of this experience was, that my best sight of the old birds 
was within a hundred feet of a taxi-aeroplane that shared 
the made land with the sparrows and larks. The birds were 
within a few feet of each other, on the ground, and the 
female held some winged insect, resembling a small dragon¬ 
fly, in her bill. 
Along the harbor side of the point, the remains of a plank 
bulk-head furnish resting places for the gull tribe. Here, 
on July 7, I found fully two hundred Bonaparte Gulls with 
a sprinkling of Common Terns. The tameness of the birds 
and a six-power glass made identification easy. Many of 
the Bonapartes were in summer plumage, including the 
black hoods, which are not commonly seen in this region. 
The black-tipped red bills of the Terns were also easily 
made out. 
From half to full tide there is a sandy stretch from the 
weeds to the waters edge, the wide mud flats being covered 
by water. Here, on August 9, I found several thousand 
shore birds, about evenly divided as to species between 
Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plover; a 
single Turnstone left the bunch and flew out over the harbor. 
The cove between the point and the Gas Works, when 
filled by the rising tide, is a favorite feeding and resting 
place for hundreds of Blue-bills, from the time shooting 
ceases January 1 to mid-April, when they depart northward. 
These few acres of weedy ground and its shore are on the 
sea side of a busy boulevard, carrying an almost continuous 
traffic and a bare half mile from Lynn’s most crowded manu¬ 
facturing district; yet. taking the year through, well repays 
any attention the bird student may give it. 
A. P. Stubbs. 
A SPRINGTIME TRYST. 
We selected an evening in mid-April, a few bird cranks 
for company, and boarded a car that arrived near Howe 
Station at six o’clock. Proceeding up East Street about 
three-fourths of a mile, we came to what appeared to be 
a favorable locality, and decided to spend the evening there. 
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