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New England coast, and doubtless nearly all the species of 

 Sandpipers, Plovers, Godwits, and Curlew, occur here both dur- 

 ing the spring and autumn migrations. In the fall and winter 

 the sea-fowl shooting is such as one would expect, and to judge 

 from the sportsmen's stories this is a perfect paradise for kin- 

 dred spirits. I must add my complaint to that of others against 

 the wholesale robbery of the eggs of nearly all species nesting 

 here. Numbers of eggers lay off the island and make the rounds 

 daily until procuring a cargo they leave to be followed by others. 

 The birds are robbed so often that they must eventually leave 

 for other breeding localities. Ovaries of many specimens ex- 

 amined by me were sadly depleted. 



Dendrceca discolor, Bd. Prairie Warbler. A male was heard 

 singing in a swamp on Hog Island, and reminded me forcibly of 

 our own New England collecting. 



Hirundo horreorum, Bart. Barn Swallow. Several pairs were 

 breeding in the out-buildings connected with the settlement on 

 Cobb's Island. 



Ammodromus marilimus, Sw. Seaside Finch. Although not common it 

 was the most abundant land bird on the island, probably twenty pairs 

 breeding there. I succeeded in finding three nests, two of which con- 

 tained four eggs each, and one three, all fresh. They were placed in 

 clumps of grass, on the high ridge, in the centre of the island, very 

 Carefully concealed, and quite neatly built of grasses, lined with hne 

 pieces of the same ; one of them was also arched over. 



Agelaus ■phcenkeus, Vieill. Red-winged Blackbird. One pair raised 

 a brood in a grape-vine arbor near the house and picked up crumbs 

 from the piazza, reminding ohe of our common "Chippy" in socia- 

 bility. 



Corvus Amerkanus, And. Common Crow. Several were seen 

 and heard on Hog Island, sometimes in company with the Fish Crow. 



Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. Fish Crow. This species is quite 

 common on Hog and Moekhorn Islands, and I was fortunate enough 

 to obtain a set of five eggs, nearly fresh. These are very much 

 smaller than those of our common species, there being as much dif- 

 ference in size as there is between those of the Raven and the Common 

 Crow. The nest cannot be distinguished from that of the latter, and 

 was about twenty-five feet from the ground, in a large pine, in- 

 whieh was also a nest of the Fish Hawk. The birds kept up a con- 

 tinual croaking while we were disturbing their treasures. 



Tyrannus Carolinensis, Temm. King Bird. Several pairs had young 

 nearly full grown. 

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