Woop—MerrsHon EXPEDITION, CHARITY ISLANDS. 85 
Little Charity Island—the westernmost island in the 
group, lying southwest of Charity Island. 
Gull Island —a small islet a little west of south and about 
one-half of a mile from South Point. 
LIST OF SPECIES. 
1. (3) Colymbus auritus. WorNeED GREBE.—This species was 
first seen near the east end of Little Charity Island on September 
25, when one was noted feeding in company with a pied-billed 
grebe. On September 27, nine were seen diving and feeding near 
the end of Light-House Point. These birds were all in juvenile 
and winter plumage. 
2. (6) Podilynbus podiceps. PIED-BILLED GREBE.—This grebe was 
first seen in company with a horned grebe near the end of Little 
Charity Island, September 25, and was next seen near the end of 
South Point of Charity Island, September 30. At Sand Point, 
three were seen on August 24, 1908. At Sand Point and on the 
Charities the fishermen said that the “hell divers were common in 
spring and later in the fall.” 
3. (7) Gavia immer. Loon—On August 25 an immature bird of 
this species was seen near the south point of Charity Island, and 
another was seen near the island on October 4. The fishermen told 
me that numbers of them occur on the Bay every spring, and that 
they are very troublesome, as they light in the pounds and chase 
the fish around, causing the death of many and filling the meshes 
of the net with them. The loons are unable to get out of these 
pounds, and the fishermen kill numbers of them, sometimes tying 
five or six together and then setting them adrift on the water. 
4. (51) Larus argentatus. Werrinac GuLyi.—This was one of the 
very few species seen every day and was abundant when we 
arrived at the island on August 16. A small sandy island with a 
long rocky point (Gull Island) about a half mile south of Charity 
Island, was used as a headquarters for a flock of about two hundred, 
many of which were immature. Some of these birds were always 
flying about Charity Island, and I saw them drop down and pick 
up floating fish in their bills. After the fishermen set their nets 
(about September 10) these birds always followed the boats and 
were on hand to catch the small and injured fish that were re- 
jected when the nets were lifted. These they picked up while on 
the wing, turned them head first and swallowed them. Fish of a 
pound or more in weight were taken. After the fish had been 
eaten, the birds sat in flocks on the water or on the fish stakes 
that held the nets and were often seen perched on the rocks of Gull 
