THE OOLOQIST 



Black Skimmer. Incomplete Nest with One Egg Absolutely 

 Glossy White. When Drilled at the State Museum Embryo 

 Chick was Found Proving the Albanistic Egg to be Fertile 

 Despite Lack of Spots. Photo by Stanley Clisby Arthur. 



spruce grow so close together that it 

 is very difficult to follow up all the 

 small birds that flit about in them so 

 quickly, and for this reason do not 

 claim the following list to comprise all 

 the bird residents of the island. In- 

 tend this for those who would like to 

 get some idea of what may be found 

 there. 



Of the well known birds, Eave and 

 Barn Swallows were quite numerous, 

 four pair of the latter had nests in one 

 old barn. Several pair of American 

 Redstarts were noted, usually nesting 

 in the alders. Song Sparrows were 

 common everywhere. One nest of 

 Black-billed Cuckoo and one of a Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak located in the al- 

 ders. Crows could always be seen or 

 heard, and had nests in the taller 

 trees. 



While walking through a thick rank 



growth of moss, a little Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher flushed from nearly under 

 my feet. Its nest was imbedded in the 

 moss. The exterior was composed 

 wholly of the same sort of moss and 

 interior lined with fine rootlets. Nest 

 contained four eggs, cream white, with 

 fine dots of brown cinnamon. Another 

 nest was found, at another place, at 

 the base of a small spruce growing in 

 similar kind of moss. The notes of 

 this flycatcher seem to be short and 

 quiet. In breeding time, at least, the 

 Yellow-bellied shows a decided pref- 

 erence for the underbrush. The flnd- 

 ing of its nest is a rather difficult or 

 accidental feat. 



Quite opposite in notes and breed- 

 ing sites is the Olive-sided Flycatcher. 

 Its peculiar loud notes helped me to 

 partially locate a nest, and its habit, 

 very similar to our common Kingbird 



