66 -/ NATURALIST IN THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 



77. TOrAXrs FLAM PES, Gm. 

 (Yellow-shaxks.) 



Very common during the migrations. Arrives about 

 July 16, and becomes abundant about July 26. 



78. TRLXG0LDL:S macula RLUS, (Z.) Or. 



(Si'otti;d S.wni'iPF.R.) 



Common during the summer months. It was quite tame. 

 Mr. Perham found it breeding on Byron Island. 

 Breeds. 



79. XUMEXLUS L.ONGLROSTRIS, IVih. 

 (Long-billed Curlew.) 



On Auoust 12 I observed two birds which I believed to 

 be of this species. 



One day I showed a specimen of the Hudsonian Curlew 

 to an old seal hunter and asked him if he had ever killed 

 any larger. He answered that he had occasionally killed 

 them larger, " avcc Ic bcc bcaitcoup plus bngiic!'' 



