﻿LAND-BIRDS 
  ON 
  NORTH 
  ATLANTIC, 
  Sc. 
  139 
  

  

  Belle 
  Isle, 
  and 
  remained 
  on 
  board, 
  but 
  decreasing 
  in 
  number 
  till 
  

   lat. 
  56° 
  00' 
  N., 
  long. 
  31° 
  00' 
  W. 
  was 
  reached. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  4th. 
  One 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Towers, 
  

   fourth 
  officer, 
  at 
  2.35 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  54° 
  50' 
  N., 
  long. 
  43° 
  12' 
  W. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (small). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  5th. 
  One 
  with 
  us 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  

   hours 
  from 
  lat. 
  56° 
  34' 
  N., 
  long. 
  34° 
  58' 
  W. 
  ; 
  moderate 
  S. 
  breeze. 
  

  

  Snipe 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  6th. 
  One 
  first 
  seen 
  at 
  1 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  

   56° 
  02' 
  N., 
  long. 
  35° 
  00' 
  W. 
  ; 
  it 
  kept 
  with 
  us 
  for 
  about 
  two 
  hours. 
  

   Fresh 
  N.N.E. 
  breeze, 
  clear 
  cold 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-bird 
  (size 
  of 
  Song-Thrush). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  8th. 
  One 
  observed 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Cook, 
  chief 
  officer, 
  at 
  10 
  a.m., 
  lat. 
  56° 
  14' 
  N., 
  long. 
  

  

  15° 
  24' 
  W. 
  

  

  1903. 
  

  

  American 
  "Robin 
  "(Turrits 
  m 
  igratorius). 
  — 
  April 
  19th. 
  Twenty- 
  

   five 
  miles 
  south-east 
  of 
  Halifax, 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  two 
  seen 
  following 
  

   ship 
  for 
  short 
  time 
  ; 
  foggy 
  weather, 
  with 
  rain. 
  June 
  15th. 
  Mr. 
  

   Cahill. 
  purser 
  of 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Peruvian,' 
  tells 
  me 
  one 
  alighted 
  on 
  board 
  

   his 
  steamer 
  when 
  700 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  St. 
  John, 
  Newfoundland, 
  and 
  

   remained 
  on 
  board 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  day. 
  Another 
  record 
  referring 
  to 
  

   this 
  species 
  has 
  unfortunately 
  been 
  mislaid. 
  

  

  Meadow-Pipit 
  (Anthus 
  pratensis). 
  — 
  April 
  27th, 
  3.10 
  p.m. 
  

   Two 
  with 
  us 
  from 
  lat. 
  54° 
  20' 
  N., 
  long. 
  17° 
  17' 
  W. 
  One 
  of 
  them 
  

   disappeared 
  down 
  a 
  ventilator 
  at 
  7 
  p.m., 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  seen 
  again. 
  

   The 
  other 
  remained 
  on 
  board 
  till 
  we 
  arrived 
  in 
  Liverpool 
  (29th), 
  

   having 
  been 
  with 
  us 
  thirty 
  hours, 
  and 
  carried 
  eastward 
  over 
  

   400 
  miles. 
  

  

  Land-birds 
  (small). 
  — 
  June 
  18th. 
  Sixteen 
  miles 
  south-east 
  of 
  

   Cape 
  Ray, 
  Newfoundland 
  ; 
  few 
  about 
  ship. 
  Fresh 
  N.N.E. 
  breeze 
  

   and 
  overcast. 
  

  

  Warbler 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  June 
  18th. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  

   twenty-four 
  miles 
  north-east 
  of 
  Bird 
  Rocks. 
  A 
  steerage 
  pas- 
  

   senger 
  gave 
  me 
  this 
  specimen, 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  exhausted 
  

   condition 
  on 
  deck. 
  It 
  only 
  lived 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  and 
  I 
  preserved 
  

   the 
  skin, 
  which 
  still 
  awaits 
  identification. 
  

  

  Snow-Buntings 
  {Plectrophenax 
  nivalis) 
  . 
  — 
  July 
  16th. 
  Dr. 
  Lees, 
  

   I 
  surgeon, 
  tells 
  me 
  one 
  came 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Pomeranian 
  ' 
  when 
  

   400 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle. 
  Oct. 
  13th, 
  seventy 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  

   < 
  Belle 
  Isle, 
  one 
  seen 
  flying 
  about 
  ship. 
  

  

  Swift 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  July 
  17th. 
  Twenty-four 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  

  

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