|. ’ The birds which possessed the greatest inter- 
est for me were the Fish Crows ( Corpus ossif ra- 
rjus), they were the most abundant of all species 
occupying the island, and scarcely a coniferous 
tree but has one of their nests. They build alike 
on the coast and meadow trees and their hoarse 
caw, caw is continuous while one is in their ter- 
ritory. Though my visit was at too late a day 
to secure many of their eggs, I managed to 
take an elongated set of three from a deserted 
!l nest, and one incubated set of four which I 
j saved with care. 
The trees upon which they build are readily 
climbed, the nests are generally near the tops 
and seem to be better made structures than 
those of our American Cr(rw(Corvus frugivorus), 
being warmly lined with the fur of the wild 
cattle which until lately were very abundant 
! on this place. The eggs are exact miniatures of 
the American Crow’s, and could be easily iden- 
tified by their smaller size alone. 
The birds become very noisy when their 
nests are examined, and it is not an uncommon 
thing for the robber to find the entire commun- 
ity flying boisterously overhead. As the con- 
iferous trees are numerous, and the fish 
supply inexhaustible, it is not probable that 
this island will be deserted by them for a long 
time, even in the face of improvement. The 
old resident fisherman told me that some of 
these birds remained all winter, seeking shelter 
at night in the giant evergreens just in the wake 
of the sand dunes, where lie has seen as many 
as fifty birds huddled together on one tree in 
the winter twilight. I found four young in 
most nests examined May 25, and some nests 
deserted by the young. The eggs are prob- 
ably deposited by April 15 to 25, and the 
oologist who would visit this island at that 
time could make a rich collection of these 
eggs. 
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