548 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



4. Clangula clangula AMERICANA Bonapartc. 

 American Golden Eye. 



One adult female and two of her chicks, a male and a female (sex 

 questioned) taken on Deer Lake, July 3rd. 



Two females, each accompanied by from five to seven chicks, were 

 seen on Deer Lake on several occasions during the first week in July. 

 A third brood was observed on the Humber July 5th. 



5. Gallinago delicata (Ord). 

 Wilson's Snipe. 



Two adult males, and two adult females, all breeding birds taken 

 near Nicholsville, July 5th, 7th, 10th, and 15th respectively. 



During the month of July, Wilson's Snipe was found abundantly in 

 all suitable, grassy bogs along the Upper Humber. 



At Nicholsville, on gray mornings, so frequent in Newfoundland, 

 but more especially in the early twilight, several birds could be heard 

 winnowing at one time. 



On July 7th, a brooding bird was flushed from a nest containing a 

 complement of three eggs, but the guide accidentally stepped on the 

 eggs before they could be secured. 



6. Lagopus lagopus alleni Stejneger. 

 Allen's Ptarmigan. 



One adult male and two chicks from the Hobley Hills, July 26th and 

 27th; one pair of adults from the Lewis Hills, August 17th. 



When Allen's and Welch's Ptarmigan occur in the same region, their 

 ranges do not overlap but interdigitate. Both species occur on the 

 Lewis Hills, and yet all of the Welch's Ptarmigan observed were 

 found on the bare syenite ridges at a high altitude, while the Allen's 

 Ptarmigans were observed lower down on the sedge-covered hillsides. 

 No Welch's Ptarmigans were seen in the interior. It seems very 

 probable that Allen's Ptarmigan entirely replaces Welch's Ptarmigan 

 in the interior of Newfoundland. 



