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Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour itra raproduit an un saul clich*. il ast film* d partir da I'angla supiriaur gaucha. da gaucha A droits. at do haut an baa. an pranant la nombra d'imagaa nicassaira. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ,.„.,, .;;n.n -VJ *ti_ fl^'oeciouousTReisSiSsAno PDINT PELEE THE BIRDS OF POINT PELEE in p. A. lA\l'.KNi:U AM) I!. II. S\\ Al.ICS. I Reprinted frcm Th? Wilson lUillctin, Xo. .")!» June, !!)():. THE lURDS OF POINT PELEE. 1!V l*. A. T.WKKNKK AND B. H. SWALES. INTRODICTION. i, The following report is mostly compiled from the notes of the members of the (ireat Lakes Ornithological Club, a small rganization formed for the purpose of co-ojjeration and in- tensive study of the birds of the Great Lakes Region. At one of tlK' earliest meetings of the club attention was called by W. E. Saunders to the peculiarly interesting phases of Point I'elee avifauna, and the interest of the membership was so aroused that a tri]) was made there May 13 and 14. lilOr), by W. v.. Saunders, P.. H. Swales and P. A. Taverner. The results were so encouraging that further and more extended trips have Ix^ju made as business conditions jvermitted. The following are the fruits of the work to date. Credit nuist be given to the following members, who have aided the writers to the utmost in their endeavors to present all the data so far accumulated in regard to the birds (jf this interesting locality. Dr. William Jlrodie, who made a collecting trip to the Point in July, lH7!t. and added soiue valuable notes in regard to conditions at that early date. -Mr. W. I".. Saunders, of I^Midon, Out., who made various trips during and after ISSI, and has added several sjx'cies that do not seem to -■; / 38 The Wilson IUi.i.ktin — No. TiO. in the following text. Not the least of our indebtedness to this gentleman arises from the fact that he first introduced us to Point Pelee. Mr. J. E. Kcays, who accompanied the above on many of his carlv trips and made another rather extended one in the fall of 1!»01. Mr. A. P.. Klugli, of Kingston. Ont., who accompanied the authors on a two weeks expedition the first of SeptemlxT, !!)().*>, and to whom special credit must be given for all the iKitanical notes, besides others of ntcre direct ornithological interest. Mr. J. TI. Fleming, who accompanied th? writers May "30 and -U. PIIm;. to the Point and who succeeded in making the rarest record for the locality. Dr. Lynds Jones, who, stationed on the Islands, co-operated with us on the Point in early SeplemlK-r, l'.»0-"). and furnished valuable data as to the actions of migrants as they passed over the lak And lastl> . though not least, to the various residents on the I'oint will se good will and kindness made our trips, if not liossible. at least comfortable; and among these especially to Mr. Albert (Gardner, whose information on various birds we have found most reliable and valuable, especially in regard to the water fowl. <;f which it is most difficult to gather data on short and desultory trips. That the work is far from complete will be evident from the numerous gaps that exist in the list, that we have so far been unable t > fill from actual olxservation or reliable re])ort. We have allowed consistently the rule of admitting nothing, ex- cept absolutely positive evidence without giving the grounds for our conclusions that the reader can judge their weight for himself. In nearly all cases specinnens have been taken or exan.ined by the writers and in all important records the locruion of the specimen has l)een definit-'ly determined so that the identifications can l)o at any time verified. .Many of the >liortcomiiigs of the list nuist be charged against tli<' in- t.rnitlent character of the work done at the Point and that this may Ix' duly aHowed for we ;.])pend the list of visits made ). T.WKKN'EK AM) S\\ AMCS, OX IllRDS OF I'oiNT PkI.KK. .*?!) y :f; to tlic locality, by the writer, upon which the bulk of the work rests. May l:;. 1 !!().->. W. ]•:. Saunders. ]',. H. Swales an.l V. A. TavLTner tramped out the cast shore, camped in the red cedar Ix'lt on the op]H)site side and beyond the end of the marsh and returne().">, A. T'>. Klucrh and Taverncr formed a cam]) alxnit tlu' same place as Ivfore. from which point thcv \\i; rked all localities of interest carefully. Sept. S thcv were joined by .Swalis, who remained i ntil tlu' l.'ith. Camp was broken the ITth. ( )ctoher •.'!>. 1!HI."). Taverncr made a stirve\- of the east shore. May V'O, l!M)(i, J. H. Me. lins. Swales and Tavcrner drove out to the old campincf grounds, worked the end f>f the I'oint and a bit of the cast shore, relnrning the mxt day along the r. nd on the west side. .Sei)t. 1. I'.MKi, .Swales and T.iverncr worked the country aroinid the end of the marsh ami towards the end of the Point and returned .Sept. .!. .Sept. l.-)--^i, ll»(l(i. Saunders. .Swales and Taverner camped in the usual ))lace and worked the end of the I'oint thoroughly and sp'ent considerable tinie on the marsh and ponds. ( )ct. 1 I. ]!>U(;, Swales and Tawrner covered the end of the Point, returning the next day along the east beach, working the Lake Pond on the way. .March !l, 1IHI7, the same two put in two days about the end of the Point. May :!1, 1!K)T. Saunders and Taverner tramped out the east beach and camived on the old grounds, worked liic end niiniou and otters n\any features of |)eculiar interest to the student of ornithological distribution. In shape it resembles a large "\" with concave anus llaring 40 ThK W'II S()\ P.IIXETIN — X(>. .')