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will doubtless continue to enjoy peace and prosperity. Should their numbers 

 ever again be threatened, it would be a simple matter to reestablish protec- 

 tion on their breeding-islands. 



During the year, warden service has been extended to four additional 

 Egret colonies, two in South Carolina and two in western Florida. Some 

 of the new Audubon Islands on the lower coast of Texas have also been 

 protected by a guardian for the first time. 



Birds in our protected colonies appear to have enjoyed a good nesting- 

 season, and with the exception of the Roseate Spoonbill colony in southwestern 

 Louisiana, all appear to have held their own or increased numerically during 

 the season. Twenty-four wardens, guarding about fifty islands, lakes, or other 

 special territories, were employed. A list of these officials, together with 

 their addresses, names of the colonies they protected, and brief notes on the 

 more abundant species of birds found in all cases is given below. 



LIST OF PRESENT AUDUBON WARDENS 



Elisha G. Bunker, Cranberry Island, Maine, guarded Cranberry Island, 

 Beggars' Island, Duck Island, and Gott Island. Birds breeding there were 

 Black Ducks, Gulls, and migratory shore-birds. 



Fred E. Small, Bucks Harbor, Maine, guarded Old Man's Island and 

 Double Head Shots Island, protecting about 150 Eider Ducks, also colonies 

 of Herring Gulls. 



Charles R. Beal, Beals, Maine, guarded Freeman's Rock, where Herring 

 Gulls and other water-birds were breeding. 



Frank O. Hilt, Matinicus, Maine, guarded Matinicus Rock Island where 

 it is estimated 18,000 Common and Arctic Terns were nesting. Also several 

 hundred Black Guillemots and 12 Puffins, which as a breeding species is very 

 rare on our Atlantic coast. 



George E. Cushman, Portland, Maine, guarded Bluff and Stratton Islands, 

 holding, this year, about 10,000 Arctic, Common and Roseate Terns. 



Woodbury M. Snow, Rockland, Maine, guarded Metinic Green Island, 

 protecting Herring Gulls, Terns, and Guillemots. 



Irving L. Edwards, Springs, N. Y., guarded south end of Gardiner's Island 

 where there is a large colony of Terns. 



Samuel D. Cramer, Tuckerton, N. J., guarded the life-saving station 

 beach and adjacent marsh where thousands of Laughing Gulls and hundreds 

 of Clapper Rails reared their young. Twenty-five pairs of Black Skimmers 

 also occupied the colony this year. 



J. R. Andrews, Cheriton, Va., protected Big and Little Easters Islands 

 where it is estimated 300 Laughing Gulls, 1,200 Terns and 4,000 Clapper 

 Rails were breeding. 



Julian Brown, Marshalburg, N. C, guarded Craney Island, where Great 



