JOURNAL OP MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 47 



The next morning we met at Charles Fox's and made a rope ladder 

 about fort}' feet long, found a clothes-line about the same length, 

 and added a ball of strong twine and a revolver. We were well 

 prepared for our trip the next day. The weather was fine, and with 

 lunches put up bj- our mothers (which tasted good in those days) , 

 we started for Diamond Island and the Fish Hawk's nest. Nearing 

 the cove we could see the male bird on the limb of the tree and 

 made up our minds the female was on the nest. We landed in the 

 same cove as before, and with our ropes, etc., started for the three 

 pines. Only one of us had the courage to go up the tree and that 

 was Will Yeaton, so I took the ball of twine, tied a stone on the 

 end and threw it over the first limb on the tree, then tied the clothes- 

 line on the end of the twine and hauled that over. That done we 

 tied the rope ladder on the end of the clothes-line, and after hauling 

 that up we had a good strong rigging, and Will Yeaton felt all 

 right when he started for his long climb. I stood at the foot of the 

 tree with the revolver to frighten the male bird when he came too 

 near, as we had often heard stories of that bird carrying boys' caps 

 off to sea, so we were prepared. 



I gave Yeaton a ball of twine with a small bag tied on the end, 

 so if he found eggs he could lower them down in the bag. Charles 

 Fox steadied the rope ladder at the bottom while Yeaton went up. 

 It was a good long climb after leaving the ladder, but he arrived at 

 the nest all right and found two eggs. The male bird would fly at 

 him, but after firing the revolver in the air once or twice he kept 

 out over the water and the eggs came down in the bag all right. 

 They are in my collection to-day. 



I am very glad to say the birds laid more eggs in the same 

 nest, but were not troubled again, as I only wanted two for my col- 

 lection. It would be fine for our friends interested in birds if they 

 could see the Fish Hawks still building on Great Diamond Island, 

 but I hardly think they will ever come back. 



While I am speaking of the Fish Hawk, I will say at about the 

 same time the Bald Eagles had a nest near Stroudwater. 



Let 3'our children get interested in birds, and it will be a pleasure 

 for them all through life. 



