July 1 - 1874 Muskeget The island, landing on the point near McBeth's house I struck up towards our old hut spending much time by the way watching the Gulls &c. I satisfactorily identified only two times just; both of those Muscovdos was also fortunate enough to take one of Charri. Atrocilla Spps ; this I found by watching the redsent bird from a distance until she settled on our eggs, I saw altogether only 3 gulls although I fired long shots at two of them I killed neither. As I walked over the sand hills the terns would rise in clouds four or five hundred yards ahead & circle about which ones may had keeping up their shrill cries. If a gull appeared they would immediately give chase & continue to harass him so long as he remained in the air. If a turn was shot down several hundreds would fly mostly collect over him in the course of a few minutes. Although the eggs say it's commoner to lay about 15" I did not see a single "Wipper" so justicantly an any herand; indeed a