THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 ORNITHOLOGY and OOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 



EDITOR and publisher. 



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Bird Life of an Islet. 



by w. n. c 



Situated in Casco Bay on the coast 

 of Maine, distant about three-quarters 

 of a mile from the nearest land is an 

 islet which though not large is of inter- 

 est to the Collector as being the home 

 of a number of birds. The writer has 

 visited this islet a number of times and 

 collected somewhat in the oological line 

 upon it, and now proposes to offer a 

 few notes upon the species occuring 

 there. 



□ Although bird life teems I have seen 

 but four species, namely: The Sharp-- 

 tailed Finch, Spotted Sandpiper, Arctic. 

 Tern and Bank Swallow. I have 

 named these in the order of their abun- 

 dance. 



First let us speak of the Sharp-tailed 

 Finch. They are abundant in every 

 sense of the word; the island fairly 

 swarms with them, but in spite of their 

 numbers they hide their nests so cun- 

 ningly that it takes considerable time 

 and patience to discover one; since the 

 writer is sadly deficient in the later 

 quality, all of his nests were discovered 

 accidentally. I have found three sets 

 of four and one of six, all placed in the 

 side of the bank that skirts the rocky 

 beach. 



The little Spotted Sandpipers are 

 everywhere, and their obtrusive habits 

 make them appear upon one's landing, 

 the most abundant species on the islet. 

 They are the earliest breeders, and on 

 June 24, 1889, I found many fragments 

 of egg shells of this species among the 



