Photo by Howard H. Cleaves 



the; de;coy goldfish aftkr the; expe;rime;nt 



Showing how fins were all torn away by hawk's talons, and scratches and scars on the back 

 of the fish. The anchor stone, thread, and nose-string are also to be seen 



the writer can recommend the following 

 specific localities and general regions : 



Seal Island, Nova Scotia, for the her- 

 ring gull, black guillemot, Leach's petrel, 

 eider duck, Bicknell's thrush, blackpoU 

 warbler, and yellow-billed flycatcher. 



Lake George, Nova Scotia, for the 

 great black-backed or minister gull. 



Muskeget Isle and Martha's Vineyard, 

 Massachusetts, for the Wilson's or com- 

 mon tern, least tern, piping-plover, black 

 duck, and laughing gull. 



Gardiner's Island, New York, for the 

 fish-hawk, black-crowned night heron, 

 common and roseate terns, piping-plover, 

 short-eared owl, parula warbler, and Bar- 

 tramian sandpiper. 



Cobbs, Wreck, and Little Isaacs isl- 

 ands. Cape Charles, Virginia, for the 

 black skimmer, or flood gull, laughing 

 gull, clapper rail, and common tern. 



And the coast of South Carolina for a 



distance of 60 or 70 miles north of 

 Charleston for the willet, Wilson's plover, 

 oyster-catcher, royal tern, least tern, 

 snowy and American egrets, Louisiana, 

 little blue, black-crowned night, and little 

 green herons, brown pelican, black skim- 

 mer, anhinga, or snakebird, etc., and 

 many, many land birds, including the in- 

 comparable painted bunting. 



To even begin going into a detailed de- 

 scription of the home life of one of these 

 wonderful creatures would require more 

 space than could be allowed in a general 

 magazine article. The writer can there- 

 fore but urge the reader to spurn the 

 summer hotel, with its pomp and artifi- 

 ciality, charter for himself a modest sloop 

 or power-boat, and make his way through 

 lagoons and tide-rips to these isolated 

 islands, and follow the picturesque chan- 

 nels of the salt marsh in quest of the 

 bird-inhabited bars and reefs. 



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