2 20 Cory, Birds from Mona and Porta Rico. [July 



not be noticed flying aroinid near liy, one of tlie crew will call 

 the bird by n.nne, wiiistle, or wave his hand, and soon the bird ap- 

 pears. The last seen of Dick in the hite afternoon is just before 

 the lights are hoisted for the night. When this movement com- 

 mences, it at once starts for and Hies to the rocks near the 

 Beavertail Lighthouse to roost, again reappearing on the follow- 

 ing morning to go through the same procedme. In a letter re- 

 ceived from Capt. Fogarty, Jan. 30, 1S92, he writes, " I have 

 just given him his dinner since I wrote this letter." In another 

 letter, dated April 12, 1S92, lie informs me that the last seen ot 

 Dick this spring was on April 6, 1893. He was fed on that 

 afternoon as usual ; since that date nothing has been seen of him, 

 and it is supposed the bird has taken its departure, whether to 

 return again next October remains to be seen. Pause my reader 

 and retiect what this story conveys. Is it not a most interesting 

 portrayal of successful bird life well rounded out.'' Storms, 

 disease, fatalities, perils of migration, have all been l)raved and 

 surmoimted for twenty years at least, ami perha[)s for a longer 

 period. Yet still constant. Gull Dick, now a veteran, miy 

 nevertheless be seen as of old in his accustomed haunt, — \\ bile 

 on l)oard tlie lightship there is not todav a man who was there 

 when this bird first appeared. It is with more than ordinary 

 interest that I record in 'The Auk', for future reference, this most 

 interesting example of the American Herring Gull. 



REMARKS ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS MADE 



BY WILMOT W. BROWN, JR.. ON MONA AND 



PORTO RICO DURING FEBRUARY AND A 



PART OF MARCH, 1S92. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



Mil. Brown after considerable difficulty succeeded in getting to 

 the Island of Mona. He describes the island as having very few 

 trees and no fresh water. 



During his stay at Mona nothing of interest was procured with 

 the exception of a specimen of Comirus chloropterjis^ which is 



