. Bird lore . NEST AND ECi. Ill, \( K-CROWNED NIOlll ROSLYN, LONG ISLAxNlJ Photographed by P. B. Philipp i\ l\ kOOKERY AT 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 of•our 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, an

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. Bird lore . NEST AND ECi. Ill, \( K-CROWNED NIOlll ROSLYN, LONG ISLAxNlJ Photographed by P. B. Philipp i\ l\ kOOKERY AT 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 of•our 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 thesuga

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