Brewster.] 372 [October 3, 



observed only twice, near Gaspe and at Ellis Bay, Anticosti. On 

 l»oth occasions adults were seen feeding newly-fledged young ; in 

 the first instance among alders bordering a brook ; in the second, 

 on high ground in an opening grown up to mountain maples 

 (Acer spicatum). 



17. Setophaga ruticilla, Linn. — American Redstart. 

 Several were seen at Fox Bay and others near Mingan. At 



Ellis Bay they were really common in the hardwood timber and 

 mixed growth a little back from the shore. The species was not 

 noted to the southward of Anticosti. 



18. Tachycineta bicolor, Linn. — White-bellied Swallow. 

 On July 9 two were seen near Fox Bay flying over the surface 



of a salt water lagoon. 



19. Petrochelidon lunifrons, Say. , — Cliff Swallow. 



We found a small colony nesting under the eaves of a shed at 

 Port Hawkesbury, but the species was not observed elsewhere. 

 Verrill describes 1 a nesting place on the face of some limestone 

 cliffs on the eastern side of the entrance to Ellis Bay. Owing 

 to lack of time I was unable to visit this spot, but as none of the 

 birds were seen about the bay I suspect that the colony had de- 

 serted the locality. 



20. Cotile riparia, Linn. — Bank Swallow. 



Bank Swallows were observed rather frequently, but we met 

 with only two breeding colonies ; one at Grand Entry Island, 

 the other near Gaspe. In the latter locality the birds had drilled 

 their' holes in the face of a soft limestone cliff, but at Grand 

 Entry they were nesting in the usual manner in a layer of sandy 

 earth near the top of a bank. 



21. Progne subis, Linn. — Purple Martin. 



Observed at Point du Chene where a colony occupied a Martin 

 box in the village. 



22. Vireo solitarius, Vieill. — Solitary Vireo. 



On June 23 I heard a male singing in some spruce woods that 

 crowned a hill behind the little village of Macnair Cove. Rather 

 curiously, this was the only Vireo of any species observed during 

 the expedition. 



23. Carpodacus purpureus, Gm. — Purple Finch. 



An abundant species of general distribution about the shores 



i Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. ix, Dec. 1862, p. 137. 



