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the tribe made celebrated in the history of our country by the story of Poca- 
hontas and Powhatan, are friends of the Purple Martins, and put up homes 
on their reservation to attract them. 
During the coming year, the outline of work in Virginia will be the for- 
mation of Junior Clubs in the schools, and in getting scholars and teachers 
to unite in a protest against the killing of Robins and Doves in Virginia, and 
an effort to get the fourth of May observed as Bird and Arbor Day; the 
strengthening of the Virginia State Society by local branches, and securing 
a secretary in each county to stir up greater interest in our work. Talks and 
illustrated lectures will be given where practicable before clubs, chapters 
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and other bodies, and no oppor- 
tunity will be lost to impress upon our people the importance of better laws 
and a proper game-warden system, and, above all things, the necessity of a 
game commissioner to be established by our next legislature. 
REPORT OF ARTHUR C. BENT ON THE BRETON 
ISLAND RESERVATION 
In the schooner Julia L., with Warden W. M. Sprinkle, I spent eight 
days, from June 16—24, roro, inclusive, exploring the Breton Island Reser- 
vation, and, with the help of Captain Sprinkle’s thorough knowledge of the 
region under his charge, I gained a very fair idea of the condition of the various 
bird colonies. Sailing south-southeast from Cat island, we landed first on 
Freemason’s Key, where we found shore-birds quite plentiful on the long 
strip of high oyster-shell beach, which forms the southwestern extremity 
of the island, enclosing a salt marsh and mud flat; a flock of fifteen Dowit- 
chers and two Turnstones were undoubtedly loiterers; but numerous Wilson’s 
Plovers, three pairs of Willets, and a pair of Oyster-catchers, apparently 
had young in the vicinity, as they were on suitable breeding-grounds and 
appeared solicitous. A few Least Terns, perhaps a dozen pairs, had evidently 
been breeding at the extremity of the beach. Laughing Gulls were common 
and a few Royal Terns and Black Skimmers were seen but the latter were not 
breeding. 
At the south end of Errol island, on the broad sandy beaches and sand- 
flats, we saw large numbers of Brown Pelicans, Royal Terns, Black Terns, 
Laughing Gulls and Wilson’s Plovers; also a few Cabot’s Terns, Common 
Terns, Least Terns, Man-o’-war-birds, and two small flocks of Black-bellied 
Plovers. We could find no breeding colonies on this island, and concluded 
that the birds were merely feeding here. We noticed several places where 
raccoons had dug out turtles’ eggs, which was enough to account for the 
absence of bird colonies. 
The only breeding colony of Royal and Cabot’s Terns was on Grand 
Cochere, a low, flat sand-bar about half a mile long by a quarter of a mile 