!». rajiidly t'lt tlic top wlicro it nx-rgcs into tlio j^i-iuTal trend of the main sliore and attains a width m' alxjnt six miles. Tiiis rc- s'.inhlance to the letter is more than superficial, and a closer I'xaniinaticn carries ont the likeness farther than is apparent from its outline shape alone. The general aspect is that of two lonp. low sand-hars meetinsr at the apex where they are anialp;-aniate(l for a little over two miles of their length, and from thence stretching: out in divergent parabolic lin* " to the main sh< re. The triangle so inclosed from the pomt of juncture hack to the mainland i^ swam]) of varying degrees of wetness, some places heing ruite firm and wadable, hut others are <|uaking 1>ogs that render such a jirocecding a ticklish imdertaking. In s<'ver;il places the marsh dceix'tis into ponds, some being of consi(kral)le size. Tlie marsh itself is largelv composed of the ft>llo\ving plants: Cat-tail. Tyf^lia lati folia: Narrow-leaved Cat-tail. Typhii aui^iistifolia: Wild Rice. Zizania aqiiatica; Reed Grass, Phrai^iiiitcs coniiiiiiiiis : and Lake iUiUrush .^i rpiis laciistris. ( )f the |x)n(ls. those known as the Lake Pond ar.d the Cove Pord .-"-e the principal and largest. These arc of no great depth and their bottoms are com|K>sed of successive genera- tions of atjuatic plants and are soft and treacherous. The Lake Pond contains great masses of Wild Celery, J'al- lisiicria s{>iralis, which, with the Wild Rice that grows plenti- fully and to great size about its s.. )res, offers great inducements to the wild fowl that visit tbe locality in large numl>ers during the migrations. German Carp that are said to Ix^ common are not nearly as numerous here as r.*^ t'le St. Clair Flats nor have they drne the damage that they 1 ave at the latter place where the punters claim they have almost entirely exterminated the native ^\'ild Celery. Across the base of the Point and cutting off a considerable jx^rtion of the marsh, a wide ditch has been dus; from shore to shore and the mater* d excavated heaped u\> on the outer side to form a dyke. On the eastern shore a pumping station has been erected and the water is raised from the inner side and thrown out into the lake, thus reclaiming several hundreds of acres of rich swamp land to agrieultural use. The debris T.WKKNEK AM) SwAI.ES. OX I'lRIlS or PoIM PeLEE. H ■» « I taken from the excavation is a stiff blue clay giving an indica- tion of the underlying strnta upon which the superficial structure of the Point is built. On top of this clay there are, in places, from two to three feet of solid peat showing in the vertical faces of the cut. The ea.stern slxre forming the right hand arm of the "V" is very simple in character, bcinij comjxised of but a single sand-dune, bare of vegetation except for a meager covering of zerophitic plants and a few scattered cottonwoods. Out be- yond the end of the marsh where the two arms join, the forest growth of the opposite shore encroaches on the east side until their roots arc almost washed by the waves of the lake. The average width of the duiK" for the greatest part of its length is but a hundred yards and in sonie places rises to a iieight of ten feet alx)ve the lake, though in others it is so low that, during storms when the wind is in the right direction, the waves wash com])letcly over the slight sand barrier into thf marsh beyond. 'Jhe plant life is typical of such places and is comj^osed of Sand-drop-setly}^o)ifolia; and Tall Worm- wood, Artemisia caudata. Several scattered clumps of Cotton- w(X)d mentioned before occur on the crest, and patches of Sea Sand-reed. Aimiiopliila aritndinacca, and SnKK>th Panic Grass, I'aiiiciim virgatitm. Just above high water mark the dune rises rather abruptly. es|)ecially towards the base of the ix)int, forming a fairly well marked bluff, and then graduallv sinks away into the marsh on the other side, upon which it is evidently encroaching; as between the sand and the Ix>g societies tliere is usually a long narrow strip of clear water where the blowing sand has smothered the aquatic plants without filling the space up to the water level. In fact there i^ every evidence that this shore is being eroded, and the time is not very far in the future wlien Point Pelec will be washed bodily away unless present cc-nditions change or man devises some way in which to stay the natural course of events. The older residents say that some forty years ago this shore was nearly three-quarters of a mile wide and clothed with heavv hardwood timber. Even 42 TiiK Wir.soN RuixETiN — No. 59. sinco our first visit i'^ May, l!)0"i, we can sec tbat the Point has lost ^..nsivlcrable land along the shore, nor have we ob- served that there have been any compensating accinnulations nvde at otiier jxiints on this sitle. The fishermen tell us that the bottom, off shore, is com{)osed of mud. and filled with r(K)ts and i)rt)strate tree trunks. On the beach t/ery here and there arc often found large regular masses of peat that seem to have Ik'cu torn up from the lx)tto:n and washed ashore in the same manner that I'rof. K. I . Moscly describes having taken place immediately across the lake on the Ohio shore at tedar Point.* The western side shows an entirely different aspect. Near the base, Ix^tweon the marsli and the lake, it is narrow, barely allowing r(K)m for miming a road alrmg its length, but as it l)roceeds ouiward towards the < iid of the Point it gradu- all\ widens until. l)eyon(i the maish, the two sides of the ■'\ " join and give a widtii of atxmt h;ilf a mile. I-'rom the base, on the west siile to this point, and all !k"- yoiid is lie.iviiy w(>oeeies of tlu' tornier .and Red ( ed.nr, J iiiiifiiiiiniiii<. are tlu' spt-eies tliat give the most striking charac- WY to tlK- lloral asiKVts of Pi im Pelee. Here and there a tall White i'ini'. I'iniis sirohiix, towers \ii) among the o'tur growth or, .t-. in oie or two cases, unite to form phiey groves. 'I'he extrnne eml of tlte Point is eovere/i(iri- tiirptis lih iinnsiis. eontimus down tlic Point in a sharply de- tined belt iKtweiiv the be.'ieb in front .and the deciduous wbore, and m the more barren places iii- l;ind. where also tiie Western Prickiv IV'ar, l)f,• sutferiiig from erosion ,is i< the cistern. In fact it seems "i'lni ••IMlillk's "I 'III' Ullill Sllltf Al'illll'MIJ III Sl'U'lllI'!