hie WHire-WINGED FLEET 
human ownership, and the Gulls,—as now are the 
Gulls and Terns on all the principal breeding- 
islands from Virginia to Maine,—are rigorously 
protected by law and by wardens. This is as it 
“OTHERS PERCHED UPON THE SPRUCE-TREES.’’ HERRING GULLS, IN A 
MAINE ISLAND COLONY. BY W. L. BAILY 
should have been long before. ‘‘ No Man’s Land”’ 
is another of the picturesque, rugged, spruce-clad 
islands typical of this coast. As we approach it, 
we begin to see a horde of circling birds, hun- 
dreds of them gathered in groups on the rocks, 
and others perched upon the spruce-trees. Then, 
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