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(5) Avoid all lube-bearing fungi in which the f)eih changes color when cut or broken, or where the mouths of the tubes are reddish and in the cise of other tube-bearing fungi experiment with caution. 6) Avoid fungi having clay-colored gilU and a spider web or woolly ring on the stalk. (7) In case of doubt discard the plant. MusiiRooM.s Which Mav Bk Gatiif.reu. The foregoing rules are given as a warning against comparatively few plants; the edible mushrooms urr more numerous and those that may be gathered are as follows: All the puff balls and coral fungi; any of the hedge hog cr spiny fungi and the morels; also any mushroom whose gills become brown; mushrooms having reddish or orange milk; all mushrooms that melt down into an inky liquid when mature; many mushrooms with white gills, but caie must be taken to be absolutely certain that they have no poison cup or volva. Learn to Know the Mushkoom.s. Before attempting to eat a large number of mush- rooms one should learn to know them by their in dividual characters, the same as he would learn to know berries or other wild fruit. The best way to do this is to secure a book describing the various kinds and then gather the different ones and com- pare them with the descriptions and illustrationi. Another way is to go out into the woods and fieldi with someone who knows the mushrooms and ha'we the different kinds, both (wisonous and edible, point- ed out and the characters explained. Still another way to learn the mushrooms is a> follows. Carefully dig up the mushrooms so that all ihn fruit body including the very bate of the stem is present. Wrap in dry paper, taking care not to crush the specimen, attach a note describing where the plant grew, i.e. fields, woods or road side; whether it grows in the ground, or wood and the color of the fresh specimen. The specimen should then be enclosed in a strong cardboard carton or wooden box and sent in to the Department of Botany, Ontario Agricultural College, Guclph, Onl. If the specimen is carefully packed, it will arrive in fair condition and the name and properties of the mushroom will be sent to you by the next mail. Books that DE.scRtBE Mushrooms. Mcllvaine, Chas.- One Thousand American Fungi. Hard. M. F.. -Mushrooms, Edible and Other- wise. Atkinson, Geo. G.~- Mushrooms, Edible, Poison- ous, etc. Marshall, Nina L. The Mushroom Book. Gibson, Hamilton Our F.dible Fungi. Murrill. W. A. F.dible and Poisonous Mush- rooms. Stone, H. K. Mushrooms of Ontario; Ontario Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 263. NOTES ON IHE SUMMEK BlUDS OF THE GASPE PENINSULA, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. By Charles W. Town-send, M.D., Boston. In planning a trip to any spot in North America, one naturally turns to the indices of the Auk and the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club in order to learn what ornithological work has been done in that region and what birds one may expect to find. As far as I can discover there has been no list pub- lished and no mention made of the birds of the Gaspe Peninsula in these journals. The only notes of this region published by ornithologists elsewhere that I can find are by Mr. Wm. Brewster, ' ; Mr. Frank M. Chapman- and Mr. P. A. Taverner'. In none of these notes is there any attempt to list the birds of the region, and it therefore seems worth while to present the following preliminary list. The gen- erosity of Mr. Taverner in putting his notes, made chiefly at Perce in the summers of 1914 and 1913, at my disposal has made this list of much greate. value than if my own notes alone were to be drawn upon. I feel sure that Mr. Taverner's work in these regions has had the greatest influence in determining ■ 1) NiMis i>ii ilii' lilnls oli.scTveil ilurinK a summrr iriiis.' in the r.iilf (if St. I..awn'iiei'. ITfieciMlliitjB, l;.iston S.ici. ty of Natural Hlstury, Vol. 22, pi). :;G1, 41l': iss::, iji r.ird siiiiliis Willi a eamiTa. New York. 1900, j.ii IJS-Ur.. Cianmts of Uonaveiiuirr, liird Lore, v.. I. 1. i.sii?. r- "1. t;;t 'rtii' t;annt'is of lionavcnture Islanil, The Ottawa Naiiiraiisi. Vol. :;:;, tins. pii. in-'JS. April. 