*. I!H»I, |l. 2\2. 'IPiiiY.St-iL: T.WKKNIiU AND SWAI.K.S, ON IJlKl'S OK PoINT PkI-KE. 43 ■» t I i • I • to be growing: and extendiiiig into the lake. The beacli is very wide and of a gentle, evcii sloix^ and the wxxls behind seem to Ix- ex-tending their ground over its surface as it encroaches on the lake. It is .vorthy of notice, in this connection, that large- inass.s of driftwood and other debris is cast up on this shore, while the eastern is perfectly clear except for the masses of peat S]x>kcn of liefore. .\ road runs out the Point j t uithin the shelter of the trees on this side. P>?tween the road and the lake it is still Crown Land, and so. but for the effects of stray c.ittle and hogs, is nearly in its primeval state. ]]v- yond th? road, however, arc farm lands wherever there is r(K>iii lx-tw;'en it and the marsh for cultivation. Ileyond tlte marsh and extending towards the point is woodland composed chiefly ,if Chestnut < )ak. Qiicrciis l^rirniis: Red Ok, Oiicrciis rubra: P.iack Walnut and Putton Wfvxl. Platanus occidcntalis. In tlie center of this woodland are extensive fields, both culti- vated and waste, some more or less grown up with thickets of Macklx-rry, Cclfis occiiiciitdlis: White-heart Hickory, inrya loinciitosa : young i51ac!< Walnut, Red Oaks and Chestnut Oaks; Climbing P>ittersweet, i'dastrus scandi'iis: Wild (irajH'. I 'ills riptu-io: Carrim the foregoing that the Point offers in- dticiinents for all class.-s of birds. There are the hardwrxxl forests, cedar thickets, brushy tangles, high ami low waste 1,'inds, open fields and marshes of all degrees of wetness t'< r a vari.il avifauna: nor have the conditions pronused more than later results have ftdtilled as the accom))anying list shows. lUii, be''ore pnKTeding. it seems desirable to call attention to phenomena of |x'C(diar interest in regard to the avifaunal and other aspects of the IViiil biota. The b'aehes im either sjd,- are jx-rfect. wide and clear and \s,ui inii >|iMieii San.iinpeis on ihis i»eacii. tiiougii Saunders sfati-s that on his earlier trijis he saw Plaek bellied n Tiir. WiisiiN I'.ii.i.r.TiN — Xi riover tliere. The neifjliborinp niarslios on the east side may Ik- tlie deterniiniiiie seems to substantiate the theory, (iulls and Tern show a Kss pro- nounced ])refererce for thi.' same shore but percliing birds, as would be ex|ie-cted. are almost absent from it except at such limes as described by the residents during the latter part of .\lav. 1!Mi;. uliiii. after prolonged interruption of migration-. bv unsea>^iinal)le weatluT, the si):irscly s])riuklcd t ultonwo ods scattiT-d all ng the eastern sliore were alive with tanagers and .warblers. .\t other times we have fiiuiid but Mich typical vpicies as .^a^anua .^parmw . I'rairi.' lio'-ned l.ark>. Taliii Warblers and a few W bite-crowned S])arrows. and late in the sraMiii. .snowllakes and I'iinis. Traetically the same cm dilimis ,ire-.aik'd i|pr;ng all •mr \it inter. still- l\-iture of the I'oiut ornitholi.gically. iii>ue\er, i^ tlu- intni'^ii'ii nf larojinian fi)rm> of lite. Ibis is backed up and supjiuried by the Ixitanv a> imi-d In .Mr. .\. I'.. Klugb, wh" >a\s : ■■The tliir.d a>p'Ct < i l\T,'i' i- decidedly (. arolinian a-, is ^hovMi In th oieiuT, nee . il, rhil.iniis nn-idriitiihs. I'.lack Walnut, Jiii^liins iii-iii. White Inart llickcr\. ( ■»/ v./ loiih-iit,>Mi. Sis^itr.is, S.iSSili'iK .niiiiiillf; ;md (lu'sttuit ( >ak. (Jllt'lillS fi'lllltS." Ijow far tlu's;' tuuditioiis, p.culiar fir lanada. prevail in- TWKUNCR WD SWAI.KS, OX lilROS OF PoiNT Pl'A.KK. J ') i land \vi' are unable to tell. We liave found slight Carolinian indications in tlio bird lif. along the lake slu.re as far as Ani- herstlnirg to the west. Alxnit Leamington, a few niile.s inland, they are able to raise crops < f sugar cane, while tobacco llourishes throughout the region. The Point itsjlf, however, is siK'cially favor.'d by tli.' seasons for. though the sjiriiig is some two weeks later than even in th,- country about Leaming- ton, it more than makes up for that by being absolutely free from late spring frosts, and having almost a month more fr.-e froiu frost in the fall. The results of this are well seen this spring, 1!M!T. when the peach crop on the mainland promised to b;' alnost a totrd failure, many eiitiri- orchards In-ing actually i:ilU'(l. while <>n the I'nint itsjlf the tre.^s promise the greatest cro]) tl;e\ have ever known. .\ few such fKrcurrences as this luu-t liavi- a m.ist decided inthunce up:n the biota and ex- plain why so nian\ •i]>ecies are fourd in but this ( ne locality in the Dominion. ( )n looking ;it the ma]) of Lake h.rie. Point i'elee, stret'diing I ut into the Ink;-, tl.e great arm of ( )tlawa ("o. reaching an e(iuai disfmce from tile opposite ( )hio slK)re. and the islands l\ing like ste])])ing-stones between seem to constitute a n:itura! inigrational highway across th.- lake. Special at- tentiun h.i> been given to this aii])earanee and the re>ults s;'ein to justify our surmises. Dr. l.\nds Jones was stationed on the islands during the first itf S.pt., I!t0.-). and descrilK's tb.e tni^M'Mlinnal condilidns h,- obsvrv.d in these worils : "I fouiiil tlu' birds migrating jiraeticalK everywhere along t!ie line if the islands, but the largest ami Ih'st defined stream was .icriiss |\'l,c Lhnd. with ;i will marked convergence to its s lulluni jxiun. tin lice across to Middle, and iH-yond to Kellv's Island, thi'iiee across to .Marblelie.id, Migrating bircls were most ninrerods on ,\liddle Island, but th, y were in gre.at inim- IvT-. on I'clrc ( Is'a-id). No birds were s.fii crossing the Like e\e','|.t in ,i lin- w illi lb ■ is|.;iii.ls." Ihis l;i-.t siauiii.m i^ important I'or it shows that, though Like Itu' is not \vr\ widf at : ii\ i>)int. the gener.ilitv of isliind to l.iuin-l'iiig dirdth otii .and m.ikiug th;' crossing ThF, W'iI.SON' I'tl.l.KTIN — \(>. .