in my collection 
collected on Grand Manan, New Brunswick. (Aazne.) This is a 
common species in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, breeding in suitable 
localities as far west as the mouth of the Saguenay. Numbers of 
them breed on the Magdalen islands as well as near Tignish, at 
the west point of Prince Edward island. On the 23rd and 24th 
June, 1897, we found a number of their eggs in the cliffs of Bryon 
island. The eggs were mostly fresh, or only incubated a few 
days at that date. Each bird lays two eggs in a crevice of the 
rock, sometimes as much as two or three feet in. No nest is 
formed, the eggs being laid on the bare earth. They do not vary 
much, but where the soil is damp and its colour red they soon 
become stained and discoloured. This was the commonest 
species of sea-fowl I found breeding at the above islands, though 
on the Bird rocks several other species are more plentiful. (ev, 
Cc. J. Young.) 
