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to the New Jersey pine barrens; in 

 some places under the pitch pine Corema 

 Conradii and Hudsonia ericoides. There 

 are also bogs with black spruce, Labra- 

 dor tea (Ledum groendlandicum) , 

 leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) 

 and other typical bog plants; and salt 

 marshes. Along parts of the shore are 

 beds of crowberry. The scrub oak 

 grows abundantly on a single mountain, 

 Robinson, on the west side of Somes 

 Sound, and is unknown elsewhere on the 

 island. 



The Weir Mitchell station of the 

 Harpswell Laboratory is open for 

 workers on any problem and allows 

 perfect liberty to carry on whatever 

 piece of research one may wish. 



Bar Harbor, on the Maine Central 

 Railroad (ferry), and Eastern Steamship 

 Company, is 1| mi., (w) (a), from the 

 nearest point of the park. Hotels are 

 open from June 1 to October 30; board 

 and lodging is procurable during the 

 remaining months. Seal Harbor, on 

 Eastern Steamship line and connected 

 with Bar Harbor by motor stage during 

 the summer, is two mi. from the nearest 

 part of the park; it has summer accom- 

 modations. Northeast Harbor, Eastern 

 Steamship line, is \\ mi. from the park. 

 Southwest Harbor west of Somes 

 Sound, is two mi. from the western part 

 of the park. The park and rest of the 

 island are easily accessible by a well 

 marked system of trails. Information 

 can be obtained from the park head- 

 quarters at Bar Harbor, and good maps 

 are procurable. Harrington Moore. 



*Hancock County Forest (Mt. Desert 

 Island). (B3.) 10 acres of deciduous- 

 coniferous forest with mountain, ravine, 

 shore, rocky and glacial situations. 

 Located in Hancock County, 5 mi. 

 southwest of Bar Harbor. Maine Cen- 

 tral Railroad (ferry) to Bar Harbor, 

 road and trail to Sieur de Mont' Na- 

 tional Monument. /. M. Briscoe. 



Shore and Island Bird Reservations. 

 The following 19 reservations have been 

 listed and described by A. H. Norton of 

 the Portland Society of Natural History, 

 Portland, Maine. 



1. *0ld Man Island. (A2.) In the 

 town of Cutler, Washington County. 

 About 10 acres. An outside island, 

 with rocky precipitous shores, except 

 on the south or seaward side, rising to a 

 height of about 40 ft. It is covered with 

 stunted white spruce and balsam fir 

 and beneath these is a dense mat of 

 brambles. A washed out trap dike 

 separates the island, forming a chasm 

 about 5 ft. wide, which is bridged by 

 fallen trees. During the spring tides 

 the water flows through the chasm, 

 making for a short period two islands. 

 It is the breeding ground of herring gulls, 

 eider ducks, black-crowned night herons, 

 and probably ravens. Leased and pro- 

 tected by the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies as a breeding place 

 for birds. 12 mi. southeast of Machias, 

 which is reached by the Maine Central 

 Railroad. 



2. ^Brothers Islands. (03.) Two 

 islands connected (except at high tide). 

 About 50 acres; turf -covered masses 

 of granite with sea cliffs on the south side 

 about 60 ft. high; fine examples of glacial 

 action are shown on the bar which 

 connects these islands. Sheep are pas- 

 tured, but herring gulls and Leach's 

 petrels breed, and the island is guarded 

 by the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies. It is located in the entrance 

 to Machias Bay, and is 11 mi. south 

 (by boat) from Machias. 



3. * Pulpit Rock. (A2.) A two- 

 parted pinnacle of rock, 20 ft. above high 

 water mark. Herring gulls and black 

 guillemots breed and cormorants roost. 

 Guarded as above. One mi. west of 

 Brothers Islands. 



4. *Cone Island. (03.) A low, 

 rather marshy island of about 40 acres, 

 close to Nash Island Light, and pastured 

 by sheep. It supports a large colony of 

 herring gulls, and is guarded like the 

 above-named islands. About 11 mi. 

 south of Addison, Washington County. 



5. *Petit Manan Point. (B3.) Main- 

 tained as a private game preserve; deer, 

 foxes, hares and wild fowl. Steuben, 

 Washington County, 15 mi. from Cherry- 

 field, Hancock County. 



