THE BIOLOGICAL REVIEW. 



The following table gives measurements of twenty-one speci- 

 mens examined by myself : 



J3 







c 





£ 



15-75 



8-37 



15-75 



8-37 



16.00 



8.00 



16.00 



8.00 





8.25 





8.00 



16.00 



8.00 





8.00 





8.00 





8.00 



I5-87 



8.25 



1.06 

 1 .00 

 1 .00 

 1 .00 

 1. 00 

 1. 00 



I. 00 



1. 00 

 1. 00 

 1 .00 



.87 



O &£ 



■44 

 •44 

 ■37 

 •44 

 •37 

 •44 

 ■37 

 •44 

 •44 

 •44 

 •37 



•75 

 •75 

 ■75 

 •75 

 .62 



•75 

 ■75 

 ■75 

 •75 

 •75 

 •75 



1.44 

 1.44 



i-37 



1.25 



J-37 



1-25 

 1.25 



1-25 

 1-25 

 i-37 



15-25 

 16.00 

 16.00 

 16.00 



15-25 

 i5-5o 



15.12 



•25 

 .oc 

 ,00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .87 



■75 

 .00 

 .62 



.00 



U 



J5 

 "o "So 



Q 



•37 



•44 

 •44 

 •37 

 •44 

 •37 

 •44 

 ■37 



75 



i-3i 

 1.25 

 1.25 



1-25 

 1 .12 



x -37 

 i-37 

 1.25 



i-37 

 1.25 



The following are statements made by those who shot most 

 of the birds, and had probably the best opportunity to note their 

 habits while they were here. 



Mr. Wm. Montgomery observes as follows : 



" I saw the first bird shot by Mr. Curtis ; I had never seen a 

 bird like it before, though I have lived on the bar for about 

 twenty-four years. 



" About a week afterwards a flock of five pitched in a small 

 gap in the ice, and C. Curtis secured four of them. The two 

 days following were raw and cold, but all day long small flocks 

 were seen flying westward. 



" They seemed very restless, and would pitch every few hun- 

 dred yards and rise again, always flying westward. I did not 

 see any flying east or south ; they were all within one hundred 

 yards of shore. 



"On Saturday morning, December 9, a flock of about fifteen 

 pitched in a small bay in the ice directly behind our house, and 

 I was within a few yards of them, but they took no notice of me ; 

 they huddled close together as though seeking shelter from the 

 strong north-west wind, which was blowing for the three days 

 they were so numerous. 



