In : "I". i:;l 



through .'I. -ci a dutch 1 1 'a eggs, on t! 



foundland couM. 'I'll.- following ill-count -.|' hi-> h>rnM- 

 is taken t'ri'ii. 



H vi ii I April 27th. ls!l. Tin- In-ly of .l..h 



r.-iiint-.ii, Mass., tli-- young American nat uralist. 



lay from St. John- II- Was 



killed at Shag Roost while hanging over a diM' gathering eggs 



1*1 ii. -st. II- was rowed ti tin- s|"-t in a dor 

 In.ys. landed with a ritle and rope, an-l \>y ni--aiis 

 ;ir gained tin- siinniiit of tin- clitf. 2<)() j'i-.-t al>o\e tin- sea. 

 Tin- l'>ys in tin- l...at saw him tnkc off' his coat, watch MI i<\ 

 IMM.IS ami il.-s<-.-ii,l l.y tlit- rope t<) tin- sht-lt' of tin- nx-k \\]>u 

 which tin- in-st \\asl.uilt. !! .piickly >.-cur. ! ti\.- .-(firs ami 

 hd.l them up for the \><>\ put them in his pocket anl 



coiniii'-iice.l to make the a-ceiit. Theclitt' was an QYeriUBlgillg 

 and as he went up his |MM!V swayed considerably. At tin- 

 top the rojic IMU-I- uj>on the clitl'. and it would appear as if In 

 was unal'le to ^ct his tinkers letwe,-n the rope and the rock to 

 acquire a hold. He stru^lrd hard for twenty minute.s. l.ut 

 could make no headway. The rope, though knotted and loop- 

 _;ave him no support, and he began to slip downward. H- 

 appeared to fold the rope in his arms, as if the palms of his 

 hands wen- I.ein^' l.urned l.y the friction. His descent In-came 

 moiv rapid, and he could not land on the shelf from which In- 

 had taken tin- eggs. Faster and faster the poor fellow slid 

 downward till the end of the rope, which swayed loosely 

 above the sea, was reached. His le.r s struck against tin- clitf : 

 tin- rope jerked outward from the contact, and tin- unfortun- 

 y.iung man fell l.ackward into eternity. His b, M ly l...unded 

 from tin- i-'H-ks and fell into tin- sea. The water in the locality 

 was red from Mood. The IMK!\- was recovered next day. Such 



was the sail end of youn^ ( 'al n. 



Tin- raven breeds around the coast of Newfoundland 



iswick. Nova Sc,,tia and in tin- .rulf of St. Lawrence 

 w.-ll as inland around the shores of the larger lakes, as air- 



d. Tin- rax. -n is aln Miopolitan. I have eggs from 



In.lia. Spain, British Islands. Iceland, and otln-r northern 



