1922] SHROSBREE, COLLECTING ON BONAVENTURE ISLAND 35' 



from the boat, a colony of Kittiwakes, and matters of interest on the 

 Island and at Perce. Among these are the fishermen returning with 

 their cargoes of cod, and scenes showing their system of dressing them. 

 Some exposures also were made at a Double-crested Cormorant colony 

 at Gaspe about thirty-six miles northwest of Bonaventure Island.-^ 



Our outfit, as the illustration shows, was of considerable propor- 

 tions. The "stone boat" (figure 22) was our only means of transpor- 

 tation on the Island, and it answered our purpose very well, carrying 

 our cameras and other parts of our outfit lashed to it. The driver and 

 passenger were not lashed onto the stone boat, however, and when the 

 horse swerved and hit a stump, dumping both passenger and driver 

 comfortably at the side, our only regret was that the motion picture 

 camera was not working. 



By the night of August 1st, our outfit was packed ready for ship- 

 ment, and the following day it was taken to Cape Cove, the party fol- 

 lowing at 6 A. M., August 3rd, to take the train for Matapedia and 

 Ottawa at 8:30 A. M. This was the most enjoyable trip we had ex- 

 perienced by water during our visit, the sky being bright and clear and 

 scarcely a ripple on the water during the greater part of the journey. 

 We had taken our last look at Cape Cove and were on our way to 

 Matapedia, following the coast line of Chaluer Bay at the foot of some 

 high mountain ranges. The party had settled down for a long day's 

 ride when our train suddenly came to a stop on top of a trestle about 

 eighty feet above a gulley. The locomotive had struck a cow while 

 rounding a curve and had pushed it onto the bridge. It was badly en- 

 tangled and after about an hour's work on the part of the train crew, 

 it was released and thrown to the gulley below. 



We stopped over at Ottawa, visited the Victoria Memorial Museum, 

 where many courtesies were extended to us by different members of 

 the staff, including Dr. R. M. Anderson, Mr. C. Johnson, and Miss 

 Winnifred K. Bentley, also by Mr. Hoyes Lloyd, Supervisor of Wild 

 Life Protection, Department of the Interior. Our thanks also are due 

 to Mr. Clyde Patch, for information furnished prior to our departure. 

 The party arrived in Milwaukee the night of August 7th, having been 

 away six weeks and one day. 



We collected the following specimens in all : sixty-seven adult and 

 fifty-one young birds, chiefly Gannets, Petrels, Puffins, Murres, Razor- 

 bill Auks, Kittiwakes, Black Guillemots, American Scoters, White- 

 winged Crossbills and Double-crested Cormorants. We also secured 

 one specimen each of the Rock Ptarmigan and the Slate-colored Junco. 