1920) Thf Canadian Field- Natuhaust 79 ihr Provincial Govrrnmrnl lo makr Pcrcf [Wk, Bonavrnlurr Inland and Bud F^ock near thr Mag- dalrnt, bird rmrrvaliont. I hi* tplrndid pircr of work wii accomplithrd in 1918 and ihr wondrrful colonir* in thru' ihrcr localities arr now prolfcli d for ail lime. Thrw rrsrrvaliont arr of great valur and inlrrrtl not only lo ornilhologists but In ihr gen- eral pull' and they will become more and mori' known viiiled. Both Perce Rock and Bona- venture *. .ilfj have a beauty and grandeur of »l/e and form and coloring thai is unequalled along our Atlantic Coast, but their wonderful charm is in- creased manyfold by ihe variety and abundance of the bird life that adorns them. The Provincial Government, whi^h has made them reservations, to- gether with Bird Rock off the Magdalens, is to b' greatly congratulated, and it is lo be hoped that this is but the beginning of their Hnik and that other reservations may be added liii where, especi- ally along the Labrador Coast wlure they are so much needed. The splendid work of the Audubon Society in the United Stales may well be taken .is a model, The Gaspr Peninsula projects like a lower lip at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It lies north of New Brunswick from which it is separated by the Bay of Chalcur and the Restigouche River. A single track railway runs along the southern shore nearly lo the end of the peninsula at Gaspe, and for a few miles alonr! the northern shore as far as Malan. A carriage road follows the shore cf the whole peninsula and there are a few short side roads extending but a mile or two into the interior which is an uninhabited region of forest and mountains. Villages inhabited for the most pari by fishermen of French and Chan- nel Island descent, are scattered along the coast. The geology of the Gaspe Peninsula is most in- teresting and complicated. At Perce, for exampK-, arc outcrops of Cambrian, Silurian and Devonian limestones with strata almost vertical, overlaid in places with a great mantlr of horizontal red sand- stones and conglonieralis. The mountains near the north coast are of gray Silurian limestones and serpentines. At the places visited there was no evi- dence of general glacialion, but only of slight and local glacialion. There arc few lakes and the streams are deeply cut. The vegetation is of the Hudsonian type, ih- forest is largely of spruce,- black and while, and balsam fir. Arbor vitae, canoe birches and aspens are common. A few white pines, larches, yellow birches, mountain ashes and sugar maples are lo be seen. The avifauna is largely Canadian with a num- ber of Hudsonian and also of Transition firms. The itinerary of my trip was as follows: - Crossing on July 5lh. 1919 from Campbellton, New Brunswick, where ihe Restigouche River merit the Bay of Chaleur, I >|>enl Iwo days at Cross F'oint in the lownthip of Vlann, and had an op- |M>rtunity lo observe ihe birds in the woods and helds there July 7th was occupied in travelling ihe 1 50 milts to Cape Cove, from which I was taken by automobile nine miles to Perce. The railroad journey was such a leisurely one, with so many breakdowns of the engine thai I was able to see something of the birds and flowers of the region At Perce, a quaint little French fishing village with beautiful selling of rock, cliff and mountain, I stayed until August 6th and explored the neighbor- hood including Bonavcnture Island, Corner of the Beach and Barachois. On the latter date I went by motor boat some Iwenly-eight miles to Grande Greve near the eastermost lip of the Forillon. the narrow peninsula that stretches between Gaspe Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Here I stayed until August 23lh and explored the neighborhood in- cluding a walking trip through Cape Rosier and Griffin Cove lo Fox River, and back through the "portage" to Peninsula, and along the southern coast of the Forillon lo Grand Greve. A day was spent in the neighborhood of Douglaslown on the southern side of Gaspe Bay and another at Gaspe and on the lower waters of the York River. Before presenting the annotated list I would say a few words about the Iwo new bird reservations