■»!». at one flicrlit. Wo say tlie "jrenerality" wiili reason, for some ^1 ues we have seen crossinjj directly over, unde- tlooted 1)\- the invitinfj appcaraiico of Pdce Island that lies in fnll view from the end of the Point and alnint eij^fht miles and a lialf away. Tlu' birds we have sei'n so crossinjj were Duck Hawk. Sharp-sliinned Kawk. Sparrow Hawk. Red-winpfcd I'lackhini. iironzed (irackle. Pdne Jay. Rohin. and lUne- hird. We noted all of these sju'cits crossinsf the afterncwn of ( ktolxT 14. l!»olinks that have presumably passed the night in tJH' marsh making their way down the Point for tlie crossing. Through the ers. There is imc speci.'s. however, that does seem to take ad- v.nitage of cvit) resting place along the "■ 'id tliat is the Kub\-throatid Hmnminghird. This din. .e little bird -bowed a Strang" mixttire of bravery and caution. < )tlier birtan out from the slu'lter of the last trees the li'ast thing will turn them back, a man -houting, a gun she\trai false •-tans iK-inre the final one. Ihe Humnung- liird. however, conns sailing d'^wn the Point over the tops of Taverner and Swales, ox Hiros or Point Pelee. 47 * the last shrubbery and then dropping down to witliin a few- feet of the sanfl follows its curves and windings out to its most extreme tip when, s(|uaring away at an angle to its fli,u;ht of a moment ago, it makes straight for Pelee Island. W'e saw this manv times, nor did they once hesitate or ]>ause from the timt- when they first hove in sight over the bush tojis until they faded away in the field of our glasses over the waters of the lake. Contrary to other spccit-s tinted, thev lliw low, and according to Dr. Jones, who saw them from a lx>at out in the lake, they kept, as much as i>ossiblc, low in the trough (ff the seas to escape the wind {)ressure of higher levels. In niost localities in this region fall birds, even in tlie !"ight of the iiiigratiims. are generally rather hard to find. They cruis- along in bundle-; often of many individuals and S])ecies. W lien •'Uch coni|);uiies are found birds are to l)e seen all about, but soon the ho-;t has passed on and the woods are coni])ara- tively deserted until another such company is found. During th.' height of the fall migrations, the last of .\ugust and the first of ."^epten;' r at Point PeleJ. however, the conditir,-is are much dilTer.nt. The birds are in a tlock but one might -ay that it (K-cupies the whole Point. Soniclimes. wherever one turns many individuals are in -ight and one is bewiblereil by their numliers. Then .some night we hear the '"cheeps" of migrants high in the air and th.' next morning the multitude will 1r' gone and. with the exception of some f. w species, birds will be hard ti> find. Tlun again, they will gra('nally increase till they reach their niaxinumi number- and agam vanish. In fact, the whole history of the fail migrations at the Point seems to be a series of gradu.d .lugmentatious and sudinted and where birds were abundant the day before they wi-re scarce then. This latter fact is easily exiilainable on considering the short flights from island to island and the numk-r of havens of rest oflfered should the weather prove too unpropitious. L'sually. comi)anies of migrating birds seem tc he moving in given ;.nd definite directions and- one accpiainted with the ground caJi often locate a group again after it has once passed. ( )n I'oint IVlee. however, they seem to move erratically about, son;etin:es traveling uj) and sometimes down the Point. They seem to have reached the end of their land journev and have nothing to do but kill time until they are ready to take up their next stage across the water. These facts stand out plainly in our work on Point Pclee : the evident "wave" form of the migrations, the greaf con- gestion of bird life during migrations, their erratic wander- ing while on the i'oint in the fall and their departure, as far as we could see, regardless of weai''er. •Ml these facts ]X)int to tin. conclusion vliat here is the con- traction and consequent condensation of a great migration route and the congestion of bird life in spring and a few days in the fall suggests the great area of territory\o the north that nuist be sni)plie(l in the spring and drained' in the fall of its birds by this strram, The fli,.;r i,-,^..^i^^^ „.,,i „i.,.,_ ^ - - - 1... . -^..1. , ri::- 1 iir -::-g these highways sometimes establish permanent homes in new T.WKRNKR AXn SwALES, ON' RlRi)S OF PoiNT PkI.KE. 49 "i tt'rritory, as in the cas2s of such intrusive forms as Cardinal, Yellow-breasted Chat and Carolina Wren that have formed IKTmanent settlement here. In studying out the problems presented it is well to bear in mind the fact that Prof. E. L. ^^osely seems to have conclusively prooved that within almost historical times there was land connection broken but by marshes and streams of comparatively narrow width between the ( )liio and Canadian shores. Taken all tojc^ether, the bird life of Point Pelee. the islands adjoining and the o])posite American shore forms a subject of absorbing interest and ground where migrational plRMiomena of the ( Ireat I^kes can iH>rhaps Ik- studied to iK'tter advantage than anywhere else in this section. There are many such ])ri)blems that seem to have a glimmer of light thrown on them from work done here and should results warrant they will form the grounds of subsequent papers. As a basis for such future work and as a matter of present record the following list is put forth by the authors : .V MST OF TIIK niKDS OF POINT I'KLKK. 1. Coliimliiis aiiriliiK, — Homed (irelie. Witlioiit (limlit a ro^rnlar spring; and fall iiiiiirant as at Detroit. Arich. Two seen on the Lake Pond. Oitolier 1."i. VMM;, and listed by Harry Could (Ottawa Naturalist. Vol. XV. 1001. p. lUi. September 1!). imio. L'. * I'oililiiiiihiiK pniUrriiH. — Pied-billed Crebe. .V lonunon niijcrant and undoubtedly i- regular breder in consider- able numbers. We have not observed It as yet in the sprini; during oiu- May visits, but at these times little nnirsh work was dnie and they i-ould easily have bi-eii overlooked. Tlie species increases in abundance from early September and are conunon by the middle of the month on the iM>uds, though we have yet to see it on the I-ake. They were very eonunoii durltif: October. IIKMS and appear to remain tnitil driven out by the formation of the ice. In l'.HC> .there were still numbers to be seen October 2'.