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seemed an unlikely place for the Thrasher, and I saw only this sin- 

 gle bird, and him only this once. 



37. Penthestes atricapilhis — Chickadee. Seven observed. 



38. Regtdiis salrapa — Golden-crowned Kinglet. Three sing- 

 ing. 



39. Pla?tcsticus migratoi-ius — American Robin. The' Robin is 

 such a rover that it is hard to say just how many birds were seen on 

 the island, but I do not think I saw more than half a dozen pairs. 



There are, I was glad to find, no English Sparrows on Monhe- 

 gan as yet. Some other birds I missed less willingly, such as the 

 Thrushes, whose entire absence was somewhat of a surprise to me. 

 The White-throated Sparrow is another bird I expected to find 

 there but did not. It seems strange, too, that only one Myrtle 

 Warbler was seen, and that Parula Warblers appeared to be absent 

 in spite of a great abundance of usnea. Probably the limited area 

 of the island is responsible for these absences. Monhegan is, in- 

 deed, small enough to make a detailed and comprehensive study of 

 its bird-fauna both comparatively easy and very profitable. From 

 what I heard there, I judged that birds were very abundant on the 

 island during the migrations, and particularly in the autumn. If 

 any observer has made, or does in future make, full and careful rec- 

 ords of the migrations there, or of the summer and winter bird pop- 

 ulation, it would be a kindness to publish them for the benefit of 

 New England ornithologists. 



A Family of Loons at Sebago Lake. 



By Dr. Wm. C. Kendai^l, Scientific Assistant, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



Last year in Camp Cove, Sebago I^ake, I took a picture of a 

 Loon's nest and eggs. At the time that picture was made the water 

 was very low and the nest was situated on a sand bar with little or 

 no protection. It contained an unusual lot of material and was con- 



