158 BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRfi REGION. — TUFTS. 



pairs were fourd nesting on each occasion. Solitary 

 granite boulders in the middle of the lake were 

 used, some being scarcely large enough to hold the 

 nest. Some small islands contained four or five 

 nests. The birds were very shy, and left their 

 nests while the intruder was still several hundred 

 yards distant. Eggs three in number. 



51. Larus argentaius Pont. Herring Gull; "Sea Gull", 

 "Gray Gull." — Permanent resident; very common 

 in summer, rare and irregular in midwinter. Nests 

 about June 1st. A favorite breeding site is Isle-au- 

 Haute, an abrupt rock-bound island of the Bay of 

 Fundy. 



54. Larus delawarensis Ord. Ring-billed Gull. — One 

 record only. Specimen taken in May, 1896, by 

 H. F. Tufts. 



60. Larus Philadelphia (Ord.). Bonaparte's Gull. — 

 Rare transient. One record only. Specimen t ken 

 Sept. 28, 1897, on the Grand Pre, by H. F. Tufts. 

 A heavy north-east rain storm and a high tide 

 prevailed at the time. 

 106. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.). Leach's Petrel; 

 "Mother Carey's Chicken," — Exceedingly rare. 

 One observation only. After a heavy storm, on 

 Nov. 8, 1913, a flock of a dozen or more were seen at 

 the mouth of the Cornwallis. These were asleep, 

 holding on to the stems of the rank marsh sedges 

 which were about half submerged by the high tide, 

 and thus afforded a mooring. We approached them 

 in a boat, and captured several in our hands. 



117. Sula brassana (Linn.). Gannet. — About 1898 and 

 regularly for some years previous, a pair of Gan- 

 nets nested at Harborville, Kings County. The 

 nest was on a ledge of rock, about one hundred 