>. ."!. • (Idiia iiiihrr. — Leon. .Mr. Saiuiders foinid a nest durinu the first week in .June, 1S84. near the west side of oise .sf thn i>o!,d«; n-id VfMjHirk-. ••Tliey «civ tlsrii • Speiies so marked liave either been taken by the writers or spec! mens have been exandned by (hem i>ersomilly. S^^^^^^^^^^^^^H^S?! irz^s«vss:r^^s^'sisz*r .50 Thk Wtr.sox Bl'i.i.etin— Xo. 59. known to l.recd tl.ere muuially." Tl.is s,K.(.ie,s seoms to l.nve suffered the s;.nie fate here as it lias In the n«I.ioininj; loailitles. and from a .■onuiion breeder has been rethu'ed to the pnsition of a re-ular n.i- K-raut. heco.nii.K rarer l.etore the en.-roa.-hnjents of civilization We have observed single binls at I'elee at various times and tlie tisher- '■•<■' "'forn, us that at limes they take .-onsiderable numbers in tiu- nets. The only ,,lai-es wliere tlie l„on seems to l)reed in the adjoin- lUK ••ountry is on ti.e little isolated lakes of the interior, su.h as those ol Oakland e lake on both sMies of the Point. September i:!, lOlC. we were presented kv some lishenne,. with a very wet and l,edra.i;.'led Sharp-shinned Hawk ,Arr„>ilrr rriu.vs that they had pi.ke.l up out of the hike where .t had been bt.llet, y ti,,. Iferrin^- (Jnlls. and would ,er- lainiy have been drowned if i, i,ad not 1 n res.ued (or another fate. It seen>s almost incredible that a bird as iar^-c as ii,|s ..,.11 should have any cause to fear tl.is small .\r,i„i,rr. but t!,e,-e m.ist be s.ime basis ni past experience to form sn.-h an antlpathv as this .-ase sliows. Kron. our evperi. ,. at flie wstcrn end of l.aUc Kric and tlu- l>et,-oit Uiver we ,v,.anl .he sp.nes as .omn.on .liro..u'hout the winter as lonj; as there is ope.i walei-. r.. I.anis /^A/7n<^ ////)/(/. -l!„n;ipai-te's (Juli. Without .loubt a .■on , :,nd .-e-ular miK.-ant. W,- have no.ed << "n all sprin;: visits as lale as .rune I. 1-H.7. We hav t seen i. h, '*''" ■• '"" '""""I it present (>cb.!,er H. I-.imi, and o.tober •"» liMi,-,. A few imniatu.-es may remain duriiiK (he sumniei-. »!. Stiriin c/.v/,/,,. -Caspian Tcni. Noted by Sann.lers on the east shore late in Amrust ISH- We s-nv four llyin,' up and down the same sho.-e Afay i:!. l-,,,.-,, „, „;,„. "" "'"I ■"'•'in: and September s. 1!m;.-, Air Sw-.ies s.,w two V V I V "vir ■""'. :-" '"■ "■" '"""' • '"" "'" '"■ •"•■ r-^i"'- ' ' Auk. .\.\ I \ , l!t(»i, ji. i;;7_ I 7. * sliiiin hiniiiihi. ComMi.ni ivrii. An abundant mi.-rau. and observe.i .,,„nnonly on ..earlv all visi,. r. ..'1 ;: '".^':"""" ■ -"• ''•"•■-■ l"""«l' none have been seen ii, ,.'■'7,' "'.''"^ '■' ""'''^ niii,.l».|-s „ii the lien and n.i.-ken Islamls direitly .-oiilh in Lake Krie. • i.imis T.WKR.NKR AM) SwAi.Es, OX IJiRDs OF Point I'klke. r,l ■ 8. *H!i'lniciirH(lon niiira i^iiriiiamriiMix.—mmk Tern. A coinm.in suiniiier rosideiit and l.m'.lcr. Sets of <>•;«« were taken l.y Saunders in 1884 and tl.ey uere evi.lently nesting or preiKirinf; to .lo so May .-.1. 1!M.7. September K'. V.HC. is our latest fall date when xv<. witnessed an interestini,' migration of the species. Karly in the inoniinR a large number were observed pi ssing .southward a'long the east beach. .Many pausei.— American .Merganser, rndoubtpdly both .Mergansers occur regularly on the waters ad .NKcnt lo the I'oint, tliongh we have not noted them per.-onally. Tiiis is Ihe species the gunners se.-m the better acinainted with an"d tlH.y reiK.rt it as connnon during migrations and tlirough miid win- ters. 11. * /.«i,l,o,l lilts cHr»//«<(,.v,-noiide• ""' -"""<"i's as a ...mmon migrant. A tine male sent us t.ikeii .\ov(>mlier i:!. I'Mu;. 11'. * \iia.s /('((7(«.y,— .Mallai-d. Without doubt a common migrant aners. Itir.ls seen tmd taken Septe.u- «'r I. l!Mi.;. were likely raised on the marsh, i.ocallv all females are known as (Jrey Du.ks by the gmu.ers. xM.o regard them .Is of a dlf- l.'i-ent species. This ,-,mfusi..n is likely caused by (he taking of males in Ihe ••e.Mpse" plunmge when f..r a slmrl time during the sum- mer moult it as,sumes tlie general plumage of ti,, female. I.".. * l'»is '(^.'<(•.7;•«.— Hiack Duck. I. "'»■■<■„,■„ is a more abundant .species than h>,rl,„s and is reported by tlie gn.mers as a common breeder. .Kaun.lers saw a pair u,.ddlin- ••"">ut the marshes .I,„,e :!. iHHt. and .May :!(.. limi. he and Taverner noted dticks in singles and Hocks over the marshes to the nu.nber of (".■nty or „,ure that we took to be of this species. i„ m, „,„! Hi,v '■■'"' '""-''•'"''< « e louml to be the form n,hn„rs, though so far we have been tinable to examine s,)o,imens from there later than October I.". (1 !»(>(; K 14. Chniih hiitiiii.s .lire per lis, -(iadwall. <;Mrdner seems ,o know this duck, tbcugh he says it is not co„„„on I hough It likely occurs rarely, until specimens are secured its .fit.is !!!!!S< !-c;!i;!i:i jiyin;! hrf icni. I.".. • \<7^r/,) c'//',////,/,.v/.,. -(;,.,,,.„.„.|,|i;,,,l -I-,,,,! '''"'"'"'"■'"> "'"■■ '"'"•'■'- "re of regui:.r o'ccurrence dtiring mi- 'yi The Wilson Bulletin — No. 59. Krations. We secured a piiir taken Octolwr 25, IDOC. Tills species lias (liniiiilslied in numbers of late years tlirougliout this section. 1<>. Qiicrtiiifdulu is. — Blue-wlnKe«l Teal. A comnion iiiiKrant. coming early in fall and remaining late In spriii)?. A few may remain to breed as the residents reiwrt. Noted a (-onple In the dyke ditcli May 21. HKJC., and May ;{1, 1!