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Bird - Lore 



LEACH'S PETREL AT THE MOUTH OF A NESTING-BURROW 



their eggs every summer on the guarded 

 islands of the Maine coast. 



Ravens are not uncommon on these 

 islands, and we found them on at least 

 two occasions. Apparently their nests 

 are usually built in evergreen trees. Just 

 what damage they do in the bird-com- 

 munities is not known with certainty, but 

 we strongly suspected that the remains of 

 a dozen young Night Herons found in one 

 colony bore mute testimony to the powers 

 of this magnificent representative of the 

 family Corvidce. It is well known that 

 elsewhere Ravens are a pest to breeding- 

 colonies of Sea-birds. — T. G. P. 



TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Notice to Members 



The Tenth Annual Meeting of the 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties will convene at ten o'clock, a. m., on 

 Tuesday, October 27, 1914, at the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History,' West 

 Seventy-seventh Street and Central Park 

 West, New York City. 



A program of more than usual interest 

 is being prepared, and it is hoped that 

 there may be a large attendance of mem- 

 bers and their friends. — T. Gilbert 

 Pearson, Secretary. 



YOUNG GREAT liLUE HERONS AND THEiR NEST, ON BRADBURY ISLAND 



