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grass. With a l)lack linen thread attached to the shutter I sat 

 down some thirty yards distant, and awaited the return of the Sand- 

 piper. She was not long putting in an appearance, and, much to 

 mj' satisfaction, proceeded directly toward the desired spot. The 

 next moment her light breast appeared above the sod, and I gave 

 the thread a mighty pull. At the sound of the shutter away went 

 the Sandpiper to another part of the meadow. I hastily removed 

 the debris from the camera, reversed the plate holder and made 

 ready for another try. Scarcely had I reached my station at the 

 other end of the thread when there came the vSandpiper once more, 

 following almost the exact course that she had taken before. Once 

 again she ran daintily up into position, and once more the thread 

 was given a sturdy pull. 



As I packed up my "trappings" and started for home. I decided 

 that at least one vSpotted Sandpiper had proved herself to be a most 

 obliging subject for a poor nature photographer. 



A Visit to Grand Manan Island. 



H\ \V. II. Hko\vn.son. rurtlaiul, Mc. 



I went from Portland to Eastport on the steamer Governor 

 Cobb, and from Eastport to Grand Manan Island on the little 

 steamer Aurora. Monday morning, August 3rd. in company with 

 Mr. Allan L. Moses, who is well ac(iuainted with bird-life around 

 Grand Manan, and a skillful amateur taxidermist, I started on a 

 twenty-two-mile motor boat trip to the Murre Ledges. 



These ledges are a series of treacherous rock piles, lifting their 

 heads just out of water, and threatening the mariner with destruc- 

 tion if he allows himself to be drawn into their clutches. On one of 

 these ledges stands the Gannet Rock lighthouse, and I have no 

 doubt that in the winter this beacon is buffeted by fearful storms 

 and great waves, which break over its very summit. 



The Yellow Ledge, for which we steered, lies three or four 

 miles beyond Gannet Rock, and when we drew near it we saw the 