at Perce. Perce Rock is an isolated mass of nearly vertical strata of Devonian limestone some 1 500 feet long, and 288 feel high at its highest point and 300 feet wide at its greatest breadth. It is connected with the shore only at low tides by a bar two or three hundred yards long. At the outer end stands a smaller isolated mass or pinacle. The main rock is pierced by an arch with a span of about eighty feel and from this the rock receives its name. Perce Rock is an object of exceeding beauty not only on account of its striking shape and great size, but also on account of the brilliancy and variety of its col- ouring. Its beauty and interest are greatly en- hanced by its bird inhabitants which throng its in- accessible summit and form a circling cloud. Breed- ing Kitliwakes lo the number of about 400, occupy the shelves and niches of the northern face over the arch. Double-crested Cormorants, a thousand or more and Herring Gulls to the number of 2,000 breed on the flat surface of the summit. A few Black Guillemots nest in some of the holes and corners on the sides of the rock. I was enabled lo make a fairly iniimale stud, of the home life of these birds of the summit through the kindness of Mrs. F rederick James, whose late hu.sband was the beloved artist of the little village of Perce, At her invitation I spent many interest- m Tm». Canadian FirLD-NATUHAUsT |Vol. XXXIV ing hours looking through hrr powrrful Irlrarop- from the pia/za of hrr houir on Capp Cannon. Bonavrnlurr liland, in thrrr milni dialant from Prrce and ii of ilill grrairr value and imporlanrr. Il it about thrrc milri long and a milr and a half broad. The oulrr tidr facet the ira in thrrr rlirtt of horizontal ttrata of rrd conglomrralr and land tlonr four and fivr hundred frri high. On ihr cliffi and nichri and along the thrlvrt, lirr above tier nett a very large and notable collection of wator birds. The moil important of ihetr in size and num- ben a.e the Gannett which are most numerous to- wards the southern end. Mr. Taverner has esti- mated their numbers to oe 8.000. Heiring GulU breed on the cliffs to the number of several hun- dreds if not thousands. A smaller number of Kilti- wakes nest near the northern end of this outer tide of the island on vertical cliffs that pot est but few and small nichei. Murrei and Ra/or-billed Auk", perhapt 500 pairs of the former and 100 of the latter alto Iny their eggs on the cliffs. A small number of Puffins and a few Black Guillfmols are alto breeders there, while in the holet and crevices on top of the cliflt Leache'i Petrels nest. Nj Cormorants brred here but visitors from Perce Rock may often be to be seen singly, sometimes among the Gannels and in compan- ies of two or three often with Murres in clefts or ledges smaller than those frequented by the Gannels. Flocks of ten or Rfteen Murre« on the water generally included one or two Razor- billed Auks. 6. Hi^^a Iridailyla tridacl\)la. Kittiwake. About 400 breed on the northern face of Perce Rock near the arch and about as many un the cliffs uf Bonaventure Island. 7. Larui inarinui. Great Black-backed Gull. A few seen in July. More common in August. No evidence of breeding. 8. l.arui argcnlalua. Herring Gull. Abund.int. Breeds op the top of Perce Rock to the number of about 2.000. on the cliffs of Bonaventure Island and the Murailles al Perce, on the sea cliffs below Ml. St. Albans and on the Bon Ami cliffs near Grand Grev and doubtless on many other cliffs of the Pminsula. Cod fishing IS ill. chi. induslrv of the coast and the fish are cleam i inH -, I at ! ^les on the beach- es or on fishing slag. I i h. nJ entrails are loft where they fall lU are sought by Her- ring Gulls, who gather when ; ,h are brought in. and do important work is %rxvi „ s. They arc vrv tame and mav often h> v hing for «craf>- on empty boats riding at an. ' Save co nied as many as 3" on one boa' young are on the wing none but full jits are to be seen; no birds with blai k ails were found in these flocks. Th. y„ j ,rfd in the air the last week in July. A cloud of Herring Gulls, wa, 'slantlv flying about Perce Rock and thnr < nn ,i|wav5 to be heard by day and frequr.''- ghl I h-.