studied this species in company, invited me to meet him there 
on Sunday morning. Meeting as agreed, we found the gulls 
had gone but found them a little later at Fisherman’s Beach 
nearby. 
Among the raft of gulls pushing in to feast on the fish trim¬ 
mings thrown upon the sand by the fishermen, we were able to 
pick out two Icelands. They were in nearly pure white 
plumage with slightly darker mantles which showed only in 
the right light. Their yellow bills and flesh color feet indicated 
birds of at least the second year. 
A. P. Stubbs. 
Bluebirds and Tree Swallows Nesting in the Same 
Stump 
Early in May two or three years ago, it was my good fortune 
to witness a sight which I will long remember. The day 
was sunny and warm and I had just started on a canoe trip 
from Howe Station towards Ipswich when an old dead willow 
stump, which hung out over the water, attracted my atten¬ 
tion. Near the top,were two holes about a foot apart, and in 
and out of these four birds were constantly passing. As we 
drew near I saw that the upper hole was proving of great 
interest to a pair of Tree Swallows, while the lower evidently 
contained young Bluebirds, which were being fed by their 
parents. Both the Swallows and Bluebirds were in par¬ 
ticularly brilliant plumage, and as all four became exceedingly 
active on our near approach, the colors which fairly flashed 
and glowed in that morning’s sunlight will long reflect their 
image on my memory. Several times shortly after I found 
the Bluebirds and Tree Swallows ^apparently enjoying each 
others society, in their “double decker,” but never again did 
they dazzle me quite as effectively as on my first visit. It 
may have been a case of “First impressions, etc.” but I am 
inclined to think that conditions were never again so ideal. 
Ralph Lawson. 
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