1.1:4 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 84. 



deep. The Pontiac Game Club's preserve comprises 180 

 acres, no farms, only hills covered with fine forest which 

 comes right down to the water's edge of the beautiful lakes, 

 of which there are about 60 known. Moose, bear, deer and 

 porcupine signs were extremely plentiful here, and I had the 

 good fortune to photograph a bull moose which was stand- 

 ing in the shallow water of a creek connecting two lakes, eat- 

 ing lily pads. Beaver are also busy here. Of birds, about 

 the same were seen as in the former places, only in varying 

 numbers. Northern Flickers were common here, also warb- 

 lers, of which I found a family of young Nashville just out 

 of the nest. A solitary Hairy Woodpecker was noticed. They 

 are rare, it seems, all over their range. I did not at this time 

 meet with the two Three-toed Woodpeckers, although they 

 are common in fall and winter, as are the Canada Jay and 

 the Spruce Partridge (Canachites canadensis canace). Wood 

 Pewee, Alder, Least, and Olive-sided Flycatchers were all 

 represented here, and each lake naturally harbors its pair 

 or two of Loons. Goshawks, Cooper's and Broad-winged 

 Hawks were seen, and a single Canada Jay among a flock 

 of Blue Jays. A number of pike and fine pickerel or dore 

 were caught. Bidding good-bye to mine host, the keeper 

 of the preserve, and his family, to the clear ozone-laden air, 

 the beautiful lakes resembling so many artistically framed pic- 

 tures, to the interesting fauna and flora, I next went to Lake 

 Dore, near Eganville, Ontario, a few miles south of the Ot- 

 tawa River. I put up in the humble cabin of a small farmer 

 near the lake. To get to the lake one had to paddle in a 

 boat down a creek with dark water — hemlock-stained — 

 through a typical cedar swamp. The Wood Duck nests here, 

 also the Great Horned Owl. Nearer the lake in the ash trees 

 is a large heronry, with many fully grown young 

 awkwardly flapping about. Then comes a stretch of swamp, 

 with bushes and cattails, the home of the Swamp Sparrow, 

 Rails, and Long-billed Marsh Wrens. Farther out are Coots, 

 Golden-eyes, Buffle-heads, Grebes, Loons, and Herring Gulls. 

 Four Loons were one luorning seen flying over the farm. 



