BIRD ROCKS. aN 
the circuit of the island, accompanied by our genial host. 
Only in very calm weather can boats come ashore here, as 
they have to run under the cliffs and land upon a small, 
rocky beach, the only place where it is safe for a boat to 
approach the island. Mr. Whalen told me that the supply- 
boat, which comes here twice a year, oftentimes has to wait 
days before she can land the stores. 
I was very much pleased to observe specimens of Széda 
canadensis and Cotyle riparia, the former being very tame, 
and making itself quite at home about the lighthouse, and 
to obtain a fine immature specimen of the Arcadian Owl 
(Vyctale arcadia). Mr. Whalen showed me specimens of the 
Black and Yellow Warbler (Dexdroeca maculosa), Yellow- 
rumpled Warbler (Dexdroeca coronata), and Richardson's 
Owl (WVyctale tengmalmi var. Richardsonit), which he stated 
he obtained here in June, and that many species of small 
birds come to the “ Rock,” of which, unfortunately, he did 
not know the names, and had not preserved the skins. 
Five species of birds breed here every year, in such num- 
bers that the fishermen used to gather their eggs by the 
barrel until the government put a stop to it. These five 
