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7. (273). Killdeer, Oxyechus vociferus. A few pairs on Big Beaver 

 only. 



8. (277). Piping Plover, Aegialitis meloda. A single bird, found near 

 the lighthouse at St. James, had young or eggs without doubt, as she could 

 not be driven away from the spot, but I watched her for an hour without 

 being able to find the nest. As she allowed me to study her at leisure through 

 the field glass at less than ten yards distance, I was sure that she was not 

 circunicincta and so was relieved of the necessity of killing her. 



9. (332). Sharp-shinned Hawk, Accipiter velox. A single one passed 

 very close to me on Big Beaver, carrying a small bird in its claws. 



10. (364). Fish Hawk, Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. A single one 

 seen fishing at a distance. Said to nest regularly on the islands. 



11. (390). Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon. Abundant. Young just able to 

 fly were seen on Font Lake, July 10. 



12. (393). Hairy Woodpecker, Dry abates villosus. Rather common on 

 Big Beaver. Full grown young following parents July 10. (In spite of care- 

 ful hunting I failed to find a single specimen of the Downy Woodpecker.) 



13. (412a). Flicker, Colaptes auratus lutcus. One of the most abundant 

 and conspicuous species.' Young full grown. 



14. (444). Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus. Abundant. 



15. (461). Wood Pewee, Contopus virens. In all suitable places. 



16. (466a). Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii alnorum. A single 

 specimen found in the alders along the edge of Font Lake, July 10. 



17. (477). Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata. A few seen; said to be abun- 

 dant in autumn. 



18. (488). Crow, Corvus hrachyrhynchos. Far too abundant and im- 

 pertinently tame. When^trying to locate small birds by their songs, the Crows 

 followed me in squads of three to ten, perching within twenty feet 

 and keeping up such a clamor that nothing else could be heard. Many 

 of their nests were not more than fifteen or twenty feet from the ground, but 

 I think the young were all on the wing. On the beach at one of the nesting 

 places of tho Herring Gull I found a full grown Crow minus one eye and 

 otherwise injured, evidently by the gulls. At the same place I drove a Her- 

 ring Gull off a nest of three eggs, and a few moments later saw the gulls 

 attacking a single Crow close to the nest, while another was flying rapidly 

 away. Going back to the nest I found but two eggs in it, and a few yards 

 away w^ere the fragments of the third egg, from which the chick had just 

 been extracted. I was told by many residents that the Crows were nearly 

 as plentiful on Big Beaver in winter as in summer. (Inquiries as to the 

 Raven elicited no information.) 



19. (494). Bobolink, Dolichonyx orysivorus. A single female was 

 found in a field of clover and daisies near Font Lake, where she was cer- 

 tainly feeding young; but although I saw her tw^ice, on different days, no 

 male could be found. 



20. (495). Cowbird, Molothrus ater. Superabundant. 



21. (501). Meadowlark, Sturnella magna. Fairly common on the farms 

 of Big Beaver and said to occur on the other large islands, which I did not 

 visit. 



