Wenee Mackay, The Terns of Pentkese Island, Mass. 283 
would seem to be better adapted for their breeding purposes; 
while there I shot a number of dark breasted birds in the hopes 
that some of them might prove to be S. paradisea, but they were 
all Wilson’s. 
As stated, Penikese Island is composed of two parts connected 
by a stony beach; the southeast portion is called the neck, while 
the other is the main island: Thinking there might possibly be 
some future advantage in keeping the account of the nests and 
eggs found on each, separate, I have so arranged them, and also 
those found on Gull Island. All the eggs observed were normal, 
there being nothing unusual to record. 
Main Island. PENIKESE. Neck. 
130 Nests of 1 egg each, inall 130 eggs || 135 Nests of I egg each, in all 135 eggs 
386 “2 Zieggsieach, 14 772%. - 308 , 2eges each, >‘: 616 1“ 
ZO Oriente 1 RAT AS fT OSA | 20 ORNS, fe Be (py 
6 6“ 4 “6 6c 24 66 5 “co 4 6“ 6c 20 * 
7 oF UE) ts TE OOO 3 ae ate Pasa 
Vagrant eggs eis Vagrant eggs oy 
757 ee 1680 659 1419 
GULL ISLAND. 
10 Nests of 1 egg each, in all Io eggs. . 
15 6s 2 “6 “ce 30 oe 
16 66 3 66 6c 48 ‘ce 
fe) ee 4 “ce 8 66 (e) “cc 
(e) “ec 5 66 “e (o) “ 
Vagrant eggs Bsn shh 
40 go , , ue) 
BoRAANGEE| 
Total for Penikese Island, 1416 nests, 2055 eggs. _ 
% Gull Island. Aowe 16 88 «— 
a Vagrant eggs Moy 
The 46 eggs designated as ‘ vagrant’ were found by themselves 
with no appearance of their having been deposited by the birds 
where found. 
Gull Island is but a small gravelly shoal of about half an acre 
in extent. It is elevated only three or four feet above high water 
mark. As far as I have been able to learn, it is at present only 
