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mit and Olive-backed Thrushes. Upon the colder moun- 

 tain summits may be found Canadian Chicadees and the 

 rare Bicknell's Thrush; along their precipices flap a not 

 infrequent pair of Northern Ravens; above them soar the 

 Ospreys and Bald-headed Eagles which nest among their in- 

 accessible crags; while overhead countless Swallows sail and 

 flutter against the blue vault of heaven. 



Within this small compass, accordingly, of less than fif- 

 teen miles square, may be found varieties of natural environ- 

 ment suitable as habitat for every species of wild bird which 

 frequent the surrounding regions. Nor does so felicitous 

 and close an association of mountain, lake, forest, upland, 

 meadow, and ocean exist elsewhere on all our eastern slope. 



This splendid Island, therefore, with its native bird-life 

 saved from the predatory hunter, with its natural attractive- 

 ness for birds enhanced by increased supplies of food in time 

 of need and adequate shelter from exceptional storm and 

 cold, should soon become a sanctuary whose like it would 

 be hard to find, for rich variety of life, for conservational 

 usefulness, and for the purposes of scientific study. 



