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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  on 
  mast 
  at 
  9.50 
  a.m. 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  minutes. 
  Aug. 
  29th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Lawrence. 
  Another 
  (sp. 
  ?) 
  seen 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Imrie 
  of 
  s.s. 
  * 
  Orcadian 
  ' 
  

   from 
  noon 
  till 
  1 
  30 
  p.m. 
  Fine 
  clear 
  weather, 
  moderate 
  W. 
  wind. 
  

  

  American 
  "Robin" 
  (Turdus 
  migratorius) 
  . 
  — 
  March 
  30th. 
  Bay 
  

   of 
  Fundy. 
  One 
  seen 
  by 
  our 
  pilot. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  —April 
  26th. 
  One 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cook, 
  

   chief 
  officer, 
  at 
  7 
  a.m., 
  150 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Irish 
  coast. 
  

  

  Plover 
  (Dotterel 
  ?). 
  — 
  April 
  26th, 
  5.2 
  p.m. 
  One 
  flying 
  about 
  

   and 
  keeping 
  with 
  us 
  for 
  an 
  hour, 
  lat. 
  54° 
  48' 
  N., 
  long. 
  18° 
  44' 
  W. 
  

   It 
  made 
  several 
  attempts 
  to 
  leave, 
  flying 
  with 
  the 
  wind, 
  but 
  

   returned, 
  uttering 
  a 
  call-note 
  each 
  time. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  seen 
  to 
  

   settle 
  on 
  ship. 
  

  

  Savannah 
  Sparrow 
  {Passerculus 
  sandicichensis).* 
  — 
  May 
  2nd. 
  

   Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  caught 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  officers 
  at; 
  

  

  I 
  a.m. 
  while 
  resting, 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  abeam 
  of 
  the 
  Bird 
  Piocks. 
  

   Moderate 
  S.S.E. 
  wind 
  and 
  overcast. 
  

  

  Swallow 
  (Hirundo 
  rustica). 
  — 
  May 
  30th. 
  About 
  twenty 
  miles 
  

   west 
  of 
  Tory 
  Island, 
  Co. 
  Donegal. 
  Three 
  flying 
  about 
  and 
  resting 
  

   at 
  times 
  from 
  4.30 
  p.m. 
  till 
  midnight. 
  Strong, 
  following 
  E. 
  wind. 
  

  

  Wheatear 
  {Saxicoli 
  cenanthe). 
  — 
  May 
  31st. 
  One 
  seen 
  between 
  

  

  II 
  a.m. 
  and 
  noon, 
  and 
  still 
  about 
  at 
  4.15 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  55° 
  07' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  16° 
  20' 
  W. 
  

  

  Barn- 
  Swallow 
  (Hirundo 
  erythrocjasiva). 
  — 
  June 
  3rd. 
  One 
  seen 
  

   between 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  p.m., 
  and 
  caught 
  at 
  10.15 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  45° 
  33' 
  N., 
  

   long. 
  47° 
  40' 
  W. 
  Early 
  morning 
  hazy, 
  rest 
  of 
  day 
  clear; 
  wind 
  

   veering 
  from 
  S.W. 
  to 
  N.W. 
  

  

  Lincoln's 
  Song-Sparrow 
  {Melospiza 
  Unculni). 
  — 
  June 
  3rd. 
  One 
  

   first 
  observed 
  at 
  11.30 
  a.m., 
  lat. 
  49° 
  51' 
  N., 
  long. 
  45° 
  39' 
  W., 
  and 
  

   killed 
  about 
  an 
  hour 
  later. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Aug. 
  29th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  

   observed 
  on 
  board 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Orcadian 
  ' 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Imrie. 
  It 
  kept 
  with 
  

   the 
  ship 
  for 
  about 
  an 
  hour. 
  Clear, 
  moderate 
  W. 
  wind. 
  

  

  Snow-Bunting 
  (Plectrophenax 
  nivalis). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  2nd. 
  One 
  seen 
  

   at 
  2.30 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  54° 
  54' 
  N., 
  long. 
  42° 
  09' 
  W., 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gourlay, 
  

   second 
  officer. 
  Fresh 
  easterly 
  winds, 
  with 
  hazy 
  weather. 
  Steamer 
  

   has 
  just 
  emerged 
  from 
  continued 
  spell 
  of 
  fog 
  extending 
  from 
  

   Belle 
  Isle 
  eastward. 
  4th. 
  Capt. 
  Imrie 
  writes 
  me 
  that 
  about 
  a 
  

   dozen 
  settled 
  on 
  his 
  ship 
  while 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  straits 
  of 
  

  

  :;: 
  Probably 
  the 
  P. 
  sandwichensis 
  savanna 
  (Wilson); 
  cf. 
  Ridgway, 
  

   ' 
  Birds 
  North, 
  and 
  Middle 
  Amer.' 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  192.— 
  Ed. 
  

  

  

  