Ornithological Notes. 
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ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 
BY MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 
The members of this society who are interested in Orni- 
thology have, during the year that has just closed, made con- 
siderable progress in the study of the distribution of the species 
occurring within the Province and have acquired other information 
which will be utilized when a revision of the catalogue of birds, pub- 
lished in the last number of this Bulletin, shall be undertaken. This 
revision must however be deferred for a number of years unless more 
workers can be induced to enter the field, as the present number of 
observers is very limited and these have but little opportunity to 
prosecute the study and there yet remains an immense extent of 
country of which no systematic exploration has been made. 
In this connection it might be stated that the Committee would 
gladly avail themselves of the co-operation of persons who are not 
members; and if assistance was rendered them by residents in the 
various districts of the Province the value of the annotations to the 
catalogue would be very largely increased and the time hastened 
when its revision could be satisfactorily completed. 
The County of St. John has as usual received most attention 
from the ornithologists of the society during the year, and the 
previous determinations regarding the birds found there have been 
confirmed and an addition made to the list of several species not 
previously observed. 
The species new to the locality are as follows ; — * 
American Titlark (Anthus ludovicianus). — During October last 
several large flocks were observed on the Courtenay Bay Flats, at 
Little River, and in the vicinity of tne Manawagonish marshes. 
Lapland Longspur {Ceatrophanes lapponicus). — Mr. Pinkirton 
took three specimens near the Ballast Wharf and a few others 
were observed by Messrs. Daniel and Morrissey, all in the last week 
of December, and in every instance they were in the company of 
Snow Buntings. 
♦Several of these “ notes ” have been recorded by the writer in the January number 
of the Bulletin of the Nuttall Club. 
