Brewster.] 364 [October 3, 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OBSERVED DURING A SUMMER 

 CRUISE IN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. 



BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 



In the spring of 1881 I was invited by Professor Hyatt to join 

 an expedition then organizing for a trip to the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence and also, if circumstances should allow, to Labrador and 

 Newfoundland. This expedition was undertaken partly for 

 pleasure, but chiefly for scientific exploration and the collection 

 of fossils, birds, insects, and plants, as well as to obtain a series of 

 photographs illustrating terraces, and other geological forma- 

 tions. Although the expenses were largely borne by Professor 

 Hyatt and the gentlemen who accompanied him, the scientific 

 work Avas done in the interest of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History, to which almost all of the specimens were afterwards 

 given. The plan of the expedition, the places which it visited, 

 and the material results which it achieved have been already 

 announced by our Curator in his last Annual Report, but for the 

 benefit of those who may not see that publication, I will repeat 

 such of them as have a direct bearing on my subject. 



Our party, as finally arranged, consisted of Professor Hyatt, 

 Curator of the Society; Mr. Samuel Henshaw, Assistant in the 

 Museum ; Messrs. E. G. Gardiner, W. H. Kerr, and E. R. Warren 

 of the Institute of Technology; and the writer of the present 

 paper. 



We sailed from Annisquam, Mass., on the morning of June 17, 

 in the "Arethusa," a schooner-rigged yacht of seventeen tons 

 belonging to Professor Hyatt. Our course was laid directly for 

 Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, which was passed on the evening of 

 the 18th, and thence to the Gut of Canso where we arrived about 

 sunset on the 20th. 



The three succeeding days were passed in the vicinity of Port 

 Hawkesbury, Cape Breton, and we entered the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence the morning of the 21th; anchoring that night at Port 

 Hood, and reaching Grand Entry Island the evening of the follow- 

 ing day. 



The Magdalens proved a profitable, as well as interesting, collect- 

 ing ground, and nine days were spent there ; the places visited 

 being Grand Entry Island, Amherst Harbor, Grand Entry Harbor, 



