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" I did not disturb them, and they remained there nearly all day. 



"A few days afterwards they all disappeared, but on December 

 1 6, I picked up a dead one and gave it to Mr. Nelson ; this was 

 the last I saw or heard of them. 



"As to the report of their being out in the lake, I can say that 

 we are out about seven miles in the lake three times every week, 

 and I have never observed a Guillemot more than one hundred 

 and fifty yards from shore. In preference to going out in the 

 lake they would invariably fly farther along the shore. 



" I think the birds have probably skirted the shore of the lake 

 completely round, and eventually gone back, down the St. 

 Lawrence River, as I am sure not one-half of the birds observed 

 were shot." 



Mr. Chris. Curtis says : 



" I have probably had more experience with these birds than 

 any other person about Toronto, and I do think that not one- 

 half of the birds observed were killed. 



" I secured fourteen specimens altogether, and the number I 

 took was very small compared with those I saw flying past. I 

 agree with Mr. Montgomery that all the birds were very restless 

 and yet not nervous, as I approached within a few yards of 

 several, and had I worked a little could have shot double the 

 number. 



" I have not seen any since Mr. Montgomery found the dead 

 one near his house/' 



Mr. Hector McDonald notes : 



" I was with Mr. Curtis when he took the first bird. 



" On December 8 we took ten. 



" I am out on the lake three times a week, and all the birds I 

 observed were close to shore. 



" Those I secured were taken with comparative ease, as com- 

 pared to the manoeuvering required in duck shooting." 



I have since been informed by Mr. Bunbury that a solitary 

 bird remains about the Queen's wharf, and on Sunday, January 

 14, Messrs. Spanner and F. Dippie saw the bird in the same 

 vicinity. It had probably been wounded, and was thus unable 

 to leave with the others. 



G. E. Atkinson. 



