IN THE LAND OF NORUMBEGA 1 09 



The larger birds first attract one's at- 

 tention, and the most numerous of these 

 in summer are the gulls, crows and fish- 

 hawks. The gulls as well as the fish- 

 hawks breed in large numbers on the 

 island, and the cry of the osprey as he 

 circles over the water for his prey is a 

 familiar sound. A pair of chimney swifts 

 evidently dwelt in the chimney of the 

 house in which I was staying, as they 

 were continually circling the sky with the 

 barn swallows. 



Juncos could be seen frequently ; their 

 plumage seemed duller since last I saw 

 them as they passed through Massa- 

 chusetts in the early spring on their way 

 north. Chipping, song and white-throated 

 sparrows inhabited the island, 

 and I was surprised to see only 

 three robins during my visit. 

 Oa Saturday afternoon, August 

 4th, 1894, 1 wandered down the 

 hill to the lowlands towards 

 Pendleton's Point. Clumps of 

 waving ferns grew around the 

 rocks and boulders that were 

 scattered through the rough fields, and 

 red-thistles bristled from the grass. A 



