BIRDS OP THE GRAND PRl5 REGION. — TUFTS. 159 



feet above the beach, on the perpendicular sea-wall 

 of the Bay of Fundy. Above the ledge was a huge 

 overhang of rock extending thirty' or forty feet 

 out and rendering the ledge absolutely inaccessible. 

 One of the pair, probably the female, was shot 

 while on or by the nest by a young man named 

 Morris, and was picked up on the beach below. 

 Charles Morris, now of Margaretville, Annapolis 

 County, the boy's father, recently told me of this, 

 and described the bird so clearly as to leave no doubt 

 whatever as to its identity, although the specimen 

 was not preserved. This is the only record I have 

 of the occurrence of this species in Kings Couaty. 



119. Phalacrocorax carho (Linn.). Cormorant. — Uncom- 



mon transient. One specimen taken in November, 

 1898, near the mouth of the Gaspereau River. 

 Occasionally seen on the Minas Basin in spring 

 and fall, but more frequently in the spring. 



120. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus (Swains.). Double- 



crested Cormorant. — A fine specimen was captured 

 alive in a fish-weir on the mud-flats off Starr's 

 Point, Cornwallis, on May 16, 1917, and a second 

 specimen w^as taken in the same weir on May 28th 

 of the same year. They are the only records I have. 



129. Mergus americanus (Ca^s.). American Merganser; 



"Goosander." — Uncommon winter visitor. Only a 

 few^ records. A specimen in immature plumage 

 taken on the Grand Pre marshes, Dec. 9, 1913. 

 A male in full plumage taken in December, 1898. 

 No observations except at salt water. 



130. Mergus serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser; 



"Shell-drake." — Permanent resident, most com- 

 mon about our rivers and lakes. Breeds about 

 the middle of May. Locally this bird is frequently 

 mistaken for the rare Wood Duck. 



