Vue WHitTE-WINGED FLEET 
nest that had two very dark eggs, much the color 
ompvoonss  INetiMtarm tomynt was a set or three, 
two of which, save for a few sparse spots, were 
pale bluish green. Between these types there are 
almost endless variations. 
Not many miles from here is Matinicus Rock, 
notable for its great colony of Arctic Terns. This 
island has not the beauty that the spruces lend to 
No, Man’s) cand.” Its very aspect is of desola- 
tion, and a reminder of the terrors of the forces 
of Nature as displayed in wind and storm. Even 
before we approach close enough to see the birds, 
the keen ear can detect above the roar of the surf 
that monotone into which the thousands of grating 
Mern-cries unite at that distance. Then we can 
see them in the air, and all over the old sea-beat 
rocks, literally thousands of them. At the time of 
my last visit, several years ago, I should say that 
there were from three to five thousand Terns, and 
the number is said to be increasing, now that the 
keeper of the light has been made a game-warden, 
and depredations upon them have largely ceased. 
The keepers are very hospitable toward well- 
disposed people, and I have passed some very pleas- 
ant days there with them, studying the habits of the 
birds and looking at their eggs. It would hardly 
be correct to speak of nests, for few of them make 
what could by any charity be called such. Very 
many of the Terns lay on the bare rock, preferring, 
however, some little nook where a small quantity of 
soil or debris has found lodgement. Here and 
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