dens, the birds of inland waters, woods and marshes. 



The fauna and flora of the coast line at this point are 

 largely of the Canadian type and its birds are repre- 

 sented here with corresponding fnllness. Nevertheless, 

 a number of Hudsonian plants grow upon the Island 

 also and form breeding places for certain birds charac- 

 teristic of that northern area. This is one of the very 

 few points on the Atlantic coast of the United States 

 where portions of this far northern flora and fauna can 

 be found at all, and it is the southernmost of all. 



Following the coast up from the West and South, a 

 number of the birds of the Alleghenian and Transition 

 zones reach the Island also, and we thus find at least four 

 fauna! areas represented in summer at this unique spot, 

 while a number of Arctic and other northern birds fre- 

 quent the region in winter, at which season the Alaskan 

 eagle and tlie snowy owl appear. 



Eemarkable opportunities exist here, accordingly, for 

 inducing birds of many kinds to remain and nest upon 

 the Island, where they can be fostered, studied, and pro- 

 tected. For the birds of farm and garden it offers con- 

 ditions that might readily be made ideal in certain sec- 

 tions. The forest cover, with its under shrubs, provides 

 admirable nesting places for all woodland species. For 

 the birds of inland and of tidal waters the place is singu- 

 larly favorable, while the vertical cliffs yet call to nest 

 the raven and the eagle. 



No northern situation was ever better fitted to grow 

 a great variety of fruiting plants for bird food. The 

 remarkable horticultural qualities of the Island have 

 long been recognized, and both wild and cultivated shrubs 

 fruit there in extraordinary profusion. In the broad 

 heath which extends from the Bar Harbor region south- 

 ward to the mountains ; in the wild gorge beyond witli 

 bottom tarn which makes a natural highway for men and 

 birds alike between the Island's northern and southern 

 shores ; and around the old beaver-pool ground out by the 



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