1897] Young — Birds of the Magdalen Islands. 149 



"American stilt," with four somewhat incubated eggs. The bird 

 rose from a grassy spot on the inside of the sand-hills, near the 

 lagoon. Only the female showed herself ; she was very uneasy, 



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THE NORTHERN 

 PORTION OF 

 MAGDALENE ISLANDS. 



and by her constant chirrup, and by flying over the place, soon 

 convinced me she had a nest. After watching behind a sand- 

 hill for some time I located the position of it, and going quickly 

 to the spot where she disappeared, was rewarded for my patience 

 by seeing her flutter along the grass as though wounded. I 

 soon found the nest, placed among short grass in a dry part of 

 the salt marsh ; it was lined v/ith a little withered grass. Only a 

 few of of these birds now appear to breed among the Magdalens, 

 in all probability a few years ago they were common. Proceed- 

 ing eastward we drove among the sandhills, which are inter- 

 spersed with boggy pools and fresh water ponds, where quanti- 

 ties of the large American cranberry grow. There is also here 



