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that deadened all sounds upon the near-by 

 land. Yet above all this insistent booming 

 of the breakers 1 could hear the cries of the 

 Gannets when they were so far out at sea 

 that I could scarcely see them. 



Saturday, Harch 29. Weston Road. 



Unpleasant with a litjht snow-fal] and a hicrh north- 

 west wind. Cool. 30°, following: a cold night during which 

 ihe temperature fell from 50° to 22° in about 12 hours. 

 Walk along Weston Road to Glen Road, thence to Quino- 

 bequin Road, Newron Upper Falls. Distance, 5 miles ; 

 time. 3 hours. Birds seen :- 



1. Crow, 14. 



2. Robin, 14, some eating dried barberries. 



3. Bluebird, a pair. 



4. Blue Jay, 2. 



5. Song Sparrow. 7. neither they nor any other birds 

 seen were singing, 



6. Hairy Woodpecker, 1 (^. 



7. Fox. Sparrow, 3. 



8. Cedar Waxwing, 10, eating the berries of a privet. 

 Two of these had the red, sealingwax-like tippings to the 

 secondaries, which is about the usual proportion among 

 members of this species, hence these tippings do not indi- 

 cate either age or sex. 



9. Whice-breasted Nuthatch. 1, giving the laughing 

 notes. 



10. Phoebe, 1, occasionaly darting out from its perch to 