- bugle-like courtship song frequ. n'H drd d fighting among the adults on li f' << it, quent. (To be continued.) 1(11 < ASAIllAN I IMI» NaII KAl l-l |V„I xxxiv. May. I'»2<»| I ll» C ANADIAN I h I II N 87 NOILS ON IMl MMMI U HIKD.s H> ( II Ki 1 N NX' I o» (t lilllllUl. ^" young t'nipty ihrir ^toiiitit h tonlrnU on th«- t(f<>unr arrn ptdrlit iii|| ihiirl HikIiU on tin top of iht Kuck, but whrn ihry oner l.iunch oul from ihrir nrdiOK pUt r lliry rooti on llir hrokrn ro< k and brai Inn <■! ihi- foot of llir rlift> •J /.urii> fihilaJilpliia Hon.ip.irl< '« (jull On Au,(u«l I4lh I '.!» lv\ii ,idull« .md lour muiiriluir bird^ of ihu ^ptrir^ m tftr Cid^pt' Hdtin. evidently migrants. 10. Stt-rna litfiinjo, C oinnion I em I he only biid« of llii» «peiie« I «aw any»her" along ihr loast of ihe Peninsula v\ere aboul a dii/in at t ro!.- Point on July jih Mr. I averner doe^ not noti* llii'in. II H\iih'>i lulijon niiira iiiiitiaiinnsn. Hl.iek I irn One leell AugUSl 27tb III llie lower part of ill ^ ork Kiver near Gj«pr. 12. Oifunoiironiu U'uiorhoa. Leacli'* Petrel. Fiieeding rnmniunly in ihi' clefl» and lioiei in the lop of the Cjannel cliff* at Ronavi ntuie Inland. I 3. .Sii/u hassana. Gannet. A» alre.idy slated aboul 8.()(K} Gannel.H bleed in the liiff* on ihe ea«tein tide of Bonavenlure Island. Ihe great majority of the birds seen were in full adul' plumage; about one in ihre' or four hundred had black ni the base of the wing, in the tail and scalterei' over the back. I hese. I suppose, are birds Isvo years old. Kaily ill July nearly all the eggs had hatched, but I watched an adult on July 18th which wa i own feathers and the down of hrr otf spring, gapes sleipily and darls her head aiigiilv .Il .1 neighbor I he young beionie more insistent and tries to wedge open the bill of its innther. .Sh' at List gives ,1 gulp, curves !ier head down, opens wide her bill .ind appears to swallow ihe head .iiH neck of her Impelul Ihe piocess IS soon lepe.lled. the young .ilways seem ready to disappear into the cavi rn of its parent's mouth ^ lielher the great volume of noise that goes out from ihis hdge is th.' courtship song or not I can not say. but it is doiiblless .lugmented by the call- ing of ihe young for food It suggests thousands of rattling looms in a great factory, .i rough vibrating pulsing sound, and may be written down tar-rii, I ar 'a. (ar-ra. I aking advantage of the siro; b sea bree/es and of ihe currents defleclid upwards by ihe cliffs. lh< Ciani.et 's able to soar on rigidly outstretched wings for a long lime without flapping. One. which I watched passing wilhin a few yards of me, circ'ed ten times to within a few feet of a hdge crowded with its kind, and each time he dropped h:5 feel as if about to alight, but each lime drew them up again .tnd sailed by. l\\cept for a momi'ntary Hut ler )usl before each .ittenipl to alight, his wings were held rigidly cutstretched. I he circle was one oi three or four hundred yards in diameter. On each of the last three times he executed a smaller circle in addition, thus completing a figure of eight. On the eleventh attempt he dropped suddenly on the ledg' close to his male on her nest. The bill-shaking and bowing and caressing that went on was in the most spontaneous and ■ ager fashion. I hey ap|>eared over-Jcyed to meet again. Before flying from the ledge the Gannet generally poises motionless for several moments wilh its eyes and b;ll poinled upwards, [lerhaps in order to walch for an opportunity to fly without colliding with an- other bird 111 the air. It then leaps clear of its com- panions and of the ledge, and with tail turned down as a brake, it ..wiftly descends until il gathers impetus enough to rise. At Grand Grcve in the early part of August I frequently saw Gannets singly or in groups of two fTtf.' 88 Tin. Canadian FitLD-NATUKAUsi I Vol. XXXIV. and thrtos fly back and forth in Ga.spi- Bay. Dur- ing the lallcr part of the month they were flying south. I did not sir any fly over thr land. M. Plialairoi.orax aurilus atirilm. Doubli-crrstcd Cormorant. A very abundant bird all along tin- coast. It breeds to the number of about 2.0(10 on lop o( Perec Kock and in large number.'; i.ii the gre^it abundant jpcciis and grows lu.xuriantly. 