﻿LAND-BIRDS 
  ON 
  NORTH 
  ATLANTIC, 
  So. 
  135 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  One 
  alighted 
  on 
  board 
  

   s.s. 
  ' 
  Parisian,' 
  lat. 
  55° 
  57' 
  N., 
  long. 
  31° 
  41' 
  W. 
  Moderate 
  S.W. 
  

   wind 
  and 
  clear 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Song-Thrush). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  One 
  seen 
  on 
  

   board 
  same 
  steamer, 
  lat. 
  55° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  31° 
  2' 
  W. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small 
  yellow). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  One 
  seen 
  on 
  board 
  

   same 
  steamer 
  by 
  a 
  passenger, 
  lat. 
  55° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  29° 
  46' 
  W. 
  

   Fresh 
  breeze, 
  overcast, 
  with 
  small 
  rain. 
  

  

  Snow-Bunting 
  (Plectrophenax 
  nivalis). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  Two 
  on 
  

   board, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  00' 
  N., 
  long. 
  29° 
  05' 
  W. 
  Similar 
  wind 
  and 
  

   weather. 
  12th. 
  One 
  seen, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  28' 
  N., 
  long. 
  22° 
  14' 
  W. 
  

   Moderate 
  N.W. 
  wind 
  and 
  clear 
  weather, 
  with 
  passing 
  showers 
  

   of 
  rain. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Aug. 
  23rd. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  

   seen 
  at 
  2.30 
  p.m. 
  b}- 
  third 
  officer 
  of 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Parisian.' 
  

  

  Duck 
  (species 
  ?). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  31st. 
  One 
  seen 
  flying 
  round 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Cali- 
  

   fornian 
  ' 
  for 
  about 
  an 
  hour 
  from 
  lat. 
  56° 
  12' 
  N., 
  long. 
  32° 
  46' 
  W. 
  

   Half 
  gale, 
  squally, 
  S.W. 
  to 
  W. 
  ; 
  heavy 
  sea. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Lark). 
  — 
  Dec. 
  3rd. 
  One 
  seen 
  flying 
  about 
  

   same 
  ship, 
  lat. 
  54° 
  49' 
  N., 
  long. 
  26° 
  30' 
  W. 
  Fresh 
  S.W. 
  wind, 
  

   with 
  misty 
  rain. 
  Though 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  identify 
  this 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  I 
  now 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  Snow-Bunting. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Thrush). 
  — 
  Dec. 
  4th. 
  One 
  seen 
  on 
  board 
  

   s.s. 
  ' 
  Numidian 
  ' 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Boag, 
  ship's 
  surgeon, 
  about 
  three 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Cape 
  Piace, 
  Newfoundland. 
  Clear 
  weather 
  

   after 
  fog. 
  Dr. 
  Boag 
  also 
  informs 
  me 
  he 
  saw 
  another 
  next 
  day 
  

   (5th) 
  struggling 
  in 
  water 
  by 
  ship's 
  side. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Lark). 
  — 
  Dec. 
  7th. 
  One 
  seen 
  on 
  board 
  

   s.s. 
  ' 
  Californian,' 
  eleven 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Cape 
  Ptace, 
  Newfound- 
  

   and, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mackey, 
  second 
  officer. 
  Moderate 
  E. 
  wind 
  and 
  rain. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Corn-Bunting). 
  — 
  Dec. 
  18th. 
  One 
  alighted 
  

   on 
  board 
  same 
  steamer 
  forty- 
  eight 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Sable 
  Island 
  ; 
  it 
  

   rose 
  and 
  flew 
  aft, 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  seen 
  again. 
  

  

  1900. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small) 
  — 
  Jan. 
  6th. 
  One 
  seen 
  by 
  third 
  officer 
  of 
  

   s.s. 
  ' 
  Californian,' 
  ten 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Malin 
  Head, 
  Co. 
  Donegal. 
  

   Wind 
  N., 
  misty 
  rain. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Sparrow). 
  — 
  Aug. 
  25th. 
  One 
  observed 
  on 
  

  

  