6 The Bird Rock Group. 



Gardiner's, Fisher's, Muskeget, and Penikese Islands. Martha's 

 Vineyard, between the two last named, contains the sole survivors 

 of the Heath Hen or Eastern Prairie Chicken (see gallery, case J). 

 Certain islets along the coast of Maine form suitable homes for 

 Herring Gulls (see gallery, case B), and going farther north, 

 into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, we find several rocky islets, which, 

 either because of their isolation or precipitousness, are ideal 

 resorts for sea-fowl. Chief among these is 



Bird Rock. 



Bird Rock, and its neighbor Little Bird Rock, belong to the 

 Magdalen Group, and are situated fifty miles northwest of Cape 



MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF THE BIRD ROCKS. 



Breton, the nearest mainland, and twelve miles east of Bryon 

 Island, the nearest member of the same group. It is 351 yards 

 long, from 50 to 140 yards wide, and rises abruptly from the sea 

 to a height of from 80 to 140 feet. Its vertical rocky walls are 

 weathered into innumerable ridges, shelves, and crevices — fit 

 sites for the nests of the sea birds which for centuries have made 