>07. Gardner reiKirted that a few were seen a day or so before on the marsh, t'oni- inoii from Septemlipi 1 to October 1.".. I'M Mi. when we left. This spe- cies does not seem to be diminishing' at this end of Lake Krle as re- IHirted liy Fleming for Lake Ontario. (.\uk XXIM. IJKMJ, p. 444.) 17. Miirectt amcrwaiiu, — Kaldpate. UeiHirted a fairly c-ommon bird during inlKrations. IS. * Itaflla (icH/n.— Pintail. A regular and fairly common migrant. Have swn It between the dates of September i:{. I'HMi, and Xoveinber 7. IIMMI. l!l. •.1(> Kiioiim. — Wood Duck. This rapidly disapiiearins: siiecles seems to be still far from uncoin- moii on the Point. We saw numbers Inith dead and alive all through Seiitemlter ]!Mi,>l!XMi, and (Jardner reinn-ts taking one Novemlter 1 of the latter year. He also captured a winged blnl on the marsh De- cember 17. According to the shooters ihey breed in considerable numliers, though tliey are most ••omnioii in spring. This spring (1!H>7) Cardner reports a falling oft' in numbers. He is perfectly familiiir witli tiielr brwding lial)its, and when we askwl him as to how the female got her young to the ground from the nest he said that he had sevenil times seen her take the young out of the nest ill her liill and deiiosit tiiem one Ity one at the liottom of the tree where tliey crouched nio.ionl»»ss wliile she returned for the next. When all are down, with the old one in tlie lead, they make straight for tlu' nearest water. He says tliat tlie greatest enemies that the young l)irds have after they leave tlie nest are tlie Snapping-turtles and large Pike that Infest the marshes, lio. *.\iitliiin iiiiicrii-diia. — Kedhead. A very comnion mi','rant on tlie immhIs, wlierc It feeds on the mass of Willi rdcry t \iillisiiriiii x/h/«//x) growiic there. .Saunders ob- served llieni as Iat^ as May :!!. l,s,S4. In UKiii. tlie lirst senn by Cardner wjis D.tol.er !•. tiiougli tiie year liefore we t(M>k one on tlie Lake I'ond .September ;>. but as it was an injured liird flic date is of no migrafional import.-ime. October 1.'.. |;km;. we saw large rafts of them In the center of the Lake Poii.l ami the last were TeiH.rted from the Point Kci- ber 1. I'l. • Aiilhiin r<(///Vorte. and lieard of tlie presence of '•I{hipl)ills" May 2!», 1!K»7. Tliis spe, and it was rejiorted by (Jardner Septeinlier V^, liKHJ. l*<>. *('liariti)iictla n//*eo/n,— Hutfle-liead. .\ common migrant. We saw none during our October visits. l)ut had a number sent us Xove:iil>er 7 and It!, liMMi. (liirdner reported alKiut twenty December 1 the same year. •_'". lliinidii hjiimalin. — OhI Squaw. .V bed of alK>ut lifty lay out in tlie lake near the nest stakes .May i;{, 1!HC(. .Mr. <;rubb said that they had been there for several weeks. .V number remain during; open winters. Locally termed "C'oween," "South-southerlies"' and "Scni-easterlies." 2S. *EriHmatuni juiiia'u'iiiyin. — Uuddy Duck. Observed on tlie ponds by Saunders .Tune 10. l,SS4. We secured a crippled bird on the Lake I'ond Sci)teml)er 12, P.M».">, but re;:arded it as a "left-over" from the previous miKnition. . *('hiii liniicrlmna. — Lesser Snow (kM)se. .\ii immature bird w.is sliot near the base of the I'oiiit Octoiicr IT. l!Mi,">, by Sidney Stanlick, of Leamiiitrton, and secured by Taverner. It was very [Kwir and an injured foot liesjioke a re;eiii injury. (See .\uk, X.MII, 1!Hm;, p. iM'.t.i (iardiicr reports tliat in November, 1',mii!, after tlie marsh had frozen over there were eijrlit white Kcese seen in the fields at the biise of • be I'olut. !.>ut tiiey were h.-rric!". so -M binv- ruip' *!•,;!> tUey If - Miiie so wild that no one succeeded in takin;; any of tiiein. They doubtless belonged to lhi> species. >!stsrxw'Z]^B^isast^«si^tf-^^f^!Wi»s^tmists^n,'jm VSi^Sl^glSS^^M^A-^lisi-^^^rmS-Jk .•)4 TiiK Wilson P.ui.letin — ^so. 59. 80. • Hniiitu ranailciiKix. — Ciiimdii (ike at tlie base of tlie Point. Observed Oc- tolier 2H, llMin, and October 11 and 11', liHNi. :',]. * Olnr ciiliimhidniin. — Wliistllni; Swan. (iardner ro|«orts Swans as occurring irre;;ularly in sprins- T'simlly tiiey remain well out in fiie lake, but soiiietinies dnriii;; lieavy weath- er tliey venture in on the ixmds. It is less coiiiiiion in fall. We liave seen mounted specimens of tills species In I-eaiiiiiif.'fon and as coliim- bitiniis is the coniinon form in this section, list it under this head, thoui^ii bKcriiialor may occur. 8-i TuK \Vii.s< ,S lUl.I.KllN — N(i. (■><•• TUK r.lRDS O F POINT I'KLEli. II Y 1". A rWKHM-K A Nil U. I 1. SWAI.K.S. tCdlllilUU .,\ inmi iia'^f •'■' V). I ;;:;?-n:;;s;::u;->-^<" •>■ ..^ ■, \nl,ii /,.T..'/H'S ,:,vMt r.iu.' iifi-""- ,. „.,lorU iM llM' :Ul.-n...ons. • ..„■ .1,,, .,:.IM>..- U...u.s..h.-> ..« - ; _^^,^,. . „ „, „„. .■,.,.„■.,.« ; ,' ,, ., So.u.MiMK's ...M.ly n 1 '"" „„ ,„„„, i„.,„. on- :::';;.:..- - •'^rt'':.^:::'--;; ::.■.., ,.. ^.k.. : .s i,i..v... •' -'^''■':" ;:'' V V .-.u i.mw :.-..-"■ -" .....Mi.-.n-.-'OplnKutl,. " ' . ,, i,„,iM.:..MK ^Ildull'l-, HI I ,,,„ ' j .Ml- r.Ulr \1.M'-M Sri.i. -:- r.x ,, ,,,i...M.. M'- llii'ii , ,,,,;,,, l„.i..u in 111- |..<~i — •' ■ -''"• '/'.<"<■ '•"•" ' " ' ■ liiii.i-> ;n I III' " - , onl.l -«■■■ ' I Nv:l~ I'lll- ^^ liili . v^ I \V,. lh-\vr..r. ,.;,l-i il II lliiiHi lOiiiiii-> ;n I „.l,.,- llii- 11"'""' „^ vvitU n .ini'stl"!. \ TaVERNKR ANO Sv\ Al.ES, ON I'.IROs OF PoiNT PeLEE. im.rk. as n,.t Uehig nl.solutely i.ientifle.l. It wa. taken, aceor.l 83 the Kwiier. I».v a .Mr. Dan ( iiiK to teiiiber, VM'.4. See Auk XXIV I ;!•!. *liHUirle n very ..nnnon s .e. o o «o„l,l have n.et with it oftener than we have. A «rea part of n.e west sl.,e of the .rsh is we., eovere.i with snita...^ li "^ w.uhl .orn, a.lMnral.le places for the.n. We have n.et in.livi.l n Is |iT. 'X,,rUcora.r nnrlicoraa- «.rr/«..-nh,,k.,.rowne,l Xi«ht Hen.n. Mr Saun.lers re,«,rts that June ;t. ihs4. i.e saw "at least one on the o a inn t vin« ont the Point « „„. shore tha, w were eer in ^7'^'vJ^'nS """^■'<'""V'^ ""« ^'-"- »- - -s not ::^ ^M't. -. l.Mt, that we were al.le to remove the Xiuht Ilen.n from th,. i.v,....,e,i,.a. ,i,st When Hert <;an,ner i.ron.ht one in th , ,. ' . o the marsh w.,i,e .huk shooting. ,t was a Juvenile hir: a i « in he ,.o,le.., .n of .Mr. Taverner. ,;,,nlner sa.vs that i.e saw t l.