Bros ding Dates of Birds in Kings 
County, N.S. WatsonL. Bishop. 
American Merganser (Mergus merganser amer- 
icanus). May 23, 30. Found on islands in Gas- 
pereaux Lakes. First set (taken May 23). was 
found in a large old stub, about twelve feet i 
high, in a hole in the top. This hole reached 
down about twenty inches, where the nest was 
composed of old rotten wood, a little dog grass, 
and was lined with feathers. The parent bird 
was caught on the nest, and the eggs (eleven 
in number), were perfectly fresh and very uni- 
form in shape. The next set taken May 30 (also 
eleven in number), was situated much the same 
as the one above described, and incubation was j 
about a week advanced. 
Q.&O. Kill. Mar. 1888 p.45 
