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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Tory 
  Island, 
  Co. 
  Donegal, 
  one 
  seen 
  at 
  sunset 
  flying 
  about 
  ship 
  

   for 
  ten 
  minutes. 
  

  

  Land-birds 
  (small). 
  — 
  July 
  22nd. 
  Eighty-seven 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  

   Belle 
  Isle, 
  three 
  settled 
  on 
  ship. 
  Weather 
  clearing 
  after 
  dense 
  fog. 
  

  

  Red-breasted 
  Nuthatch 
  (Sitta 
  canadensis). 
  — 
  Aug. 
  3rd. 
  Gulf 
  

   of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  We 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  tame 
  example 
  on 
  board, 
  which 
  

   rested 
  some 
  time 
  on 
  a 
  passenger's 
  shoulder. 
  Gentle 
  N.W. 
  breeze 
  

   and 
  clear 
  weather. 
  

  

  White-winged 
  Crossbill 
  (Loxia 
  leacoptera) 
  . 
  — 
  Aug. 
  3rd. 
  Gulf 
  

   of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  of 
  our 
  crew 
  gave 
  me 
  this 
  specimen, 
  which 
  

   he 
  caught 
  at 
  3.30 
  p.m. 
  West 
  breeze, 
  clear. 
  

  

  Swallow 
  (Hirundo 
  rustica). 
  — 
  Aug. 
  22nd. 
  Flight 
  numbering 
  

   about 
  150 
  settled 
  on 
  ship, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  19' 
  N., 
  long. 
  18° 
  50' 
  W., 
  and 
  

   remained 
  all 
  night. 
  Two 
  were 
  subsequently 
  found 
  dead, 
  and 
  

   kept 
  for 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  storage, 
  but 
  unfortunately 
  the 
  position 
  

   where 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  was 
  not 
  noted. 
  Fresh 
  W. 
  breeze, 
  fine 
  

   clear 
  weather. 
  

  

  Hawk 
  (sp. 
  ?). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  8th. 
  One 
  killed 
  on 
  board 
  185 
  miles 
  

  

  east 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  ; 
  moderate 
  E. 
  breeze, 
  clear, 
  but 
  overcast. 
  Oct. 
  

  

  '16th. 
  One 
  (sp. 
  ?) 
  with 
  us 
  from 
  4.30 
  p.m., 
  lat. 
  56° 
  24' 
  N., 
  long. 
  

  

  24° 
  47' 
  W., 
  to 
  4.50 
  p.m., 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  disturbed 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  

  

  crew. 
  

  

  Wheatear 
  (Saxicola 
  cenanthe). 
  — 
  Sept. 
  26th. 
  One 
  young 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  killed 
  at 
  9.30 
  a.m., 
  lat. 
  56° 
  12' 
  N., 
  long. 
  15° 
  20' 
  W. 
  ; 
  it 
  

   was 
  first 
  noticed 
  at 
  6 
  a.m. 
  27th. 
  Another 
  observed 
  flying 
  about 
  

   ship, 
  lat. 
  56° 
  38' 
  N., 
  long. 
  26° 
  38' 
  W., 
  for 
  five 
  minutes. 
  It 
  

   settled 
  on 
  a 
  wire-rope 
  over 
  bridge 
  for 
  a 
  moment, 
  and 
  then 
  dis- 
  

   appeared. 
  

  

  Myrtle 
  Warbler 
  {Dendroica 
  coronata). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  1st. 
  River 
  St. 
  

   Lawrence 
  above 
  Rimouski 
  ; 
  one 
  caught 
  at 
  midnight. 
  Foggy 
  

   weather. 
  

  

  Land-birds 
  (size 
  of 
  Snow-Bunting). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  13th, 
  two 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Belle 
  Isle, 
  flight 
  of 
  about 
  twenty 
  going 
  eastward 
  ; 
  S.E. 
  

   breeze, 
  clear. 
  

  

  Land-birds 
  (small). 
  — 
  Oct. 
  14th. 
  One 
  seen 
  at 
  9.54 
  a.m., 
  lat. 
  

   53° 
  54' 
  N., 
  long. 
  47° 
  04' 
  W. 
  ; 
  two 
  crossed 
  ship's 
  bow 
  at 
  12.10 
  p 
  m. 
  

   Wind 
  N.W. 
  all 
  day, 
  clear 
  weather. 
  

  

  Land-birds 
  (small). 
  — 
  Nov. 
  16th, 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  One 
  

   seen 
  during 
  4 
  to 
  8 
  a.m. 
  watch 
  : 
  four 
  at 
  12.10 
  p.m. 
  crossed 
  bow, 
  

   going 
  south. 
  

  

  