^°'g^'n Mackay, Terns of Muskeffei hia ltd. ^(^ 



contained one egg each, 83 contained two eggs each. 222 con- 

 tained three eggs each, 1 2 contained four eggs each, and i i 

 contained five eggs each. On South Point, Muskeget Island, the 

 birds being Roseates and Wilson's intermingled, 19 nests con- 

 tained each one egg; 87, two eggs; 224, three eggs; 14, four 

 eggs; 5, five eggs. On South Point Island, the birds being 

 Roseates and Wilson's intermingled, 27 nests contained each one 

 egg; 57, two eggs; 169, three eggs; 10, four eggs, and 3 con- 

 tained five eggs each. On Gravelly Island, the birds, as far as I 

 was able to determine, being exclusively Roseate Terns, 12 nests 

 contained each one egg ; 44, two eggs ; 197, three eggs ; 13, four 

 eggs; and 2, five eggs. At South Beach, the birds I was able to 

 identify were Roseate and Wilson's Terns. I am not sufficiently 

 certain about the Arctic to say anything definitely, but think they 

 were here also. I did not observe any nest here with one egg, 

 but found 7 nests with two eggs, 2 with three eggs ; no nests with 

 either four or five eggs were discovered. 



On July I and 2, 1894, I again, with Mr. Sandsbury, went over 

 all of the above mentioned grounds, and following will be found 

 the summarv of the results. 



|ulv I. 1894, Muskeget Island proper. 



'•2, ■• South Point, Muskeget Island 



South Point Island. 



Gravelly Island. 



South Beach. 



Total, 345 692 307 



Of the above nests on Muskeget Island proper. 38 contained 

 each one egg; 41, two eggs; 24, three eggs; i contained four 

 eggs ; and 2 contained five eggs each. On South Point, Muskeget 

 Island, 19 nests contained each one egg; 20, each two eggs; 10, 

 three eggs; 2, five eggs; no nest with four eggs was observed. 

 On South Point Island, 24 nests contained each one egg; 29 had 

 each two eggs; 15, each three eggs; and i nest contained five 

 eggs. No nest with four eggs was observed. On Gravelly Island, 

 28 nests contained each one egg ; 42 nests contained each two 

 tggs ; 3 1 contained each three eggs ; 4 contained each four eggs, 



