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and being most of the time under water. We 

 confined our attention to one of the babies and found 

 that at each reappearance we were gaining upon 

 him. When, however, we judged that his next 

 reappearance would bring him within our grasp 

 he failed to appear; and it was only after waiting a 

 minute or more that we discovered that he had 

 doubled beneath our boat and was away in our 

 rear paddling bravely toward his retreating parent 

 and brother. It is evident that the instinct for 

 self-preservation develops very early in the little 

 loons. 



11. Gavia stellata (Pont.). Red-throated Loon. — One 

 specimen seen, which was shot in the Tusket River,. 

 Nov. 23, 1905. 



31. Uria lomvia lomvia (Linn.). Brunnich's Murre. — 

 A specimen was brought to me Feb. 22, 1908, by a 

 gunner who said that they had been about the 

 harbour for two or three weeks. 



34. Alle alle (Linn.). Dovekie. — A few (not more than 



half a dozen) brought in to local taxidermists each 

 winter. 



35. Megalestris skua (Brlinn.). Skua. — On May 25, 19 10^ 



a specimen from Shelburne Co., consigned to a 

 dealer in Boston was intercepted by the game 

 warden here. 



38. Stercorarius longicaudus Vieill. Long-tailed Jaeger. 



> — One observation. A specimen brought in to local 

 taxidermist in late summer of 1910. This was 

 evidently a young bird as it was in immature plumage. 



39. Pagophila alba (Gunn.). Ivory Gull. — Dec. 9, 1905, 



while the coal steamer "Coban" was nearing Sable 

 Island, an ivory gull came aboard. It was captured 

 and brought into Yarmouth for mounting. 



