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prefer the smaller lakes more than the other water birds, as every little 

 lake contained a pair of Loons. Young Mergansers and Gulls were 

 often seen, but, strange as it may appear, young Loons were only seen 

 once, August 10. 



The Osprey, Eagle and Kingtisher were also seen several times, but 

 only the latter was seen around any of the smaller lakes, and it was 

 not often seen. These lakes abounded in small fish and would have 

 been a good feeding ground for Kingfishers, but there were no sand 

 banks around the small lakes AAhere it could have nested, and this may 

 have been the reason for its absence. There were two sand banks 

 along the shores of Bock Harbor, and these were used as nesting sites. 



2. ^Jwrr Birds. The Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers were seen 

 along the shore, but these were probably migrants as only one or two 

 Spotted Sandpipers were seen before August 1. 



Although they were not shore birds the Cedar Waxwing, Winter 

 Wren and White-throated Sparrows were often seen and heard while 

 rowing along the shore. The Cedar Waxwing would sit on the tops 

 of the dead trees and every few minutes would fly out over the water 

 after insects. 



Herring Gulls nested on the shores of the smaller islands in large 

 numbers but very few nested on the maini island. There is a reason 

 why they choose the smaller islands instead of the mainland, and it 

 is probably because there are nO' minks, lynx or other carnivors on 

 these small islands. The Gull seems to place its nest on the shore at 

 random, without any view to protection or secrecy, and if there were 

 mink or lynx about the young would soon all be killed by these animals. 



The Barn Swallow nested underneath the cliflfs along the shore at 

 Menagei'ie Island and at Srovill Point. The Song Sparrow and Myrtle 

 Warbler were often seen feeding on the shore, and both were found 

 breeding near it. The Song Sparrow frequented the small rocky islands 

 in front of the light-house, one of the islands in the west end of 

 ■Rock Harbor, and also Bansom Clearing on the north side of the Har- 

 bor. Even in this clearing it was never seem far from the water. The 

 Myrtle Warbler was found breeding on the north shore of Tonkin Bay, 

 and on an island in the west end of Bock Harbor. 



3. Birds Frequenting Swamps. The characteristic birds of the 

 tamarack-spruce swamps were the Cedar Waxwing, Chickadee, Red- 

 breasted Nuthatch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, White- winged Crossbill, 

 Canada Jay, Nashville Warbler and White-throated Sparrow. Pro- 

 bably none of these birds were found here simply because it was a 

 swamp, for all frequented other localities. The White-throated Spar- 

 row, Cedar Waxwing, and Nashville Warbler are chai-acteristic of par- 

 tial clearings, and this was really a partial clearing because the trees 

 were so far apart. The White-winged Crossbill, Bed-breasted Nuthatch 

 and Golden-crowned Kinglet ate characteristic of coniferous forests, 

 and as the trees in the swamp were nearly all coniferous trees, this 

 would therefore be their natural habitat. The White-winged Crossbill 

 feeds on the seeds of the tamarack trees, and during the first few 

 weeks of July it was only seen where there were tamarack trees; dur- 

 ing the latter part of July, when the seeds of the spruce became more 

 matute, they were seen many times in the spruce and balsam forests. 



