THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



AMoNTHLY Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY and OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N.T. 



EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 



Correspondence ami Items of liitcrcsf m riin 

 student of Ulids. llielr Nests and l^t'gs. SilHi'ei 

 troui all. 



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Bird Life of an Islet. 



BY w. N. c. 



Situated in Casco Bay, on the coast 

 of Maine, distant about three-quarters 

 of a mile from the nearest laud is an 

 islet which though not large is of inter- 

 est to the Collector as being the home 

 of a number of birds. The writer has 

 visited this islet a numi)er of times and 

 collected .somewhat in the oological line 

 upon it, and now proposes to offer a 

 fi>w notes upon the species occuring 

 there. 



a Although bird life teems I have seen 

 but four species, namely: The Sharp- 

 tailed Finch, Spotted Sandpiper, Arctic 

 Tern and Bank Swallow. I have 

 named these in the order of their abun- 

 dance. 



First let us speak of the Sharp-tailed 

 Finch. They are abundant in every 

 sense of the word; the island fairly 

 swarms with them, l)ut in spite of their 

 numbers they hide their nests so cun- 

 ningly that it takes considerable time 

 and patience to discover one; since the 

 writer is sadly deficient in tlie later 

 quality, all of his nests were discovered 

 accidentally. I have found three sets 

 of four and one of si.x, all placed in the 

 side of the iKink tliat skirts the rocky 

 beach. 



The little Spott(Ml Sandpipers are 

 everywliere, ami their obtrusive habits 

 make them api)car iij)on one's landing, 

 th(! most abundant si)ecies on the islet. 

 They are the earliest breeders, and on 

 June 24. 1880, I found many fragments 

 of egg shells of this species among the 



