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attracted from my experiments by an 

 exclamation from Mr. Norton. 



On inquiring the cause of such a gush 

 of enthusiasm, he informed me he had 

 caught a Lincoln's Sparrow. After ex- 

 amining it, I told him I was quite sure 

 I had seen a number of them, but sup- 

 posed them to be a common sparrow, as 

 up to this time I had not known enough 

 about the bird to give it my attention. 



This specimen I mounted for my 

 collection and to identify other speci- 

 mens by, should I be fortunate enough 

 to secure them. The night of Septem- 

 ber "24th, I was absent from the island, 

 but had requested Mr. Stetson, (one of 

 the keepers) to watch for Lincoln's Spar- 

 rows, he having the aforementioned 

 specimen for comparison. 



The night mentioned was accompan- 

 ied with a large flight of birds, and 

 among them quite a number of Lincoln's 

 Sparrows, this being proved by a speci- 

 men which Mr. Stetson caught for me, 

 the skin of which I now have. It again 

 came to my notice October 6th, 1899, 

 one being killed by flymg against the 

 glass of the light-house. Again on the 

 10th, I noticed one among a large num- 

 ber of birds which were on the glass. 

 The last time I noticed it. was on the 

 loth at 3 A. M. There were some two 

 hundred birds on the glass, mostly 

 White-throated Sparrows, Slate-colored 

 Juncos, a few Song and Savanna Spar- 

 rows, and among them two of Lincoln's 

 Sparrows. 



No doubt there have been others which 

 I have not seen during the time these 

 dates include, as I am on duty only a 

 certain part of each night. • 



It seems to me from these observa- 

 tions that it may be proved to be a com- 

 mon fall migrant at this island. 



Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



CAPT. H. L. SPINNKT. 



Up to Oct. 15th, 1899, I had seen 

 only four of the Black-throated Blue 

 Warbler, and those since living on this 

 island. 



On the date mentioned, at 4 A. M., 

 the night having been dark, with no 

 stars to be seen, and calm, I was watch- 

 ing some two hundred birds, which were 

 sitting on the walk aiound the light, or 

 struggling against the glass, when my 

 attention was attracted to three of these 

 warblers, which were struggling with 

 the throng to gain admittance. 



While watching these warblers, one 

 of them suddenly flew from where it had 

 been resting, and struck against the 

 glass, settling down, until it alighted on 

 the back of a White-throated Sparrow, 

 which was quietly enjoying a rest, on 

 the walk which came on a level with the 

 sash of the lantern. The Sparrow re- 

 mained perfectly submissive to the 

 familiarity. The Warbler remaining on 

 its back for some moments, as if a free 

 ride was a common occurrence. 



After this, its occurrence was noted a 

 number of times, up to the last of the 

 month. While on the island, they 

 seemed to prefer feeding around a pile 

 of edgings, which were used for kind- 

 ling wood, or on the track, which was 

 built of spruce timber, on which we haul 

 our coal from the shore. At any time, 

 I did not see them on the flora of the 

 island. 



John Lord reports having had two 

 Iceland Gulls brought into his rooms 

 among other Gulls, and also one Glau- 

 cus Gull during the past fall and winter. 



J. M. S. 



