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throated Sparrow and Savannah Finch were also in full 

 song. The Fringilla nivalis'^ vizs> seen, and we were told 

 that Tetrao canadensis"^ was very abundant, but saw none. 

 About a dozen houses form this settlement ; there was no 

 Custom House officer, and not an individual who could 

 give an answer of any value to our many questions. We 

 returned on board and supped on a fine codfish. The 

 remainder of our day was spent in catching lobsters, of 

 which we procured forty. They were secured simply by 

 striking them in shallow water with a gaff-hook. It snowed 

 and rained at intervals, and to my surprise we did not 

 observe a single seabird. 



June 11. Lams marinus (the Great Black-backed 

 Gull) is so superior both in strength and courage to Ful- 

 mars, Lestris, or even Gannets, to say nothing of Gulls of all 

 sorts, that at its approach they all give way, and until it 

 has quite satiated itself, none venture to approach the 

 precious morsel on which it is feeding. In this respect, it 

 is as the Eagle to the Vultures or Carrion Crows. I 

 omitted saying that last night, before we retired to rest, 

 after much cold, snow, rain, and hail, the frogs were piping 

 in all the pools on the shore, and we all could hear them 

 clearly, from the deck of the " Ripley." The weather to-day 

 is beautiful, the wind fair, and when I reached the deck at 

 four A. M. we were under way in the wake of the whole of 

 the fleet which last evening graced the Harbor of Canseau, 

 but which now gave life to the grand bay across which all 

 were gliding under easy pressure of sail. The land locked 

 us in, the water was smooth, the sky pure, and the ther- 

 mometer was only 46°, quite cold; indeed, it was more 

 grateful to see the sunshine whilst on deck this morning, 

 and to feel its warmth, than I can recollect before at this 

 season. After sailing for twenty-one miles, and passing 

 one after another every vessel of the fleet, we entered the 



^ PUctrophenax nivalis, the Snow Bunting. — E. C. 

 ^ Canachites canadensis, the Canada Grouse. — E. C. 



