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nesting season was by no means ended, for there were many nests 

 with eggs and young birds in all stages, from those just hatched to 

 the ones nearly ready to fly. 



August 22nd, near Cousins Island, I saw a couple of Jaegers, 

 which flew across the bow of the boat, within easy gunshot. They 

 had the light phase of plumage, and there was very little doubt that 

 they belonged to the Pomarine species. They were engaged at the 

 time in chasing and worrying a numl>cr of Herring Gulls, both 

 Terns and (Uills being there in considerable numbers, on account of 

 the presence of abundant schools of Herring and other small fish. 

 The Terns were apparently about 200 or 300 in number, and I have 

 little doubt that they were the ones which have been at Outer Green 

 . Island this sunnner. 



Several Willets have been shot in August at I'ine Point, also a 

 number of Knots, or Robin SnijK-. 



The colony of Hlack-crowneil Night Herons at I-'ahnouth 

 Foreside is as flourishing as usual this season, and the number of 

 birds there seems to be as large as ever, if not larger. 



Black Ducks have been rather more abuiulant than usual during 

 the latter part of August and the gunners found very good shooting 

 when the season opened vSeptember 1st. Several flocks of a hundred 

 or more have been seen moving South the latter part of August. 



Purple Martins were in the vicinity of Portland this summer in 

 colonies perhaps a little smaller than last year, but tiie birds 

 appafently show no signs of becoming scarce. 



The abumlance of the Hlack-billed Cuckoo in this section has 

 been often remarked this year. 



Flocks of White-winged Crossbills have been observed on the 

 islands of Casco Bay as early as the 22nd of August. 



The last week of August the gunners on the Scarboro marshes 



were reporting very few birds of any kind, though small bags of 



lycsser Yellowlegs and an occasional Greater Vcllowlegs had been 



shot. 



\V. H. Brownson. 

 Portland, Septeml)er i. 1908. 



