Io6 Batchelder on Birds of the Upper St. "John. 



by J. H. Carnell, taxidermist, and a flock of some six or eight seen bj Mr. 

 Henry Gilbert on the Kenebecasis River in August, iSSo, from which he 

 obtained a male and female. 



19. jSithyia vallisneria. — Canvas-back.- — Carnell has mounted one 

 of this species taken within the Province, and E. C. Sutton, Esq., of Sut- 

 ton, who is familiar with their appearance, saw a flock on the St. John 

 River, about four miles from the city, several times during the fall of 1S79. 



20. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. American White Pelican. — One 

 of these birds in the collection of the Natural History Society was shot on 

 the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near Pt. du Chene by Mr. Robert 

 Bustin, and I have very good authority for announcing the occurrence of 

 another at Cape Spencer, some five miles east of St. John, during the 

 first week in April, 1881. 



NOTES ON THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE UPPER 



ST. JOHN. 



BY CHARLES F. BATCHELDER. 



During the spring of 1879 Messrs. W. A. Jeffries and J. 

 Amory Jeffries spent some time at Grand Falls, New Brunswick, 

 collecting and studying the birds of that neighborhood ; and at 

 about the same time Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., and myself were similarly 

 engaged at Fort Fairfield, Aroostook Co., Maine. 



Owing to the limited time of our stay the number of species 

 obsei'ved was not large, but as it included almost all the com- 

 moner summer residents, — the species really characteristic of the 

 fauna of the region — it has been thought worth while to lay 

 the results of our obsei"vations before the public, especially as the 

 fauna is in some respects peculiar. One might be led to expect, 

 from the latitude of the region, that the fauna would be thor- 

 oughly Canadian in its character. Our experience shows, how- 

 ever, that it has a strong tinge of the Alleghanian. 



Grand Falls is situated on the right bank of the St. John River 

 at about N. Lat. 47° 03', and W. Long. 67° 50'. The river below 

 the falls runs through a narrow valley, almost all of which is 

 under cultivation. On the higher land above the falls and about 

 the town are farms devoted chiefly to hay, potatoes and buck- 

 wheat. The country is hilly, and is scantily watered, the few 



