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\rtcr Hoini' little (litlirtilty, we were rortuiiiitc in tiinlinn tlicir iitsts, wliicli wen* 

 l>lai Til ill small tiit'tH of ^niKH. iiinl wi'ir .liiuiit tin' si/.t' ot' tliut of II Titlark, hut miii!h 

 i|('('|ii'i'. Tlii'y liail lint just I'diiiiui'iio'il la,viiiK< •liiiir l<(, as we foiinil Imt (Uic nr two 

 f^-^'s ill a iii'st, ami tlii'ir miiiiln'r is tniii'." 



Nilssoii also mi'iitioiis this liini visiting Swcdfii and Norway, iiiid states that a fi'W 

 iciiiMiii to hi'i'rd (111 the margins of fn'sh-water lakfs; Imt tin' Ki'''ut.('r part k<» tiirtlirr 

 imitli. Mi: \V. I'roctor visited leeland in the summer of l-S.'J", and states that ho 

 loiiiid it hreediii^ on little hilloeks in tho marshes. The youii}^' liinls left the nest as 

 sniiii as hatched. < hi llie a|i|ir(>ai'h (d dan.i^ei. the old liinl runs amoiif^ the ui|uati<! 

 |il;iiils, s|ireadin,i,' her wind's and enmiteileitiii!,' lameni'ss. As soon as she has siie- 

 nrded ill attract ill;,' the enemy away Inim her youn^;, siie soars upward to a ,t,'''*'"t 

 liii;,'iil. then desciMids Very rapidly, making' a noise with her will^'s, the motions of 

 which ill her upward tli!,'lit are also .somewhat remarkahle. On returning' to the 



i;r(iiiiid she calls her youii<,' to'^'ether with a | iiliar cry, and ^'jithers them under lu-r 



alter the manner of the domestic ileii. 



Tiiis I'lialarojie is found on the I'acitic coast at Vancouver Islaiul, where Mr. K. 

 |!iiiuiic mentions its lu'cseiice. Dr. Cooper states that in winter it migrates south of 

 Caliiiirnia. not htdii;^ common lieyniid iMoiiterey. lie procured a single specimen 

 soiitii of San Die^ro, wliicli had heeii killed, May 1. hy flying,' against the liKhtiiou.se. 

 At .\h)iiterey he noticed its arrival, apiiareiitly Irom the nioiiiitaius, ahout Septemlier 

 ].■»; and lie saw this hird otf San Kraucisco Hay in tJuiU!, when it may have heeii 

 nesting' amoii^ the ('oast iJaiiKcs. 



Tliis sjiecies is also mentioned hy lieiuhardt as occurring in Greenlaml ; and ( 'aptain 

 ISlakiston received specimens of it from Hudson's Itay and (Ircat J'lear Lake; Mr. Koss 

 also found it on the Mackenzie IJiver, althou;.,di it is not common there. 



.Major Weihlerlinrn records the taking of two specimens of this liird in Ik'r- 

 luuda ; one was found di-ad. March 21. ISfS, suji])oseil to Jiave heen killed hy Hying 

 a.uaiiist the iron lighthouse during the night; the other was found the '' -ilowiug day, 

 swiiiuuing ill Hamilton Water, and was kiUed with a stick. Mr. Ilurdis mentions a 

 tliird, taken .March 8, IxriL'; this one he kiUed with liis walking-stick. 



Mr. Uoardiiiau informs me that this sjiecies is found ahout l'a,s.sama(|UO(hly ISay all 

 the summer, and that it undoubtedly breeds there iu the spring and fall. It is geu- 

 crally known as the ".Sea Goose," from the jieculiar manner in which it sits on the 

 water. Its food appears to be Crustacea and marine insects. 



Mr. Harold Herrick also states that these birds may be .seeii in large numbers all 

 the summer on the " Ki])lings," about eight miles from Grand .Meiian, wliere they 

 congregate to feed on the shrimps and aniinahnihe tliat drift in the eddies matle liy the 

 advancing and receding tide. They do not ap]»roach the shore except when driven 

 ill i»y storms, but ;ire represented as being very tame. 



Rieliardson states that they In'ced on all the Arctic; coasts of America, and only 

 resort to the shores of Hudson's May in the autumn, freiiucnting sh.ady ponds, in which 

 ihcy swim with ease and elegance, their attitudes resembling those of the Common 

 Teal; and like that bird eimtinnally diitping tlieir bills into the water, picking up 

 tiic small insects which constitute their food. 



(Jiraud, in his " Mirds of Long Island." mentions having seen several specimens of 

 tliis bird that had betn procured on the coast of New Jersey, where it is regarded 

 as very rare, as it is also on fiOiig Island. He met with one on the inner beach the 

 latter part of June, in company with a party of small Sandpipers. It was very 

 gentle, and sh 'd no disjiosition to take wing, even when lie came (piite near. Tliis 

 proved to be s. mug male of tliat year, and its stouiacli contained particles of shells 



