72 HOLLICK. 



curious to know how the robins, which were more or less 

 abundant, were in the habit of nesting. Bank swallows, red- 

 winged blackbirds and meadow larks were the birds most in 

 evidence, and I found a nest of the latter, with four eggs, on 

 July 20th. A bird that I identified with reasonable certainty as 

 the bay-winged sparrow was seen in considerable numbers, evi- 

 dently breeding freely, as I found two nests, one with three 

 eggs on July 13th, the other with two on July 25th. Unless 

 my previous experience is at fault, all these nests represent very 

 late broods, and this feature seemed to me to be a fact of suffi- 

 cient interest for record. 



An interesting feature of the molluscan fauna is the immense 

 numbers of Littorina littoria, the '' periwinkle " of the Old World, 

 which is now by far the most abundant shell-fish on the shores. 

 In places the rocks were found completely covered by them, to 

 the exclusion of all native species. So far as I have been able 

 to ascertain, the first record of the occurrence of this species in 

 America was in 1857, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1873 it was 

 reported from Prince Edwards' Island, and in 1875 from Pro- 

 vincetown. Cape Cod. It was next found at Wood's Holl and 

 Newport, and on Loyd's Neck, L. I., and on Staten Island in 

 1888. I do not know of its previous record from Block Island, 

 and am not informed as to its occurrence south of Staten Island. 

 As it lives upon rocks, the sandy shores of New Jersey would 

 probably not be a congenial habitat for it, and might limit its 

 farther southward migration. 



Frogs and spotted turtles are plentiful, and I occasionally 

 came across a few small striped snakes, but, except for those 

 mentioned, the faunal elements were not obvious and would 

 have to be searched for in order to be observed. 