>M.st a ......en ol then,. The next .lay he look,^.l for then, a.-ain h was able to Hn.l bu, .,ne. whi.h he was „na..le t., .secure. HVI'OTIIKTK Al.. n.e i....-e ..f he .'..nit ye.irs ajjo "as tail as •, n,.,.. - \i. e f , . rt «•■ Kill ji:h .1 lll,ll|. .\ISO nt fT'llUtw r.u.es ^^«., „,„,,„■„,.„ an.l a. mr.nn,,,.,. The evi.l ■,, h.,w,.v..r is "ot sum.-.e ! (o a.ln.it th..,.. formally to the list. ■■IS. UiilliiH .■/»•,./.;„,«.— Kll.n li„il. «M,scrv..,, by sa,n..le,-s .,,„„. ,;, ,ss,, ,„„, ,,, Kl„^b an.l Taven.cr •""'"• •'• '■•"'•'■ ■'■ ""-' Vi.-.l„l,., .rails- s,..u r bv ,1... 1 ,. , s , :;: '■;':'; ^'•■"" """• —■ i^bm. ,.. ,.. „,. .,..,.../,/';'::: •"'""•" ■""'•" '•""'■ •'-" '"- «-w abov.. re.,.n.s won.., i ' ' '-••;"-'<-,, c|„ ,,„s,. rialr l-l'ts. wb..' bcv ; ', !""" ':: - ''"■•"- '•'■i-..-,s i„ „„. „,a,.si,. „ ,; k'.«... c.„„||,|„„, „„ Nov. ;!..„„,. I»,.,.. .'ll. |;h«;, • .'!!•. U'llliiH rh,ii„i,i,nis. >|,.^,|„j„ ,(.,|| <>l'se,.v...| May LM, |:h„I. am. May :!., an.l .;,. I-h.:. o„r v (all '""" '^ "''•■"^' > '<-.-• "'- .-'.•.• .w., Sep,. „.. H.., V hi, , "'•'"'""""^"« "^" " — nas,bes.„.a. l.isu nuLuJ': " GO. 8-^ , • . ...>rf\\n i«>rti»u'^ of -;:;!-r::r:r,r,: ..-..«» tiie umi-sli nM" i ,,.,,as us to sui-t'o^*'- V ..om.non snuun.-. "^ ' .^.^ ,,-,,,. then, nn.l U* . J' ..j,,^,^ J(» ■.,.„..., -"•..■■'r\7;";::.K ''-•''•■■'• ' • ■ ..™-- ',:rr;, r .. - :::r::::-^-<"—'\'^::^"zz S-5'^^— "''■'■'^ ' .:^. "'""•■'"' \,;,nu.ouU,..ab^.n..u.u-.^- -J,,,^,, ,,,, •^ "--"■"; "i;:::; .>".:.> -• -- ^-rTZ^ -•'>' ''"^ •"" *' ;rvi:l-r;;;;;.■^:^;^;;::;:r^ ;;:;::;::;;; -'-'"-:;::7::rt^^^ - -^" r': ,::;;;;;...'- -■ --'"•"'^ .. .r,„„M, .-,.'-. K"",. ,,,„,.,,...,■ -.■■•'"•'M.ui.unmn.n- oo.lo wool. >!'» ■•"• .. ,„u ,.,. ,!..• lOMV-l. -I-K ^^^.,.,. ,,,, ...u th''-^ioo'- i'l-o' tlvio- o.\. oiii -^'"•■^r\;r.:;-":';:-'»'-'-- ■'■•-' • ■' " -••"'■■'"'■ ' ,.,7 ,rM""'*v'-'>- .^,.....1 I'.CJ- MOO >>Oi !• I ll Tavern- KR ami Swai.ks, on lUuns oi- Point PELiiE. 85 4oci„ted with them. I,y their superior si/e. and the more ^'cneral and eveu sutfusion of hutTy on the throat ;iml upper hreast. In general appeiiraiice they s t„ i„. , ,„ |,,.,|,- „.,,^. ,„. iween the Least and I'ectoral Stindpipers, tlio,i-l, the hreast .oloia tion is softer. less stre.iked and more l.ullV and sreneral than either. We secured a mimlicr of specimens. 4S. * \rl>,ihiiiiiiis iiiiiiiitilhi. - \a<:ea>ons at the I'oint. as it is .,t I>etldit. I!>. *i;iuhui aliHini s,il.h|;,v ;!1 pMiJ U j^ „ laic miuranl. hoth spring ..,„d fall, ami is likely noil, rcLMilar and -■om- ■Mon in Its occurrence at the I'oint. We have met it hm ,„„.,. i„ ,,„, 86 THE NVii-^^^' r.v i-v. ^.. .K,.,..u.. «-^ /•"-""^- ^,^.„,, iu tue fan. ^y - ^ ,,...,t- TUe counuouest v-^'^:^^:; touua «>f ^ ;::t^:^ untn .n. ou^^- ^'"^"^ ■^"^S^;^>i ^-U tue^r ..uun. . ;:,, ,, ..ven .^ e.^ 51 '''\' :.ri>.e .au.e .late in •;';,,.„„,, trU- an^ .• ; ^_^^^,, xva(U-i'» \'>' jut. l'> ' '• ^ f ,,.p wmlcrs It i> • »■>■ -"vs; '«.''''- '■"":,:;';;;: "■' - "■" ••• '''-r •■:'''« ,|.,,,l„..l •'' ' ' „,<>U t\ltMll ^"- , Hl.lll -l>'»''""^ 1,.,. ',.1 „ ...u- tin..- all..^^"» .,„,. „ ;, t.n-. >.. . ,^^,,,,, .10.1 aU ..f "^ '•''•"^'^ u . --.-wo v->-7, .;,,,„„.... .la.w. •=^'"'-^" '■":;:>,.. ..ntvast. a.ul wl..-' ";; ,...,,,„if,.l hI^IX- \ 1 T.\\ek.\i:r and Swales, ox Birds of Point Pelee. 87 We oxpeoteil to flu.l a.lults i.resent tho latter en.l .,f August hut when «o arrived at the Point A„^n.st 2i, 1907, all secure.! were in juvenile i.lu.naRe. Sau.uiers thought he saw a couple with the red- dish hrea-st of the adult hird. but was un;,!.l» to se-uro then, and no "u.re were noted. It is well known tlu.t the older indlvidu.-.ls of this s,.ec...s arrive earl.v i,. the fall and ;;enerall.v depart iK-fore the Hrst ot tlie juveniles arrive. 52. *t.ii,ii,sa hainastira.—UuiUmum (Jodwit. Ma.v ];{. I'N).-;, Taverner took a hl^-h plu.nawd male Ilndsonian Oo,lw,t alone the strip of dear water that .separates the sand dune fn.n, the n,.nsh. It stood Imnched np under a small hush with its leet Just wet witi, the lapi.inK of the water, utterin.- a s.-ries of short vv7,',"-'r'"" *""* "'■'' ■•"f'>''<'"> ''IT attention to it. See Vuk' A .\ n I . . I. to. ' r>:f. *T<,taiiii.s mrliiiiol, II, IIS.- (iventvr Yellow-le:.'s. We have s,,.n hut two „f this species ,.n the Point. I!.,th killed hv .anlner on the marsh, Sept. ;! and 14. P.kk;. The shooters spea!. en- utsmstically of the ••hi. Vellow-le.s- the.v sh.«.t on the n'arsl, n> October. No dot.ht it is a regular and .-oinnion ndiirant. though fewer 111 niinihers than the next species. 51. *T(, tail IIS ^(ir//».-<,_Yellow-lefrs. We have onl.v met this spe.Mes in earl.v September, our earliest date beln« the 1st. in l-.H.T. and the latest the l!.th. in V.m. This .. Ives verv little idea of their mii:ratlonal movement as thev arrive at"" De- troit the scond week of ,Iul.v, and l.v the first of August are present h, «rea tlocks. The bulk of them se,.,., ,„ leave = ut the Irst of September. •"..-.. *ll,-l,„hi,mas ■s„lit,i,ii,s.^-ii„]u,u-y saiidpipc-r. \ye have met but simjie individuals of this s,H.cies ou the Point in n l.Hi.. Saunders also saw one the latter year. Au«ust -s. Itotl, the latter were ohserve.l in a drainage ditch at the base of the P..ii„ ,„. d«.d. Point Pel.^ i.. not ground suitable to their tastes at all and , i ■ *""^ :""'" '"■" ' '•"""»' "" '"" >""d banks scattered tbroii.^h the ™.^^ .Inly an.l August their o-vurrence at all is n,.:,;. !;;.! r.r,. *rri,ii;iile>, siihniflrnllh.-- nulTbreastcd Sandp!|«.r. August -• UHlT. Taverner t c a male a, the extreme end of the .1 sand spl, at the end ot the Point, „ „,,s i ,,„„, „-ith n small . . or Semipalinated Sandpipers and Sanderlln.. It seemed .pdte ^m m, was easily secui^ed. It is numbered -..t in the collectors 88 The \V...son IUm.i.et.n— N'>. '•'»•• •"; ....n.n,on su.u.nev vo.