LAND-BIBDS ON NORTH ATLANTIC, dc. 299 



remained with the ship till 4.30 p.m. Dense fog from noon 

 onwards. 



Stabling (Sturnus vulgaris). — Oct. 27th. Mr. J. E. Stitch, 

 chief officer of s.s. ' Pretorian,' reports meeting with one at noon 

 in lat. 56° 7' N., long. 18° 38' W. Haze and drizzling rain ; 

 light easterly wind. 



Land-bied (small). — Oct. 27th. Three seen by Mr. Grant 

 Bobinson at 12.30 p.m., lat. 56° 15' N., long. 30° 05' W. Fine 

 clear weather. 



Land-birds (several species). — Oct. 29th. Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, ten miles S.E. of Heath Point. Mr. A. Freer reports 

 several on board his ship from 7 a.m. till noon. They suddenly 

 disappeared when thirty-four miles from Cape Whittle, the 

 nearest land. Three wings received were identified by Prof. J. 

 Macoun, of Ottawa, as Eedpoll (Acanthis linaria), Pine Siskin 

 (Sjnnus pinus) , Tree-Sparrow (Spizella monticola). Fresh S.W. 

 breeze ; threatening snow. 



Land-bird (small). — Oct. 29th. Two seen by Mr. J. Fortune 

 from s.s. 'Tunisian' at 11 a.m., fifty-four miles N. 77° W. of 

 Tory Island. Wind variable. 



Land-bird (like Common Snipe). — Nov. 1st. Mr. Guy Hamil- 

 ton reports meeting with one at 8 a.m., fifty-eight miles S. 89° W. 

 of Bull Piock, Co. Cork. Light N.E. breeze; fine and clear. 



Land-birds (like Chaffinches). — Nov. 2nd. Same observer 

 reports four or five at noon, lat. 52° 31' N., long. 19° 23' W. 

 Moderate W.S.W. breeze and cloudy weather. 3rd. Two still on 

 board at noon, lat. 53° 13' N., long. 25° 55' W. Moderate 

 westerly breeze. 



Land-birds (size of Blackbirds). — Dec. 18th. Sixty miles off 

 Nova Scotia. Three observed keeping with s.s. ' Sicilian ' for 

 few minutes. Moderate N.N.W. wind ; hazy. 



These notes may be looked upon as showing, in a very small 

 way, the number of birds which are seen yearly on the North 

 Atlantic, and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Probably, if they were 

 multiplied by forty or fifty times, they would be still far short of 

 the number that wander out to sea. 



It will be seen that the Snow-Bunting is the most frequent 

 bird met with, and that it occurs in considerable numbers, and 



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