298 1876. Saturday April 15 Point Lepsray N. B. Diurnal migration of small birds Cloudy with occasional rain and heavy fog all day. A very heavy flight of foul continues intermittantly all day. Gulls were the most numerous represented and of them as before the C. Am. was largely in spess. Have seen only a few C. fusca and then always flying separately. So day hardly any foul was seen to light and this Mr. Thomas tells me is always the case when they are flying well. Saw two or three very large flocks of S. mellissima at least 75 birds in some of them. They fly very low over the water and usually in a thin parallel line like the front rank of regiment of soldiers. They present a most beautiful appearance the drakes shining almost entirely white. Went down on the rocks in the forenoon and lay there several hours but did not get a single good shot. Storm howan killed an old Squaw - a drake in winter pl. Sitting on the point it was most interesting to see the small birds come in out of the mist from the S. for many species were migrating at midday. Sparrows of various kinds but principally M. melodia, junco, and Pas. silicd came trooping along close to the water and all alighted among the rocks as soon as they reached the point. An very large flock of Chardas migrating a number of orioles and a Chrysomitra - also landed. Saw a good many loons and one flock of Hiriga mantinea came by the point.