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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  board 
  for 
  last 
  two 
  days. 
  Last 
  seen 
  in 
  lat. 
  56° 
  14' 
  N., 
  long. 
  

   18° 
  42' 
  W. 
  Clear 
  after 
  hazy 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-birds. 
  — 
  Sept. 
  10th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  Several 
  

   small 
  birds 
  like 
  Meadow-Pipits, 
  including 
  one 
  Nuthatch 
  (Sitta 
  

   canadensis), 
  from 
  10.30 
  a.m. 
  to 
  dusk. 
  At 
  4 
  p.m. 
  we 
  had 
  two 
  

   hawks, 
  which 
  prevented 
  them 
  from 
  gaining 
  the 
  shore. 
  Each 
  

   time 
  a 
  bird 
  attempted 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  ship 
  a 
  hawk 
  swooped 
  down, 
  

   and 
  obliged 
  it 
  to 
  return 
  and 
  seek 
  security 
  under 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ship's 
  

   boats. 
  One 
  hawk, 
  however, 
  succeeded 
  in 
  capturing 
  one. 
  

  

  Falcon 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  3rd. 
  One 
  seen 
  flying 
  about 
  ship 
  at 
  

   at 
  6.5 
  p.m., 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  six 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle. 
  Clear 
  

   weather. 
  

  

  Thrush 
  (small). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  4th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  Two 
  

   seen 
  flying 
  about 
  and 
  alighting 
  at 
  intervals. 
  Hazy 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  15th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  

   seen 
  flying 
  about 
  ship 
  during 
  eight 
  to 
  twelve 
  morning 
  watch. 
  

   Light 
  W.S.W. 
  wind, 
  overcast. 
  

  

  Snow-Bunting 
  (Plcctrophenax 
  nivalis) 
  . 
  — 
  Oct. 
  16th. 
  Nine 
  seen 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle. 
  Moderate 
  wind, 
  cloudy 
  

   and 
  overcast. 
  17th. 
  One 
  caught 
  at 
  1 
  a.m., 
  lat. 
  53° 
  48' 
  N., 
  long. 
  

   47° 
  08' 
  ; 
  4 
  p.m., 
  five 
  still 
  on 
  board 
  ; 
  11 
  p.m., 
  two 
  caught. 
  One 
  

   lived 
  in 
  the 
  steerage, 
  feeding 
  on 
  bread-crumbs, 
  till 
  we 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   the 
  Mersey 
  (22nd). 
  20th. 
  One 
  at 
  3.40 
  p.m., 
  ninety-five 
  miles 
  

   from 
  land. 
  

  

  Jackdaw 
  (Corvus 
  monedula). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  20th. 
  One 
  very 
  much 
  

   weather-beaten 
  settled' 
  on 
  ship 
  at 
  3.40 
  p.m., 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Irish 
  coast. 
  Moderate 
  

   S.E. 
  wind 
  and 
  drizzling 
  rain. 
  29th. 
  Another 
  seen 
  resting 
  on 
  

   ship, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  21' 
  N., 
  long. 
  17° 
  35' 
  W. 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  ship 
  at 
  sun- 
  

   set, 
  and 
  it 
  probably 
  remained 
  till 
  daylight. 
  Moderate 
  N.E. 
  

   breeze, 
  clear 
  and 
  cloudy 
  weather. 
  

  

  Carrion-Crow 
  (C. 
  corone).— 
  Oct. 
  20th. 
  One 
  seen 
  at 
  same 
  time 
  

   as 
  the 
  first 
  Jackdaw. 
  It 
  remained 
  on 
  board 
  all 
  night, 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  

   leave 
  until 
  we 
  arrived 
  well 
  inside 
  Tory 
  Island, 
  Co. 
  Donegal. 
  

  

  1901. 
  

   Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Common 
  Sparrow). 
  — 
  May 
  21st. 
  One 
  

   alighted 
  on 
  board 
  at 
  10 
  a.m., 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  five 
  miles 
  off 
  Cape 
  

   Bace, 
  Newfoundland, 
  and 
  remained 
  about 
  ship 
  till 
  4.20 
  p.m. 
  

  

  