1897] Young — Birds of the Magdalen Islands. 155 



of July 5th 1 saw several young ones around the Parsonage. 

 They were very tame, alighting on the wood pile and feeding on 

 the seeds of dandelions, which they appeared to be very fond of, 

 as were, too, the black snow-birds ; they probably lay in April. 

 The crossbills are very irregular, but undoubtedly breed, as I 

 saw them almost every day. On the 3rd of July a small flock 

 of pine siskins was feeding on the buds of the spruce. These 

 also appear to breed on the Islands, and their eggs, no doubt, 

 could be procured by careful watching. The most interesting 

 part to visit for the birds is Grosse Isle ; the Bird Rocks are 

 well known as the abode of various species of sea fowl. 



The following list of birds observed by me may be interest- 

 ing to some readers ; I have also added a list of those that 1 

 found breeding, as regards nomenclature, following that adopted 

 by the A. O. U :— 



June 1 8th, one. 

 June 22nd, three pairs. 

 June 23rd, two; 25th, one. 

 June 23rd, two. June 24th. 

 June 23rd, 24th, etc. 

 June 25th. 

 June 25th. 

 June 2t;th, several. 

 June and July, numerous. 

 June and Jnly, abundant. 

 June 15th, several. 

 June 13th, several. 

 June 22nd, numerous. 

 June i8th, several. 

 June 30th, several. 

 June 24th, abundant. 

 July 2nd, a pair. 

 June 23rd, several. 

 June 22nd, July 2nd, several. 

 July 3rd, one. 

 June 20lh, etc., numerous. 

 June 22nd, etc., numerous. 



Nest ; 2 eggs ; fresh. 



Three nests ; 3 eggs. 

 Several nests 2 eges. 

 Breeding. 

 Breeding. 

 Breeding. 



Breeding. 

 Breeding. 



Nest ; 6 eggs. 

 Young hatched. 

 Breeding. 



Breeding. 

 Nest ; 6 eggS. 

 Nest ; i eggs. 



Nest ; 4 eggs. 

 Breeding. 



