PREFACE. 



XI 



Holboell's Grebe. 

 (Colymbus holbcellii.) 

 Young. 



Saw-whet Owl. 

 (Nyctala acadica.) 

 Young. 



7. Crested Grebe. 

 (Podiceps cristatus.) 



8. Dalhousle 's Owl. * 

 (Surnia Dalhousie.) 



9. Kirtlands Owl. 



(Surnia Kirtlandii ; Nyctala 

 Kirtlandica, Hog., Cassin.) j 



The names of the foregoing birds are given ex- 

 actly as printed in Dr. Hall's list. 



The following species in the present list are not 

 mentioned in Dr. Hall's " Birds of the District of 

 Montreal." These accessions are gratifying evi- 

 dence of the progress of our knowledge of the birds 

 occurring here since the time that Dr. Hall's list was 

 published, there being no fewer than sixty-five 

 additions to be made, including a few species which 

 should occur here as being within their geograph- 

 ical range : 



1. Western Grebe. 



2. Dovekie. 



3. Great Black-backed Gull. 



4. Ming-billed Gull. 



5. Bonaparte's Gull. 



6. Caspian Tern. 



7. Stormy Petrel. 



8. Gannet. 



9. Cormorant. 



10. Canvas-back. 



11. Lesser Scaup Duck. 



12. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



(JEchmorphorus occiden tails.) 

 (Alle alle.) 

 (Larus marinus.) 

 (L. delavvarensis.) 

 (L. Philadelphia.) 

 (Sterna tschegrava.) 

 (Procellaria pelagica.) 

 (Sula bassana.) 

 (Phalacrocorax carbo.) 

 (Aythya vallisneria.) 

 (A. affinis.) 

 (Glaucionetta islandica.) 



1 Specimen still in the museum of the Natural History Society 

 of Montreal. 



