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(Mimus polyglottos) Linn, which 

 proved to be a male bird. It was very 

 wary, and it was with much difficulty 

 that I secured it. It did not show 

 signs of having been caged, although 

 it might have been. About the same 

 date the preceding year, I am positive 

 I saw a, bird of the same species fly 

 from the east side of the north cove 

 across to the trees on the west side. 

 I afterwards saw it among the tress, 

 but it eluded all my efforts to capture 

 it, and I did not again see it." 



Sept. 20. — "The wind, today, has 

 been southeast and moderate. At 7 

 P. M., it commenced to rain. Up to 

 this time, no birds had been heard or 

 seen around the light. At 8.40 P. M., 

 came fog and suddenly the air re- 

 sounded with notes of birds, and they 

 could be seen flying around in the rays 

 of the light. They all seemed to be 

 pine warblers. At 9.25 P. M., the 

 fog cleared and it rained very hard, 

 when the birds all left, but a very few, 

 disappearing as quickly as they came, 

 only two pine warblers came on the 

 lantern." 



Sept. 22. — ''One pine warbler and 

 one yellowthroat on lantern. Also red- 

 start, and a red-eyed vireo flew against 

 the glass and killed itself." 



Sept. 23. — "At 11 P. M., the sparrows 

 with a few hermit thrushes, came on 

 the lantern, remaining till 4 A. M." 



Sept. 11— "At 10 P. M., a bird could 

 now and then be seen in the rays of the 

 light. Two pine and one yellowthroat 

 came on the lantern." 



Sept. 25— "2 A. M., clear. Birds still 

 on the lantern, no birds flying around 

 light." 



Sept. 26 — "Wind south-west and 

 south with rain. No birds" 



Sept. 28— "Wind to tbe north-west. 

 No birds." 



Oct. 8 — "Wind north-east and cloudy 

 all night. Sixty birds came on the lan- 

 tern, mostly sparrows." 



Oct. 17— "The wind blowed hard 

 north-east, and also during the night. 

 The morning of the 18th the small 

 birds began to fly in from sea. The 

 most of them were juncos, sparrows, 

 some snowflakes, one horned lark, and 

 hermit thrush and a shrike. They con- 

 tinued to arrive all the forenoon. Many 

 of them were so exhausted upon reach- 

 ing the island, that they would drop on 

 the first resting place they reached, re- 

 gardless of their nearness to me. 

 Many at a time could be seen strug- 

 gling to reach the island, it apparently 

 taking all the efforts they could com- 

 mand to do so. Many times I thought 

 they would surely drop into the ocean 

 before they could reach the shore. 

 There were hundreds of birds on the 

 island during the day. I did not see 

 any moving during the evening, nor 

 did I hear any passing. over the island." 



Oct. 20 — "Wind north-east and rainy, 

 blowing very hard. Saw a number of 

 juncos flying in from sea, some of 

 them so exhausted, I did not think they 

 could reach the island. At night a chip- 

 ping sparrow came on the lantern and 

 one song sparrow was killed." 



Oct. 21 — "11 P. M., one hermit thrusn 

 also a pine warbler on the lantern." 



Oct. 29^-"Saw a barn swallow." 



Nov. 13 — "Wind blows very hard and 

 rains. Found a fox sparrow so chilled 

 that I caught it with out any trouble as 

 it rested on the ground." 



Oct. 14- — "Mourning dove on the 

 island." 



Nov. 21 — Snowed hard, wind south- 

 east changing to west. Robin on the 

 lantern." 



March 17, 1898 — "First robin seen 

 this spring." 



Marcn 20— "2 A. M., Foggy and rainy 

 A number of robins are flying around 

 the light and chirping." 

 March 30— "2 A. M., thick fog. Three 

 fox and one song sparrow came on the 

 lantern." 