1 he feeding of the partly-grown and especially of the fully-grown young Cc niorant was always an amusing spectacle. An adult alighting on the rock :s at once besieged by one or more young who wave their wings frantically and raise their heads, beseech- ing llu parent for food. Often limes the parent i.< reluctant to acceid Ic the request and runs away. 'N \ \ i:\Tii;r: i.-.:i..\m . N.i'l.i 'Mill :.>\ ..f sea cliffs at Bon Ami and a' the foot of Mt. St. Albans. At Perce Kock there a|)[)eared to be seventeen dislmcl clusters of nest- where everything in- cluding the nests was painted while with drop- pings and the ground was devoid of vegeta- tion. Where the Herring Gulls nest the sur- face is largely covered with vege'ation. ^ar- row, Achillea boreali^, appears to be the most closely pursued by its oifspring. dodging in and cut among the other Cormorants and Gulls. Finally the parent gives in, opens its capacious maw into wh:ch the young disappears as far as its head and neck are concerned. The parent gradually lowers lis head as the young pushes in, and finally bring it neaib- to the ground. The young, meanwhile, flap.s its wings violently, and the picture is of a large bird trying hard lo swallow another bird of the same May, 1920) The Canadian Filld Naturalist 89 size who struggles violently in protest. It frequently happens that, after repeated requests for food, the pareiji. unable to rid itself of the tormenting young, takes refuge in (light. The young when fully grown may often be seen practicing flight by ascendmg a few feel into the air and coming back to the rock. The earliest de- scent by the young to the water look place the last of July. that they stand out as light patches on the gray rock, while the birds themselves look like black bottles. During niy stay at Grand Grcvc during the month of August an alnicsl continuous stream of these birds was passing and repassing over the little setlleineni, the birds were going to ihcir feedrnj, grounds in the Gaspe Basin and York and Dart- mouth I^ivers and returning to their nests. Th"> passed singly and in companies of two or three up i:i i.\A\i:.\Tri;i: i,-:i.am >. i.i ;. The great cliffs, which rise from the water to a height of si.\ or seven hundred feet and extend along the shore for four or five miles near Ml. St. Albans and Cape Bon Ami on the north side of the Forillon back of Grande Greve are nearly per- pendicular and possess but few shelves for foothold. On these are built the nests of this species and ihey are so plastered with the white guano of the bird to thirty or forty. In warm weather most of the birds had their mouths open, but in cool weather they were shut. I looked carefully for carfco but all were aurilui. During August groups of a hundred or more fully grown young birds were to be seen on the little pocket beaches at the foot of the Bon Ami cliffs. The fishermen dislike this bird as they say it -^"^klB 90 The Canadian Field-Naturalist (Vol. XXXIV. 'NA\i:\TrKi: isi.wi ., •;Asri; i-. i:.>>- .iC CMinini^sii.n ..l r.iiis. ivmt Imh. May. 1920] The Canadian Fif.ld-Naturalist 91 takes herrings on which they depend for bait, from their nets. I saw no shooting, but on the York River there were steel traps on posts and a few birds had suffered a hngering death. Mr. Taverner found two nesting colonies of this species in Caspe Bay, one on Gull cliffs on the south side, the other on the north side at Three Runs. Here the nesis, about thirty in number, were built in birch trees growing in crevice', in the cliffs. 15. A/crpijs serraloi. Red-breasled Mergan.ser. A flock of 20, seen at the mouth of the York River on August 27th. 16. Anas ruhripcs IrUlis. Black Duck. A number seen in the Gaspe Basin and the mouth of the York River the latter part of August. Mr. Tavernrr found them there with young. 17. Spalula (.txipcala. Shoveller. A bird probably of this species from the des- cription given to Mr. Taverner, was shot at Cape Cove in June, 1915. 18. Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. Mr. Taverner found a mounted specimen at Gaspe taken In the vicinity. 