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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  ON 
  LAND-BIRDS 
  OBSERVED 
  ON 
  THE 
  NORTH 
  

   ATLANTIC 
  AND 
  GULF 
  OF 
  ST. 
  LAWRENCE. 
  

  

  By 
  John 
  Trumbull. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  collected 
  the 
  following 
  occurrences 
  of 
  land-birds 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  five 
  years 
  while 
  crossing 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Con- 
  

   tinent. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  been 
  observed 
  by 
  myself, 
  and 
  where 
  

   this 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  case 
  I 
  give 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  observer 
  who 
  has 
  

   kindly 
  furnished 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  record. 
  Where 
  occurrences 
  have 
  

   been 
  noted 
  over 
  two 
  hundred 
  nautical 
  miles 
  from 
  land, 
  the 
  

   position 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  latitude 
  and 
  longitude, 
  and 
  under 
  two 
  

   hundred 
  miles, 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  nearest 
  land. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  

   the 
  notes 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  years 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  board 
  

   the 
  R.M.S. 
  ' 
  Tunisian,' 
  and 
  where 
  no 
  vessel 
  is 
  mentioned, 
  that 
  

   boat 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  understood. 
  

  

  I 
  regret 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  cases 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  

   identify 
  the 
  specimens. 
  I 
  have, 
  however, 
  given 
  the 
  size 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  some 
  well-known 
  land-bird. 
  W 
  7 
  here 
  "small 
  " 
  appears, 
  

   it 
  is 
  meant 
  to 
  indicate 
  a 
  bird 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  Chaffinch 
  or 
  

   Hedge- 
  Sparrow. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  birds 
  seen 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  would 
  

   only 
  be 
  too 
  meagre, 
  and 
  therefore 
  misleading. 
  Where 
  the 
  hour 
  

   of 
  day 
  is 
  given, 
  local 
  or 
  apparent 
  time 
  is 
  meant. 
  In 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   cases 
  where 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  weather 
  I 
  have 
  noted 
  it 
  

   briefly. 
  

  

  1899. 
  

  

  Purple 
  Sandpiper 
  (Tringa 
  striata). 
  — 
  Feb. 
  5th. 
  One 
  settled 
  

   on 
  board 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Laurentian' 
  when 
  forty-eight 
  miles 
  S.W. 
  of 
  Cape 
  

   Sable, 
  and 
  remained 
  an 
  hour 
  during 
  a 
  heavy 
  fall 
  of 
  snow. 
  

   Strong 
  W. 
  wind. 
  

  

  Red 
  -breasted 
  Nuthatch 
  (Sitta 
  canadensis). 
  — 
  June 
  9th. 
  One 
  

   flew 
  on 
  board 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Ruapehu,' 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence; 
  one 
  seen 
  

   next 
  day 
  (10th) 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  same 
  bird. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  House-Sparrow). 
  — 
  June 
  10th. 
  One 
  seen 
  

   on 
  board 
  same 
  vessel 
  while 
  off 
  S. 
  coast 
  of 
  Newfoundland. 
  

  

  