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the Towhee. For a long time a colony of Eaves Swallows has nested 

 under a farm shed at Cape Elizabeth, and a number of the same 

 colony arrived May 8th ; they stayed for a few days, during which 

 time they inspected the old nests, but a week later they had disap- 

 peared, and after that no more of the colony was seen. Why the 

 locality was deserted by these Swallows there is no means of know- 

 ing. Bobolinks made their appearance rather earlier than usual 

 this spring, the first being seen May 5th. Chimney Swifts arrived 

 May 13th. Scarlet Tanagers were much more common than for 

 several years during the spring. Several Bay-breasted Warblers 

 were seen May 20th and a little later, this being the second con- 

 secutive season in which they have come this way. Black-billed 

 Cuckoos were much more common this year than for several sea- 

 sons in the past. Caterpillars were in greater abundance than usual, 

 and this may account for the presence of the Cuckoos. 



During the summer I paid two visits to the Tern colony on Bluff 

 Island, where perhaps five hundred pairs of Common Terns spent the 

 breeding season. Bank Swallows were as common as usual on the 

 islands of Casco Bay. August 4th, Bonaparte's Gull, Lesser Yel- 

 lowlegs, and the Dowitcher were reported on the neighboring coast. 

 Turnstones and Semi-palmated Sandpipers came along about the first 

 of August, while Semi-palmated Plovers arrived a few days later. 

 Several Golden Plovers were reported by gunners at Scarboro, only 

 a single individual being seen at one time. August 29th, two Hud- 

 sonian Curlews were seen on the Cape shore, and about the same 

 time others were reported shot by gunners farther down the coast. 

 August 30th, at Old Orchard, some distance out from the shore, 

 Jaegers were seen pursuing the numerous Gulls of that locality ; 

 probably these were Parasitic Jaegers. Elsewhere, I have noted 

 the occurrence of Connecticut Warblers at Cape Elizabeth, Sep- 

 tember 17th. 



During the fall migration Black-poll Warblers were unusually 

 abundant. I^ate records were made of the Black-throated Green 

 Warbler October 13th, the Redstart October 13th, and the Black- 

 poll Warbler October 14th. Several Ipswich Sparrows were seen at 



