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probably two or three hundred in the flock. They were going in 

 a northerly direction. N.A.O.) 



119. Somateria spectabilis. Rare. Has been known to breed. 



120. (Edemia americana. BLACK SCOOTER. Common from 

 early in April, till some time in November. They do not re- 

 main through the winter. 



121. (Edemia fusca. VELVET SCOOTER. A common resident. 

 The largest flocks are seen in April and November, and the spe- 

 cies is common all the year round. (Probably an error in prints 

 ing. It does not winter but remains late. Dec. 29th, 1889 

 N.A.C.) 



122. (Edemia perspicillata. SURF DUCK. Very common 

 from April to November, but does not winter. The males greai>- 

 ly preponderate over the females in this species, and Mr. Comeau 

 tells me that the proportion is always about seven males to one 

 female. 



123. Mergus merganser. SHELLDRAKE. Tolerably common 

 breeding about the fresh water. (Breeds early, nest found May 

 12th, 1884, contained five eggs. N.A.C.) 



124. Mergus serrator. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. Very com- 

 mon, frequenting both fresh and salt water. (Some times win- 

 ters and when not wintering an early migrant. N.A.C.) 



125. Sula bassana. GANNET. Occasional. I have found it 

 breeding in numbers at the west end of Antioosti, but do not 

 think it nests farther up the gulf. (Breeds abundantly on 

 Perroquet Islands. Some years abundant here, following her- 

 ring and mackerel. N.A.C.) 



126. Phalacrocorax carbo. COM if ON CORMORANT. Rare, but 

 Mr. Cbmeau has shot several here. 



127. Phalacrocorax dilophus. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. 

 Mr. Coineau shot a female May 19th, 1882. (Rare, does not 

 breed here. N.A.C.) 



128. Stercorarius pomatorhinus. POMARINE JAEGER. Rare. 

 (Seen occasionally in August and September. N.A.C.) 



129. Stercorarius parasiticus. PARASITIC JAEGER. Rather 

 rare. Mr. Oomeau shot six in one day about the middle of 

 May, 1874. (Seen frequently end of May, then August and 

 September. A parasite of the kittywake gull and the terns. 

 (N.A.C.) 



130. Larus glaucus. GLAUCOUS GULL, ICE GULL. Rather 



