Vol 190S^ VI ] Bowdish, Ornithological Notes from Audubon Wardens. 121 



terns on Freeman's Rock and Egg Rock. This has been a very 

 good year for all wild birds; no heavy sea to disturb their nests. 

 Very few young died and there has been no egging to my knowledge. 

 The Indians that have given us some trouble in years past, on 

 Camp Island and Pulpit Rock, have not landed on the islands this 

 year.— 0. B. Hall, Great Wass Island, Maine, Sept. 14, 1907. 



There were about 1400 Herring Gulls, raising about the same 

 number of young. The increase over last year was about 200. — 

 Fred. E. Small, Cross Island, Maine, 1907. 



It has seemed to me that the proportion of nests with eggs that 

 did not hatch has been larger this year than last, I think owing to 

 the extremely cold spring, but apparently the birds found food 

 more abundant, and they seemed to grow faster and were more 

 hardy. I have found a smaller number of crippled young and old 

 birds this year than ever before. We were visited by an eagle in 

 July and he killed several young gulls before I could drive him off. 

 I have found four gulls that came home to die, being wounded at 

 sea. Aside from young killed by the eagle the greatest number 

 lost were killed by old gulls when one bird's young tried to take the 

 food from another adult. 



The gulls came to their nesting grounds on No Mans Land the 

 last of March. The first nest was seen April 15. Young gulls 

 commenced to leave the nesting home August 6. On September 

 8 all young birds were able to care for themselves. — Mark Young, 

 Matinicus Island, Maine, 1907. 



Not as many eggs were laid by the gulls this season as heretofore; 

 reason, too much ice on the island this spring. Many of the eggs 

 laid did not hatch on account of cold weather. — John H. Malone, 

 Isle Royale, Michigan, 1907. 



Have noticed that crows eat gulls' eggs and kill and eat young 

 gulls when small. — Frank F. Witte, Huron Island, Michigan, 1907. 



There was a very satisfactory increase in the number of nests 

 this year, but the final outcome was very disappointing. The 

 Crows destroyed many of the eggs, and a flock of 32 sheep on my 

 island and 20 more on the adjoining one were a source of much 

 annoyance to the gulls. The weather also was very bad all through 

 the season and the fierce gales and heavy seas killed many of the 

 young birds. After the storm I would find young birds almost as 



