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107. Anas obscura ; Black I)uck. A tolerably common 

 Bummer resident, breeding about the fresh water lakes. 



108. Dafila acuta ; Pintail. The only one Mr. Comeau 

 ever saw here he shot June 7, 1882. 



109. Querquedula carol mens is ; Green-winged Teal. 

 Bare here, but they breed at Manacougan. 



110. Querquedula discors ; Blue-winged Teal. Rare, 

 but oftener seen than the preceding. Has been shot 

 early in May. 



111. Fuligida affinis ; Scaup Duck. Tolerably com- 

 mon in October. 



112. Fuligida collaris ; Ring-neck Duck. Mr. Comeau 

 has killed two in spring. 



113. Clangula glaucium ; Golden-eye. A resident 

 species, and tolerably common. Breeds on fresh water 

 only. Remains throughout the winter. 



114. Clangula islandica ; Barrow's Golden-eye. A 

 common resident, breeding, like the foregoing on fresh 

 water, and remaining on the Gulf all winter. 



115. Clangida albeola ; Butter-ball. Rare. Has been 

 shot in October. 



116. Harelda glacialis ; Old Wife. Resident. Very 

 abundant in winter, the largest flocks being seen in 

 December, January, and February. Mr. Comeau took 

 one in full summer plumage as early as April 23, 1882. 

 Tolerably common in summer, and supposed to breed. 



117. Histrionicus minutus ; Harlequin Duck. Rare, 

 and only seen during the latter part of April and early 

 in May. This year Mr. Comeau saw two April 16, and 

 shot one May 8, out of a flock of four. 



118. Somateria mollissima ; Eider Duck. A perman- 

 ent resident, but rather rare. 



119. Somateria spectabilis ; King Eider. Rare. Has 

 been known to breed. 



120. (Edemia americana ; Black Scoter. Common 

 from early in April till some time in November. They 

 do not remain through the winter. 



121. (Edemia fusca ; Velvet Scoter. A common 

 resident. The largest flocks are seen in April and 

 November, and the species is common all the year round. 



122. (Edemia perspicillata ; Surf Duck. Very com- 

 mon from April to November, but does not winter. The 

 males greatly preponderate over the females in this 

 species, and Mr. Comeau tells me that the proportion is 

 always about seven males to one female. 



123. Mergus merganser ; Shelldrake. Tolerably com- 

 m on, breeding about the fresh water. 



124. Mergus serrator ; Red-breasted Merganser. Very 

 common, frequenting both fresh and salt water. 



125. Sula bassana ; Gannet. Occasional. I have 

 found it breeding in numbers at the west end of Anti- 

 costi, but do not think it nests farther up in the Gulf. 



126. Phalacrocoraxcarbo; Common Cormorant. Rare 

 but Mr. Comeau has shot several here. 



127. Phalacrocorax dilophus ; Double-crested Cor- 

 morant. Mr. Comeau shot a female May 19, 1882. 



128. Stercorarius pomatorhimi's; Pomatorhine Jaeser 

 Rare. s ' 



129. Stercorarius parasitictis ; Parasitic Jaeger. 

 Rather rare. Mr. Comeau shot six in one day about the 

 middle of May, 1874. 



130. Larus glaucus ; Glaucous Gull ; Ice Gull. Rather 

 rare. Usually seen in February, March, and April. I 

 have a handsome male which was shot by Mr. Comeau 

 April 29, 1882. 



131. Larus leucopterus ; "White-winged Gull. Not 



common. Commonly appearB and dinappearg with the 

 last. Mr. Comeau has shot it as late as May 1. 



132. Larus marinus ; Great Black-backed Gull. 

 Breeds, and is tolerably common. It is absent only in 

 January and February. July 17, 18*2, I found one of 

 their nests on Great Baule, one of the Seven Islands. It 

 consisted of a little coarse grass placed in a slight de- 

 pression in the rock, and was lined with a sort of pad, 

 about four inches in diameter, of beautiful soft down, on 

 which reposed a single egg. The egg had been incu- 

 bated, but failed to hatch. 



133. Larus argentatus smithsonianus ; Herring Gull. 

 Very abundant, breeding plentifully on suitable rocki. 

 Arrives about the middle or latter part of April, remain- 

 ing into November. 



134. Rissatridactyla ; Kittiwake. Breeds abundantly. 

 Arrives late in April or early in May, remaining into 

 December. This and the preceding are the commonest 

 Gulls along this part of the coast, and are constantly 

 seen, both singly and in immense flocks. They follow 

 the receding tide and cover the sand flats that are ex- 

 posed at low water, feeding upon the molluscs and other 

 marine animals that abound in such situations. I have 

 seen more than a thousand at one time. 



135. Pagophila eburnea , Ivory Gull. Very rare. Mr 

 Comeau shot a male in April, 1877, at Point de Monts. 

 The specimen was presented to the Museum at Bersimis 

 Mission, where it is now preserved. 



136. Chroicocephalus Philadelphia ; Bonaparte's Gull. 

 A tolerably common summer resident, arriving late in 

 May. 



137. Sterna macrura ; Arctic Tern. Very abundant 

 at certain places, where it breeds. Mr. Comeau once 

 killed sixteen at one shot, flying. It arrives early in 

 June. 



138. Cymochorea leucorrhoa ; Leach's Petrel. Com- 

 mon in summer. 



139. Colymbus torquatus ; Loon. Common. Breeds 

 about the fresh-water lakes of the interior. I saw many 

 and heard others, in the Gulf, near Point de Monts in 

 July. Earliest seen Apail 12, 1882. 



140. Colymbus septentrional is ; Red-throated Diver 

 Common, breeding with the last, but not arriving so 

 early, usually coming in May. 



141. Podicipes griseigena holbcelli; Red-necked Grebe 

 Rare ; one shot in September. 



142. Podilymbus podicipes ; Dab-chiek ; Hell Diver 

 Not rare ; killed both spring and fall. 



143. Fratercida arctica ; Puffin; Sea Parrot. Not 

 common as far up as Point de Monts, but verv abundant 

 on the Mingan Islands, where they breed by thousands. 



144. Me nigricans; Dovekie. Very abundant in 

 Hocks during some winters, arriving early in December 

 and remaining till some time in February. During 

 other winters it is rare or does not occur at all. 



145. UriaSgrylie ; Black Guillemot; Sea Pigeon. V 

 common resident, breeding not onlv here, but' even on 

 the islands oft" the mouth of the Saguanay, an hundred 

 and fifty miles farther up the St. Lawrence. 



146. Lonivia troile ; Foolish Guillemot ; Murre. Like 

 the Dovekie, the Murre is sometimes very abundant 

 herein winter, while during other winters*it does not 

 occur at all. It is not wary, and does not even know 

 enough to keep out of the way of docs along the shore 

 It is well named the "Foolish" Guillemot, for both its 

 habits and appearance deserve this appellation. In fact 

 it looks like a perfect idiot, swimming over on one side 

 as if one leg were broken, and starincr vacantly at its 

 enemies without attempting to escape, "its tout ensemble 

 is stupid and gawky. 



