132 Allen on the Destruction of Birds hy Light-houses. 



land. A fixed red light ; height, 76 feet. A. H. Wargatt, keeper. March 

 29, 1880. — From the 15th of April till the 15th of May the largest num- 

 ber of birds strike the light ; the greatest number observed in one night 

 is 23. Among those recognized are the Bluebird, the "Apple Bii-d" 

 (Ampelis cedrorum, as shown by the writer's description), the Scarlet 

 Tanager, and " Sparrows." They strike in very dark nights, seldom in 

 fair weather. During thick weather in May, 1879, there were large num- 

 bers of small birds of different kinds about the light. " During the five 

 years I have been at this station I have never known the Sand Birds or 

 Peeps to fly against the light." 



3. Cape Ann Lights, three fijurths of a mile from Cape Ann, Mass. 

 Two fixed white lights; height, 165| feet. Albert W. Steele, keeper. 

 March 6, 1877. — • Very few birds are killed by flying against the fight 

 except in May and June, when a " Swamp Sparrow " comes about the 

 light, and is sometimes killed. " Have known 6 to be killed in one night." 

 Occasionally a sea bird is killed, — not more than 3 or 4 in a year. 



4. Marhlehead Light, Marblehead Neck, Mass. Fixed white light ; 

 height, 43 feet. James S.Bailey, keeper. April 1, 1877. — Very few 

 birds strike the light. At one time 3 small ones were found dead outside 

 the light. They are never around except in foggy nights. No damage 

 has been done by birds striking for the last five years. 



6. Mlnot's Ledge Light, Cohasset, Mass. Fixed white light ; height, 

 92 feet. Levi L. Creed, keeper. May, 1877. — " Sea and land birds of all 

 kinds come about the light in fall and spring, and all kinds of land birds 

 in summer if the weather is foggy or smoky. As many as 10 Iiave been 

 picked up at one time on the walk, but I think hundreds are killed and 

 fall in the water." 



6. Plymouth Light, Gurnet Point, Plymouth, Mass. Fixed white light; 

 height, 102 feet. William Sears, keeper. March 22, 1877. — Bluebirds 

 and " Ground Sparrows " reported as quite often picked up dead around 

 the light-house, but no further particulars are mentioned. 



7. Race Point Light, northwesterly point of Cape Cod, Mass. Fixed 

 white light, varied by white flashes ; height, 51 feet. James Cashman, 

 keeper. March 15, 1877. — "There never have been, to my knowledge, 

 any birds killed by flying against the light." 



8. Long Point Light, entrance to Provincetown Harbor, Mass. Fixed 

 white light; height, 37 feet. — The keeper of this light recently told me 

 that birds very rarely fly against it. 



9. Cape Cod Light, Highlands, North Truro, Mass. Fixed white light ; 

 height, 195 feet. David F. Loring, keeper. March 5, 1877. — " Now no 

 sea birds fly against the light, as was the case in former years, except 

 occasionally a Petrel, or Mother Carey's Chicken, and a small bird called 

 by the fishermen ' Bank Bird ' (the latter said to resemble » Shore Birds 

 or Peeps'). These never come except in driving easterly storms, when 

 they are occasionally very plenty. Two hundred are sometimes seen at 



