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of them had three eggs; others of one or two eggs each were 

 probabh not yet complete. 



We found the English Sparrows and Purple Grackles nest- 

 ing in the crannies of the ( )spreys' nests. The sight of the 

 Britishers in the depths of the virgin forests was a most un- 

 welcome one to us. 



To us the ( irackles, which were abundant, formed the one bad 

 feature of the island bird life ; for they seemed to he continually 

 upon the watch to prey upon the young and eggs of the smaller 

 birds. Many times as we passed through the woodland paths 

 (one cannot go outside of them owing to the dense growth of 

 green or cat briers), Ovenbirds, Redstarts ,etc, would scold us 

 for coming near their nests or young; and almost immediately 

 the Grackles would be seen slipping up to see what they could 

 find. 



A storm the last day of our stay on the island prevented our 

 looking for the Great Blue Herons' nests. 



A novelty to us was the constant chatter of the Yellow-breast- 

 ed Chat at night. Almost the first bird to greet us after we land- 

 ed, he kept it up all night excepting an interval between 8 and 

 10 o'clock ; whenever Mr. Ford or I awoke during the night 

 he was going full blast. 



We were disappointed in the length of our list for the 

 island, for we could have found a larger number of species with 

 the same effort, at home ; but the special features of the list 

 more than made up for its shortness. We missed our Yellow- 

 throated and Warbling Vireos, Purple Finches, Whip-poor- 

 wills, Blue Jays, Bobolinks, Phcebes, and House Wrens, and 

 some others, — to be sure some of them ma}- have been there 

 but missed by us. But one pair of Bluebirds was seen. No 

 Least Flycatcher was seen or heard, but he seems to vanish or 

 lose his voice at about this time even in Connecticut 



We feel under many obligations to Mr. Gardiner, the owner 

 of the island, for his courtesy in allowing us to camp there. 



Subjoined is a list of the birds noted : — 



1. Downy Woodpecker, 4. 



2. White-breasted Nuthatch; few seen. 



3. Chickadee; few seen. 



4. American Goldfinch; few seen. 



5. American Crow; abundant. 