19. Clani!ula clan^ula anuricana. Goldon-eye Duck. Thirteen young with their mother were found on the upper Gaspe Basin by Mr. Taverner on July 29, 1914. 20. Harclda h\;cmalis. Old Squaw. Small flocks were seen near Bonaventure Island in 1915 by Mr. Taverner. One was taken July 22nd. 21. Hhlrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. In June and July, 1915, en three occasion* bunches of three to seven were seen near Bona- venture Island by Mr. Taverner. Three were taken, all with undeveloped genitalia. 22. OiJcinia ainericana. Scoter. 23. Oidvmia dcsilandi. White-winged Scoter. 24. Oidemia pcnpUillala. Surf Scoter. A few of each of these species, evidently mi- grants, were seen during the latter part of August. 25. Bolarus Unli^inosus. Bittern. I saw Iw-) on the >'jrk River on August 27th. 26. Ardca hcrodias hcrodias. Great-blue Heron. From the train on July 7th I saw numerous birds of this speeies in the tidal flats near Point au Garde. At Douglastown on August 21st I counted twenty-four behind the barachois. On the York River on August 27tli there were eight. 27. N^clicorax n\)clicorax nacvius. Black-crowned Night Heron. Mr. Taverner and I each saw a single bird at Perce. He found it common at Gaspe. 28. Catlimila Slak-ata. Florida Gallinule. Mr. Taverner saw a mounted bird at Gaspe taken in the vicinity. 29. l.obipts lobalus. Northern Phalarope. Mr. Brewster saw this species near Perce in July, 1881. 30. Philoliela niijwr. Woodcock. Mr. Brewster reported one near Gaspe in 1881, and Mr. Taverner heard of another shot there. 31. Pisobia iiiinulilla. Least Sandpiper. Common migrant. 32. f.rvuncici pusitlus. Semipalmatcd Sandpiper. Only a very few seen. 33. Calidris leucophava. One was seen on August 21st at Douglastown. There are very few suitable grounds for shore birds on the Gaspe Coast. 34. Tolanus nulanoUucus. Greater-yellow legs. A number seen back of the barachois at Douglastown and on the flats about the York River. 35. j-IlIiIis niacularius . Spotted Sandpiper. Common all along the shore. At Bonaventure Island a pair, evidently having eggs or young near our camp, flew about nervously and alighted from time to time In the tops of low- spruce trees. 36. A/uHienius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. A few migrants seen. 37. Squa(arola squaiarola. Black-bellied Plover. On August 21 St I saw two flocks of a dozen each feeding back of the barachois at Douglas- town in the brackish marshes. 38. AviiaUli!. siniipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. A few migrants seen. 39. ,-freriaria intcrprc!, morinclla. Ruddy Turn- stone. A few migrants recorded by Mr. Taverner. 40. Bonaia unibcllu.i tosiaia. Canada Rufled Grouse. A few with young seen near Perce. 41. Cireu.s liudsonius. Marsh Hawk. One Si en at Bonaventure Island and several on the Forilion. 42. Aiciptfr ve/oi. Sharp-shinned Hawk. A few SI en near Grande Greve. 43. Bulco honalis borealis. Red-tailed Hawk. During the latter part of August there was a small southward migration of these hawks. 92 The Canadian Field-Naturalist (Vol, XXXIV. 44. Butco plalx/plcrus. Broad-winged Hawk. I clearly identified one of ihcsc at Grande Greve on August 24th, and saw the same one or another there the following y, 45. Arrhihuleo lagopus iancli.joha. lis. Rough- legged Hawk. One seen at Grande Greve on August 19. 46. Haliaccltis Iciuoccphalus alaicanus. Northern Bald Eagle. Four of these birds in immature plum. wer" flying about a rocky crag in the wl -ds of Cross Point on July 7th. 47. Falco pcniirinti!. analum. Duck Hawk. A pair of these birds evidently nested near the Pic d'Aurore at Perce. 48. Fako coltinibarius columbarim. Pigeon Hawk. One seen at Cannes des Roches, one near Perce and two or three near Grande Greve. 49. Fako sparviriu!,. Sparrow Hawk. One seen from the train near Nouvelle on August 28. 50. Pandion haliaclus larolimmis. Osprey. A few all along the coast. Between Grande Greve and Gaspc I counted six, and six in a day's trip on the York River. 51. Cerii/e ak\)on. Belled Kingfisher. A few seen along the coast. 52. Drvobaks pubaccm sub. sp. Downy Wood- pecker. A few seen. Mr. Taverner secured a single specimen at Gaspe. Its measurements are,— wing 96, tail 62; culmen 16; tarsus 15. 53. Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied Sap- sucker. One seen at Cross Point and their markings on trees seen elsewhere. 54. Colaplcs aiiralus /ii/euv Northern Flicker, .Not uncommon at all stations, 55. Clwrdciks vireinidmn vireiniantis. Nighthawk, One seen at Cross Point by me and a few at Gaspe by Mr. Taverner, 56. Chaclura pita^iia. Chimney Swift. One seen at Cascapcdia and Mr. Taverner re- ported a pair at Perce in 1915. 57. Archilochm colubris. Ruby-throated Hum- mingbird. Mr. Taverner saw one at Perce in 1915. I saw one at Corner of the Beach and another at Grande Greve, 58. Tyrannus lyrannus. Kingbird, One was noted by Mr, Taverner at Perce on June 10, 1915, 59. F.mpidonax flav'wcntrh. Yellow-bellied Fly- catcher. Not uncommon. 60. Enipidonax Irailli alnorum. Alder Flycatcher. A few seen and heard in song at Perce. 61. C\)anoc'\lta irhlala cristala. Blue Jay, One was noted at Perce by Mr, Taverner on July 4lh, 1914 and July 28, 1915, and one was seen by Judge C, F. Jenny in 1911 at Perce. 62. Pcrsisorcui cunaJensis canadensis. Canada Jay- One seen at Bonaventure Island on July 9th, 1914 by Mr, Taverner, 63. Corvtis corax prhuipatis. Northern Raven, At least one pair at Perce and another at Grande Greve, A family were always to be seen about the cliffs at the Grande Coupe at Perce and the birds flew back and forth to the cliffs of the MuraJlles and Pic d'Aurore. Here they were continually set upon by Herrini; Gulls. The cause of the animosity on the part of the latter bird was evident, for Mr. Taverner records that a Raven was seen on the cliffs of Grande Coupe in 1915 feeding its offspring with a young Herring Gull. The flight of the F^avens about Pic d'Aurore was extremely graceful. In the strong sea breeze they often rose from near the sea to the summit of the peak, 700 ft. without ap- parent movement of the wings. 64. Con-US brachyrhynclios braihyrh^nchos. Crow. Common everywhere and as tame and easily approached as I have lound them at Cape Breton. At Perce I saw two Crows feeding in a field of young barley within thirty yards of a realistic scare-crow. They were often .seen on fence posts and out-buildings and they often fed on the fish heads, and entrails spread on the land as fertilizer. At Barachois on July 26th I saw about a hundred crows on the beach near the fish-splitting tables and alight- ing on the fishing boats. Here they took the part of the Herring Gulls at Perce and else- where. 65. Mololhrus alcr atcr. Cowbird. One in immature plumage was seen at King George Cove near Grande Greve on August 25th. 66. Sturmlla magna magna. Meadowlark. One was reported by Mr. Taverner as seen at Perce about June 10, 1915. 67. Quiscalus quiscula avncus. Bronzed Grackle. I am inclined to think this is a recent arrival in the Gaspe Peninsula. I was told both at Perce and Grande Greve that these birds had been seen in the last few years only. In 1914. Mr. Taverner saw a few at Gaspe but none at Perce. In 1915 he saw a few evidently nest- May. 1920] Thk Canadian FrELD-NATLRALisT 93 ing jusr lo the «oulh of Perce. In 1919 I found a dozen or more spending the summer in Perce also al Grande Grevc, and I saw a flock of 50 or 60 near the marshes of the York River. I was told that they had become a great pest al Grande Greve as a flock would descend on a newly planted grain field and root up the grain. 68. PinUola cntidialor Uucura. Pine Grosbeak. On July 16. 1915. Mr. Taverner gives a doub'- ful record of this bird. I saw single birds sev- eral limes at Perce and Grande Greve. 69. Caipodaciis puip-ircus purpunus. Purple Finch. Common, breeding. 70. Loxia ciiTvirosIra minor. Crossbill. A flock of a dozen seen near Perce on July 30. 71 Loxia UiiiopUra. White-winged Crossbill. On June 26th. I9l-t. M.. Taverner saw a large Hock of these birds near Perce and secured one. Later a flock of 100 to 150 were con- tinually moving .-.bout. I saw only one. an adult, al Perce en July 9th. 72. Aslraealiints Iristis Iristis. Goldfinch. Abundant everywhere. If the species depends here on thistle-down for nest construction it must needs wail until the end of August. 