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remain the year round. About the 25th of August 

 the golden plover come in more or less numbers. On 

 the first of October come the night hawk, pigeon, and 

 sparrow hawk, passenger pigeon, heron, woodpeckers, 

 English snipe, yellow-legs, curlew, teal, and herring 

 gull. Later on, as the northerly storms bring cold 

 weather, they also bring the wood hen, bluebill, dipper, 

 goldeneye, merganser, old squaw, coot, ruddy duck, 

 loon, greetes, auk; and at the commencement of win- 

 ter come geese and eider duck. 



At various times during the year sporting men get 

 occasionally a shot at some of the rarer species ; among 

 these the goshawk, eagle, snowy owl, tanager, cedar- 

 bird, shrike, crossbill, white heron, green heron, oriole, 

 phalarope, long-billed curlew, rail, gallinule, barnacle 

 goose, swan, mallard duck, spoonbill, widgeon, sum- 

 mer duck, red-head duck, harlequin, scoter, king eider, 

 hooded merganser, shearwater, and puffin. 



POCOMO. 



Pacummohquah, Poocoomo, or modern Pocomo 

 (pronounced Pok-omo) is a headland extending into 

 the upper harbor of Nantucket, upon which are sev- 

 eral good farms. There is said to be, at times, fair 

 shooting for those who are fond of the sport at this 

 place. It would be a fine locality for a hotel, as can be 

 seen by a glance at the map. It is about four and one 

 half miles from town by water. 



POLPIS OR PODPIS. 



This little village was one of the earliest settlements 

 on the island. It is about six miles from the town of 

 Nantucket, and is situated on an arm or inlet of the 



