﻿LAND-BIRDS 
  ON 
  NORTH 
  ATLANTIC, 
  Sc. 
  137 
  

  

  Carried 
  eastward 
  ninety 
  miles. 
  Fine 
  weather, 
  horizon 
  slightly 
  

   hazy. 
  

  

  Falcon 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  May 
  21st. 
  One 
  caught 
  on 
  board 
  132 
  

   miles 
  east 
  of 
  Cape 
  Eace. 
  This 
  specimen 
  was 
  secured 
  by 
  a 
  

   passenger, 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  Liverpool 
  alive. 
  Oct. 
  8th. 
  Another 
  

   (sp. 
  '?) 
  flew 
  past 
  us 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  117 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle. 
  

   Gentle 
  N.E. 
  wind 
  and 
  foggy 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  21st. 
  One 
  settled 
  on 
  board 
  when 
  

   167 
  miles 
  north-east 
  of 
  Belmullet, 
  Co. 
  Mayo, 
  the 
  nearest 
  land. 
  

   October, 
  two 
  observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Boberts, 
  purser 
  of 
  s.s. 
  'Corinthian,' 
  

   when 
  off 
  Belle 
  Isle, 
  and 
  two 
  seen 
  (October) 
  by 
  same 
  observer 
  on 
  

   homeward 
  passage 
  off 
  Belle 
  Isle. 
  

  

  Snow-Buntings 
  (Plectrophenax 
  nivalis). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  24th. 
  Flight 
  

   of 
  twenty 
  settled 
  on 
  ship, 
  lat. 
  54° 
  33' 
  N., 
  long. 
  44° 
  13' 
  W., 
  and 
  

   two 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  caught 
  later 
  ; 
  strong 
  W. 
  to 
  W.N.W. 
  winds 
  and 
  

   cloudy 
  weather. 
  25th. 
  Two 
  remained 
  with 
  us 
  till 
  within 
  seventy 
  

   miles 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  ; 
  moderate 
  N.N.W. 
  gale 
  and 
  overcast 
  weather. 
  

   Oct. 
  8th. 
  One 
  settled 
  on 
  ship 
  at 
  9.45 
  a.m., 
  eighty-eight 
  miles 
  

   north-east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  ; 
  one 
  caught 
  and 
  another 
  seen 
  106 
  miles 
  

   further 
  east 
  : 
  the 
  captured 
  specimen 
  lived 
  till 
  next 
  day. 
  10th. 
  

   Twelve 
  with 
  us 
  from 
  daylight, 
  lat. 
  55° 
  45' 
  N., 
  long. 
  35° 
  37' 
  W., 
  

   to 
  lat. 
  56° 
  15' 
  N., 
  long. 
  31° 
  13' 
  W. 
  11th. 
  Four 
  at 
  daylight, 
  lat. 
  

   56° 
  06' 
  N., 
  long. 
  25° 
  50' 
  W., 
  one 
  remaining 
  till 
  dusk, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  06' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  21° 
  24' 
  W. 
  12th. 
  One 
  with 
  us 
  to-day, 
  probably 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  birds 
  we 
  had 
  yesterday. 
  Mr. 
  Boberts 
  tells 
  me 
  he 
  observed 
  

   two 
  on 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Corinthian 
  ' 
  when 
  off 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  in 
  October. 
  

  

  Goldcrest 
  (Regulus 
  cristatus). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  10th. 
  One 
  at 
  5.25 
  p.m., 
  

   lat. 
  56° 
  15' 
  N., 
  long. 
  31° 
  13' 
  W. 
  I 
  have 
  already 
  recorded 
  this 
  

   occurrence.* 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Song-Thrush). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  25th. 
  One 
  alighted 
  

   on 
  board 
  three 
  miles 
  north-east 
  of 
  Innistrahull 
  ; 
  fresh 
  W.S.W. 
  

   wind, 
  overcast, 
  squally 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  1st. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  

   seen 
  resting 
  on 
  ship 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Vipond 
  between 
  8 
  and 
  9 
  a.m. 
  ; 
  

   light 
  W. 
  wind, 
  fine 
  weather, 
  with 
  distant 
  haze. 
  

  

  1902. 
  

  

  Hawk 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  March 
  30th. 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fundy. 
  One 
  settled 
  

  

  :;: 
  ' 
  Zoologist,' 
  1901, 
  p. 
  423. 
  

   Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  April. 
  1904. 
  M 
  

  

  