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spiinjr, fall and winter. It is an expert .swim- 

 mer and diver, hut is very ;i\vk\vard on land, 

 and seldom takes to it. Like nnmbers of 

 other divers it can dodge at the flash of a gun. 

 The food of this si)eeies consists of fish and 

 they also eat tlieir own feathers. 



7()(). (Jreat Northern Diver or Loon. Xot 

 rare, oocasionally seen dnring the spring and 

 fall ; is an expert diver and swimmer. 



Ahlfii Laring. 

 OvvCRo, X.Y. 



Summer Birds of Sudbury, Ontario. 



ISndbury, Ont., Canada, is a tlourishing min- 

 ing and lumber village, situated at the junction 

 of the main line and the Sault St. Mary branch 

 of the Canadian Paeitic railroad, about sixty 

 miles nortli of (Jeorgian i.ay and eighty miles 

 nortii-west of Algoma. The entire surround- 

 ing country is hilly; these hills, despite their 

 rocky nature, being clothed with pine forests, 

 large tracts of which were burned out a few 

 years ago, and thickly interspersed with those 

 quiet little lakes so abundant in western Can- 

 ada. The region is exceedingly wild and 

 weird, (piite uninhabited, except for some 

 mining and luml)er camps, which have located 

 there only within the past decade. 



During the summer of 1S8J, the writer had 

 occasion to spend ten weeks at Sndbury, and 

 as a result of almost daily tramps collected 

 the following ol)servations on the avifauna of 

 the district. Tlie list comprises some seventy- 

 eight si)ecies, and while of course quite 

 incomplete is as correct as the period of ob- 

 servations would permit. Nearly every bird 

 mentioned in the list undoubtedly breeds at 

 .Sudbury; nevertheless, only those actually 

 observed engaged in nidification are so noted. 



A.O.U. NO. 



0. Pied-billed Grebe. Tolerably ccnnmon. 

 Shot a well developed young $ on August 5tli. 



7. Common Loon, Common. Breeds. Set 

 of fresh eggs taken July fith. 



51a. American Herring Gull. Occasional. 



J2!). American Merganser. Common. Breeds. 

 The young of this and the next species are 

 well developed by the end of July. 



1:51. Hooded Merganser. Tolerably com- 

 mon. Breeds. 



i:l:5. Black Duck. Black Mallard. Abun- 

 dant. Breeds. 



144. Wood Duck. Occasional. 



l.")l. G(dden-eye Duck. Occasional or rare. 

 Breeds. Witli largo, downy y(unig on Jidy 18th. 



1."):!. Butter-ball Duck. Occasional. Breeds. 



lUO. American Bittern. Tolerably common. 



221. American Coot. Occasional. Breeds. 



2()o. Spotted Sandpiper. Tolerably com- 

 mon. Breeds. Fresh clutch of eggs taken 

 July 1st. 



298. Spruce Grouse. Occasional. 



:]()n. Ruffed Grouse. Abundant. Breeds. 



8;}2. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Occasional. 

 Breeds. 



;W3. Cooper's Hawk. Occasional. Breeds. 



::'>.")2. Bald Eagle. Occasi(mal. Breeds. With 

 well developed young on July 18th. 



oGO. Sparrow Hawk. Common. Breeds. 



nn4. Fish Hawk. Occasional. Breeds. 

 July 12th a pair had young nearly developed. 



870. Great Gray Owl. One taken in the 

 fall, 1S81). 



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Screech Owl. Occasional. 



875. Great Horned Owl. Tolerably com- 

 mon. 



;^>87or88S. Cuckoo (species undetermined). 

 Occasional. 



89(t. Belted Kingfisher. Abundant. Breeds. 



808. Hairy AVoodpecker. Tolerably com- 

 mon. Breeds. 



894. Downy Woodpecker. Common. Breeds. 



402. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Tolerably 

 common. 



405. Pileated Woodpecker. Occasional. 

 Said to be tolerably common during winter. 



412. Golden-shafted Flicker. Common. 

 Breeds. 



417, Whip-poor-will. Tolerably common. 



420. Night Hawk. Common. Breeds. 



428. Chimney Swallow. Common in the 

 village. 



428. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Saw 

 one August 9th. 



444. Kingbird. Tolerably common. 



456. Phcebe. Pewee. Tolerably common. 



467. Least Flycatcher. Conmnm. 



484. Canada Jay. Tolerably common. 



486. Raven. Ctunmon, Breeds. 



488. Crow. Common. Breeds. 



408. Red- winged Blackbird. T(derably 

 common. 



5116. Crow Blackbird. Common. Breeds. 



517. Purple Finch. Saw one J. 



529. American (Joldfinch. Common. 



540. Bay wing Bunting. Tolerably common. 



542a. Savannah Sparrow. Tolerably common. 



558. White- throated Sparrow. Abundant. 



Breeds. 

 .560. Chipping Sparrow. Tolerably common. 

 567. Black Snowbird. Al>undant. Breeds. 

 581. Song Sparrow. Abundant. Breeds. 



