102 The Wilsox Bulletin — Xo. 79. 



The fall warblers were present in almost unbelievable num- 

 bers. The Golden-winged, Cape May, Pine, Palm, Prairie, 

 and Connecticut Warblers and the Water-Thrush w^ere spe- 

 cies, usually rare, that were seen there in numbers, the Cape 

 May and Water-Thrush being exceedingly abundant on some 

 days. The commonest of the warblers were the Cape May, 

 Black and White, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, 

 Black-tliroated Green, and Redstart. All these were exceed- 

 ingly abundant at .'^ome time. On the big warbler days, all 

 of the species just mentioned, together with the Water- 

 Thrush, Louisiana Water-Thrush, Nashville, Tennessee, 

 Black-throated Blue, Cerulean, Chestnut-sided, Black-poll, 

 and Canadian deserved a better mark than " common." The 

 Blue-winged, Golden-winged, Pine, Palm, Prairie, Connecti- 

 cut, Mourning. \A'ilson, and Oven-bird were seen time after 

 time. Almost every day these warblers were all present ex- 

 cept the extreme rarities, and almost all of them were seen 

 in every plumage, from the full adult to the most disg'uised 

 youngster. It \\as a chance to study fall warblers that none 

 of us will ever see the like of again, and we certainly im- 

 proved it. 



In all, 138 kinds of birds were seen on the island. Of these, 

 85 breed in the latitude, and may be considered as summer 

 residents, 51 are clearly migrants and 2, the Little Blue Heron 

 and Goshawk, are stragglers. 



Part III. 



MAMMALS OF THE ISLAND. 



The only mammals seen were the cotton-tail rabbit, the 

 black and fox squirrels, and the deer or white-footed mouse. 

 It is peculiar that no grey sc|uirrels were seen. ^Ir. Ackley 

 rei)orted seeing one, however, and perhaps it was due to our 

 lack of observation. The black squirrels were very large and 

 fine specimens. One fox squirrel was found far out on the 

 point, where there was nothing but small shrubs, and killed 

 with a stick. Its presence there was ])robably due to svmpa- 



