. Bird-lore . has been reportedto him from Walkill, Ulster County, NewYork, and still another at Honeoye Lake,near Rochester, New York. Mr. P. B. Philipp reports that in 1910there was a large colony located in amaple swamp near Great Neck, LongIsland, and not five miles from theRoslyn colony. He does not attempt to estimate the number of birds. He alsoreports a colony back of Greenwich, Con-necticut, of which, however, he has noparticulars. Mr. Henry W. Shoemaker has recentlywritten the Association concerning anesting colony of Night Herons in a groveof large trees at Greenwich Cove, nearSound
. Bird-lore . has been reportedto him from Walkill, Ulster County, NewYork, and still another at Honeoye Lake,near Rochester, New York. Mr. P. B. Philipp reports that in 1910there was a large colony located in amaple swamp near Great Neck, LongIsland, and not five miles from theRoslyn colony. He does not attempt to estimate the number of birds. He alsoreports a colony back of Greenwich, Con-necticut, of which, however, he has noparticulars. Mr. Henry W. Shoemaker has recentlywritten the Association concerning anesting colony of Night Herons in a groveof large trees at Greenwich Cove, nearSound Beach, Connecticut. He statesthat this year there were over 100 nests,and that the birds need a guard to pro-tect them, as the summer residents can-not be restrained from occasionally takingshots at them. Formerly, Great BlueHerons and Bitterns existed here, but thisyear a solitary Great Blue Heron appeared,and no Bitterns. The Association intendsto make an effort to give adequate pro-tection to this NEST AND EGGS OF BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON IN ROOKKRVROSLYN, LONG ISLANDPhotographed by P. B. Philipp The Audubon Societies 73 On July 30, last, the writer visited acolon)- on Fishers Island, New York,which was estimated to contain in theneighborhood of 100 pairs of these is situated on the property of one ofour members, Mr. Alfred L. Ferguson,who extends to it every protection. Acolony is also reported from GardinersIsland, New York. It is desirable that further informationshould be had concerning the historyand present status of the colonies enumer-ated, and also regarding the location ofany additional groups of nesting of Bird-Lore are, therefore,requested to cooperate in this work ofof gathering further data.—T. G. P. Bird Protection in Porto Rico About the year 1877, that vigorouslittle animal, the mongoose, was intro-duced on the island of Porto Rico, for thepurpose, so it is said, of destroying therats which were playing havoc with thesugar
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