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New England coast, and doubtless nearly all the species of 
Sandpipers, Plovers, Godwits, and Curlew, occur here both dur- 
ing the spring and autumn migrations. In the fall and winter 
the sea-fowl shooting is such as one would expect, and to judge 
from the sportsmen’s stories this is a perfect paradise for kin- 
dred spirits. I must add my complaint to that of others against 
•the wholesale robbery of the eggs of nearly all species nesting 
here. Numbers of eggers lay off the island and make the rounds 
daily until procuring a cargo they leave to be followed by others. 
The birds are robbed so often that they must eventually leave 
for other breeding localities. Ovaries of many specimens ex- 
amined by me were sadly depleted. 
Dendroeca discolor, Bd. Prairie Warbler. A male was heard 
singing in a swamp on Hog Island, and reminded me forcibly of 
our own New England collecting. 
Hirundo horreorum, Bart. Barn Swallow. Several pairs were 
breeding in the out-buildings connected with the settlement on 
Cobb’s Island. 
Ammodromus maritimus, Sw. Seaside Finch. Although not common it 
was the most abundant land bird on the island, probably twenty pairs 
breeding there. I succeeded in finding three nests, two of which con- 
tained four eggs each, and one three, all fresh. They were placed in 
clumps of grass, on the high ridge, in the centre of the island, very 
carefully concealed, and quite neatly built of grasses, lined with fine 
pieces of the same ; one of them was also arched over. 
Ag elmis phoe.niceus,Y i^iW. Red-winged Blackbird. One pair raised 
a brood in a grape-vine arbor near the house and picked up crumbs 
from the piazza, reminding one of our common “Chippy” in socia- 
bility. 
Corvus Americanus, Aud. Common Crow. Several were seen 
and heard on Hog Island, sometimes in company with the Fish Crow. 
Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. Fish Crow. This species is quite 
common on Hog and Mockhorn Islands, and I was fortunate enough 
to obtain a set of five eggs, nearly fresh. These are very much 
smaller than those of our common species, there being as much dif- 
ference in size as there is between those of the Raven and the Common 
Crow. The nest cannot be distinguished from that of the latter, and 
was about twenty-five feet from the ground, in a large pine, in- 
which was also a nest of the Fish Hawk. The birds kept up a con- 
tinual croaking while we were disturbing their trersures. 
Tyrannus Carolinensis, Temm. King Bird. Several pairs had young 
nearlj^ full grown. 
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