Ti.oLe.cii'a Petrel. 



('Hie Motlier Cary*R Chicken of the 

 Northern and New Kn^land coast.) 

 hni a very wide distribution. Tlie 

 ;;eiicral eolor is sooty brown, darketft 

 on the winyfs uiid tail, with the upper 

 tail eovets white. 



D'ring the months of June and 

 July it is found breeding in favoinble 

 , l«t<fs from Maine to Grecn'and and 

 mUo in considerable numbers, on the 

 J'acific coast. On the coast of Maine 

 it begins to breed in comnuities about 

 Ihi* fccond week in June. 



Its favorite breeding places are 

 tho^e densely woode<l spruce islands so 

 ci.nimcfti alon; that e/ast above the 

 Krnoebec, where i'. digs a diagonal hole 

 ;.e-.. orally f»'om one to two feet deep^ 

 :ojiong the iviOts of the trees: though 

 I'leHe holes have been found in sand- 

 liHuks, like a bank swallowV. At the 

 l.'<;ttom ol" tliis hole is placed a loose! 

 n» St of dried grass }tnd sticks, in which 

 'hey deposit a single pure \>hite e'^gj. 

 nearly oval in lornu ii^'htly spotted at I 

 the larger erul with a <ircU> of li'ac, i 

 The e<?^ is extremi'lv fraijile. 

 These birds when being taken fro n ' 

 the hole fight vigorously tiiuitting the! 

 disagreeable oily f;uid from tiieir nos- 

 ti ils which makes their breeding places 

 y jarticularly noticeable, even a 

 »on:e ('istanc«-. T' eir eggs averag 

 ♦n;m .90 by 1 .?.> to 1 .00 by 1.85. 



About ihe twcnn«t'n of July 18H9 

 vrhiie on out- of tlie V^uck i.-*lands, ncar 

 Mt. Desert, w!u'n'thc\ Ireed abundant 

 ly, I opened hIx. holes «>r i,he l^e^ch'8 

 l*.itrel, live i-f v. i i. I. (•(Utr.ined egg« in 



an advanced H:age of incubation, witVi 

 the male bird sitting <»n then), whili 

 the hixtii contained a chittken of ;< 

 uniform smoky grey. Wlieu m*' 



breeding these birds are ftnunl skiii.iut: 

 or rather running over the deep in open 

 oeoan. 



F. 0. H. Concord, N. II. 

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An 2;:T:lanui:n. 



Our subscribers, no d«)ubt wondcr<Ml 

 why tJbey did not > eceive a May No. 

 v?e will explain matters, and we hop^* 

 to your entire satisfa'-ition. 



We ^vere detained in g»tlipg our (jjp^' 

 tificate of entry I'.l poujd rates ; co?»- 

 sequMitly did not*;:ei tliv Apr. issue oi ' 

 until the last of tlic month, and did n( ; 

 hink it best to issae a May No. s • 

 have issued May and June both in one. 

 We shall, ho.vever, give our subscriber- 

 twelve numbertj, and try to n^ake v\> 

 for our tardiness by being on time in 

 the future. 



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A ut. Ires o/'2\ words or less t nnfri<id u ^ <A r- 

 fJus hea ling for lO**. Oi'^-r 24 wo^d^.d 

 the rate of 1 -3 of a cent er wn*-d. 



To » xcli.inge :- A se: ot H e;igs ot tl »• 

 I*r:i[rie It Mue i l.riric for iK'*t itl'ivr. 

 write quuMv. John v. CnoNK 



Mari^tlion. lown. 



Wnntetl:- Good secondhand type, Long 

 primer. Brevier and Aeate, in fonts '^cin 

 10 to 25 lbs. Will ^ ve in exrliajigr 

 M'Muited birds, eggs, single or in sets. 

 Address, 

 M. 8TA^T0^• Sawyer Garland Me. 



