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6. Podili/mbus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-b(lled Grebe. — 



Uncommon transient. A few records for late 

 summer and fall. A male taken Aug. 30th, 1900, by 

 myself in a small fresh-water pond near Wolfville. 



7. Gavia immer (Briinn.). Loon. — Summer resident. 



Common about oar lakes and still-waters, also 

 occasionally observed along the coast in late Novem- 

 ber. Their arrival at the lakes in spring is coincident 

 with the breaking up of the ice; and they remain till 

 driven out by its return. Nests in June on low-lying 

 islands, always within a few feet from the water's 

 edge. Eggs two in number. 



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

 spring, fall, and winter visitor. A specimen in 

 immature plumage taken Nov. 8th, 1913, by the 

 writer, at the mouth of the Cornwallis; and a female 

 on May 26, 1917 in the same locality. No observa- 

 tions except at salt-water. 



34. Alle alle (Linn.). Dovekie. — One record only. A 

 specimen taken November, 1900, by myself, on 

 the Grand Pre, in a pond hole a few hundred yards 

 from tide water. A fierce gale was raging, and 

 the bird, nearly exhausted, was easily captured 

 alive. 



47. Larus marinus Linn. Great Black-backed Gull; 

 "Saddle-back". — Permanent resident. Common 

 in summer, rare and irregular in winter. During 

 the latter part of April the "Black-backs" may 

 be seen in twos and threes, winging their way 

 inland from the salt marshes of the Minas Basin 

 to the fresh-wate'' lakes, several of which are favored 

 by these birds as breeding localities. One of these, 

 Methaul's Lake, I visited in 1908 and again in 

 1914, about the middle of May. About 20 to 30 



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