73. Spirnis pinus. Pine Siskin. The most abundant pas.serinc bird. Seen every- uhere in flocks during July and August. Mr. Taverner found a nest and eggs on July 2lsl. 1915. 74. Passcnulus hundr>«B 94 TiiF, Canadian Fif.ld-Natukalist [Vol. XXXIV. iun.-\ ..I !■:.. Am. 11, 'in Mu-. mil ul \;.!n;:il ll!-l..r\- ■i:i:i-i: \ ii.i,.\.;i:. ..iii:.. with i'i:i:i'i-: u.m-k \ni. i;. i.v.\vi:.\-ri kk islaxh ix Tin: I i:,-<-i\\.\ii:. i'""'''-> "t III- Am. Ill 1111 .Mii~. 111:1 .if Nitural l(i-i..i\-. May. 1920] The Canadian Field-Natuhaust 95 Northerii 91. XfnioliUa varia. Black and While Warbler. Two were seen at Cross Poiiil. 92. yermivora peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. A very common bird at both Cross Point and Perce and in full song. Mr. Taverner took several nests. 93. Conipsothl\)pii aniericana usnea Parula Warbler. One observed at Cross Point. 94. Dendroica tigrina. Cape May Warbler. A few were seen by Mr. Favcrner in 1914 and 1915. I saw one at Perce on August 2nd. 95. Dendroica aestiva acstiva. Yellow Warbler. One was seen at Perce on July 14. 1915 by Mr. Mackintosh. I saw several at Cross Point and two or three at Perce. Mr. Taverner ob- served two at Gaspe. 96. Dendroica cacrulescens caerulcscens. Black- ihroalcd Blue Warbler. The only record is of one bird seen by me at Grande Greve on August I6lh. 97. Dendroica coronala. Myrtle Warbler. A rather common breeder. 98. Dendroica niasnolia. Magnolia Warbler. A very common bird everywhere. 99. Dendroica caslanca. B^y-breaslid V....-...1. Not uncommon. 100. Dendroica striata. Black -poll Warbhr. Abundant. Mr. Taverner found nests. 101. Dendroica fiisca. Blackburnian Warbler. A iew were seen 102. Dendroica virem. Black-thioatcd Green Warbler. Common. 103. Dendroica paliiiaruni liX/pochrVsea. Palm Warbler. One was seen at Perce on June 10, Mr. Favcrncr. 104. Seiurui aurotapiltui. Ovin-bird. I found this bird not uncommon at Cross Point but did not see it elsewhere. Mr. Taverner did noi observe it. 105. Seiiiriii noveboratemis noveohoracemis. Water Thrush. 1 lound one of these in full song at Cross Point on July 5lh and on August 17th and I9lh saw one at Grande Greve. 106. Oporornis Philadelphia. Mourning Warbler. I saw one at Cro.ss Point on July 5th. 107. Ceothlypis trichas trichai. Maryland Yellow - throat. I found a few of this species at Cross Point, but none elsewhere. Mr. Taverner does no! record it. Yellow 1915 bv 108. IViUonia pusilla puiilta. Wilson's Warbler. Mr. Taverner does not record il in 1914 but in 1915 says "Not uncommon and seen in occa- sional individuals throughout our stay. Un- doubtedly breeds." I saw none. 109. Sctophaga rulicilla. Redstart. Not uncommon. 1 10. Mannas hiemalis hiemalis. Winter Wren. Not uncommon. 111. Cerlhia familiarus americana. Brown Creep- er. One seen at Grande Greve on August 8th. 112. Silla canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Not uncommon after August 6th at Grande Greve. The earliest seen by Mr. Faverner was July 29th. 113. Penthesles alricapillus alricapillus. Chicadee. I saw two or three at Cross Point and also at Grande Greve. 114. Penthesles hudsonicus littoralis. Acadian Chicadee. .Not uncommon at Perce and at Grande Greve. Mr. Faverner secured four specimens. They belong to this subspecies. He also saw nest- lings fed by parents. 1 1 J. liegulus ,>alrapa satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet. A fe..- seen at Gaspe during August. Mr. Taverner found nestlings fed by parents. 116. licgulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Klinglel, One was s-en a' Grande Greve on AugusI 16th. .Mr. Taverner reports a flock of aboul ten of this species on July 24th, 1914, al Gaspe. 1 I 7. H\ilociclila fuscescens fuHescens. Veery. I hea.d three .sMiging at Cross Point on Julv 5th. U8. H^locichla aliciae aliciae. Gray-cheeked Thrush. .\lr. Taverner took one of this species on July 16th, 1914, al Perce. I saw one al Perce on July 13th, and heard its calls answered b\ another. 119. H\)locichla uitulata svainsoni. Olive-backed Thrush. Common everywhere and singing until iho middle of July. 120. H^locichla guttata pallasi. Hermit Thrush. A few at Cross Point and Perce. 121. Planesticus niigratorius ntigratorius. Robin. Common everywhere.