^ent .n..^^^- ^^^^^, ,,,,^^^ ^...U round this s„...ies "-.U.ur - •- ;^^^^. ^,.,.,., ,„, „,.,- VnUUo a „.! o„u.v .a..vs that o.utv -'-,;:';..„ t,,.. oast. ^V. ...ve al ;,,,e.a... as ....uuum .n> - ^ ;" , ...,, ,.„ visits >;-o usu^.b e,. a litt... ia.o -o .*.M "7;; ;."^' , ' „"u was ........no,, fn.,.. ...e s ,ve saw fvo... tw.. t.. to..'- ''»■ ' ^..,,i,. ,,, ,,w l.t.t a .-o.tl.U ti.o ,i,-st aato .....1 on. tl.e -.s • "" ^ - ,.„, ,f,or ti.at .t was l.ut V ,..us, •-! to ti.e e,.a ..f ti.e •'';',. •„.,,., o,..- ..f ti....- iast was ,,.v i,..livi.U.als a...l '""'•";.'";",;,,, ,..,,.. l....a,.a..l. of sttsta.t.e 4;;, o.. .iiss...ti.... -*;';;;;,::;';;:l.,ny rat t„at t,.o ..o..-.t,s.o,. „ ...M..ii.i.... .•x-'^l't tl'^'t ;,;,;„ i,,vast.H, fat... tly. .s. X "'-'''''-''-'^^'7r:';:r;::e:..atvisitt,.oe..a..r ' KH.T. !..• ....-> •'■'-'■•••"•'- :'" ',t; V t s„e.iti.- .l..si„.atio.. of tl.o i ..,ivi.l....ls s...... .......ai..s ... .>.ml K .V ^ _^ ^^ _^ _.^^^.^_ ^„^^ ,„,, ,„ .,. ,„s always ...-o.. an ^"-;^=" '; ,. .„.,„ , ,,.....-tHH.... - =.lways ,„.. .„ri.... a. ^-..-; ->; - ; ;;.;,.,^, „, ,,„ ... wo..'.'';;- -; , V ..„.n....... r^>'' "'i-''^""- '\. ;.,,,,. •U-l...UiP.l I-l..v.-r .a. tl.- L.^"" ,,,,„,,. NV.. i.av.. r.......l """"'"'^ " .,', „.,„,.,„• visits. a...l t..oU o...- „„,..n.avts a...l t,.o -';'■";,;; :r',';K.7. ti.a. a..y s,..., s, .a..,.s ^.,... ,aU..... 1-of ""■ >'-' '"■;■'■ '^■;;. . .„i,o....liy .as .aU... a,..l v..,-vi... s.a..-s .,f .1... l.m.U Pl.as. . 1 . « ^^^^ ^^,,„„ ,„.. ,„,, .„H- :;::-...a.u s ;';-;;;;":;":■„'.., ..i.-.-....,,.. ... -o.......... „,s ..l.s.-,v...l; a-„r wl.i.l al - ,^.^.,^ „, „„, „„ ..,„ , ^^,,„ „,.,., .„■ U.- wa.l...s ,1... a.l,.l - ' ,,, „„„ , „,„«,,.. ,,,„„ ,n...- .1.- .-t ... .'« 1:;;;;',;;;;:; .,„„,, ,„,.. ,..„... -n.is s,.-.o> .^ H TWKKNKR AM, S\V.V..1>. ON I!,R„s ,„.- P,„xt p,,r.,.:H. 80 roa.Iil.v .!lstin«„isl.e ol w„,Ks niul sides; n.Hl the rather pron>inent white '••.n.p that n, eertain „„uliti..us of tli«ht is v..,- notL-eaMe • M.. 'f ■/„/,, „/,,«x . the ...hlen than the l;h...,.„e„io,.. as it se.ns to n 1 later migrant in the fall than the other, ni. *(i.i!i,(/,iix rorifrrii.i.—KUUh't'V »™™sr::::;; ;:;;;-■;;;;;:;:■ :-:r;;;-i;;rs;,;;:r x,;;tr;:::-::::::-';;;;;:::,;;™:-;:;.;;i 'l'"-^- ""■"""" y "■■'-' "" the ....mvatecl liehls ,,t ,he has. 'C *.}:„i,lith ■v.'///,>,/,„„M.._seniipalniat..,i I'lover ;;::,;^;;::;;r::rro-r^- """","'■ "■■'•'""' ••" '"" '■"-'• "• «■"! tlu. .... nl,s sill hen. h, t l'- , i uns aue,, .vt „..,r.,it ,1,.. a.lnl.s „, ,hr..„« „t .he m lilie. .f «us, a..., .^ no, sn.y ^.n.. .Vs a rn... two we... eovrs nT^l^ -'■t t IS seen as ,n other spenle.. ,ha, ,|,e .v.,„„,,„, i„,,ivhluals i,. ,r - n .n..r ...an Ihe a.,„l,s. As a rn,.. „,..• o....„.. o„ „J::;„.,;;;/ ' ""t ,n li„le .-ro„|,s of th,,.,. ,.r fo„, j,, ,„„„,,„, „„„ i:';;;;;::.::::'^':::,.::"' " -""^ -'-• -■-- - --•' • i.!. * r.tiiiiiiiis //(.V.W./.-i'ipiiii: n.iver. .No wa.h.r is nor ..onl.l he ,.,. .lain.il, pre„y .han .his.li„|e spe- .a,M... make a rare ,„n,hina.ion .ha.. .o;r...h..r with „,.. s.noo.h '""7."""" "'"'" " '■'"-• ^'-'" -I,., a.1.1 ,. -va.ers re.1e,.,in.^ ,1. .... s ,..s ov..r„..a.,, arouses a s..n,in,...,.al in„.res, .e iiv.., tl . My o ia.r sl.ore ,,,..1 is ..apal f a wal...nln.. „ is a n sun J r '" ''""/■"'-•"'^'•- '- r -... .ho eas, ,,..aeh. W.. hav.. foun.I ,h..n 'I'"- -M ..a-h .May visi, an,l usually .lis,.ov,.r...l n,.sts an.l s Z flK^TW^TTS*!? „„ VV,„»s ,-,.u.-— ^- «»■ ;nt ^ •- , .,.,,1 , usuiilly i'l«'-i"' '"•"'"•^- "*' " ;, u now. This d:.to Nve 1 «« >" ^„., , f,nv da ^ on Uu> "'-^';7;' „.na of tl.e tyl»' '< - ^ ,,-0 .v. .w^'- ^'f vo 1.0.-U uttributal '"",,,^.,,,.uM l-y tU- <- ''• ,^ ,.,„„,e ." , ,....u..v uu.vant ■-' ^' ;,„, ,. ,sS4 : and ^^ ••;;,,,, unu-s ..e- an.l faU. ^^--'^^^ ^^.n.U ^ve Uav. .uW t ;om -^^^ ^^^^ ,„„re -ou. ivvoeii AU'.-ii^l -1. ' f,,,i ,uat nv' »''' ' ^„ ,,e seou wiU' '»« u>..n in K-7 tl,an - ' ,^. „, ,., ,ove '>^^>;;,^,, .„ay seou s>"- f ,. t\io first f'"\v >l'»>^ •' ..ri-vi.ms ye!>i^^ ^^^ . aitVu'ult to :;:Irtlo-U. of o,..ev 'X=;.V.s. ^^^ ^^^.,^.. --''V'".; Utl >av..ful :'"";;;:: .■■; :::;:::;::...-:—-:"-""- ..■»■*"'■■ '■•■'■"; . ..• •■-■»"" "' '■'"■ "; I "m. ..".1 «.• n"*" ^1^ Wy-KSEU AM) SWAI '••S. ()\ lilKDS 1)1- 1' 'INT rKI.Ki:. 1)1 ■ IS f..nii..rl.v iiii jihuiKl.int l.inl flif ediics (>r the c] til. 1111(1 Hint still ii f, eariuKs. Tlio y„aii ,ii,i „ot CVV coxcys (r scf'ui to Slide •■qiK'iit (liirint; I' rigors of tln' winter of I'ki-'mj !., »i • •"<• in a.ijoiiii,., io<.nmL: i.;-;;;:;;^;:.""^ ^'■'•""■' '"■ "■"-■- - "->• KxTr.\( T. 01.n-esi,I.• " '' ^'''''•'' '""" ' i^ "<-w only to I... .■,.,„.., „ T''^'"" "'^ "'" HolMvliite ,|,„.s an.l oiif-e ji very conn i i^ "<-w "nly to he fonn.i U.' ti.^ '^:::;:r Zr^T'""'"'" "'"" ""'^ \voot iMits „| tliP nior.. extensive lilt It .lie no sneli woo, s on the Point -nwl >i, s...ner an.l seaiver in the a.ljoini,,. ..o.n.t^. s H, S./"'" 'f "" '•'"•■•"■•■" "" ■•'"" "'-'e into eorn lui.l wlie.-.t liehls. " '""""' KXIIXC T. M<^-". as Saun.iers savs. "In iw- nv s ,v , '"""""'" '" last ,1a, s of A„«„^t ".n.l ui" " '"' "'* '"'' ""•""'-" ^''^ ti-. we Often ^nv sr;, ^ir,; .^s;::::;:';";;:;;;:';:' "-- •- --->; "-:^:;:r:;;h:;;iir::';;n;':;;:;-:.:^ ■■ i;;::.M:;;;r^^^^^^^ -"-si.t_r';:;-a'.;:;:;; f the I'olJit TH. \Vu.soN UU...E"S-Nc.. (^0. rue birds we saw w.-n^ low iniil we hii „„a a few "">- !"^'tw'ot t;.e;/w..„ilernu r,i«Ut tly\i>g very a a umgultt"*"^ view o fhS. • ("(■/■(•K A < 8tin •oiivii""" ly o inion ,s hUllsOIIKII"' liiiWk. aii«\ -Marsh llawk. ^,.en almost every day on all our v isit> lieat- tor of V.MM we saw two « uver llie miir Oct. ir,, I'.HKV -(.7. Dee. 1. -l'*"- - i-sU-lan.\s or soariun ' ,ver tlie woi lis. It was ,l,u.r observed I'.'l.. r-> i> lul tl.eu. am-in^' tl.e win- As early as March 1> blue adults beati.ii; over the snoW Did ,vered niea tin. still fro/.en ni arslies and idows. shinned Hawk. so 1'>- l'.»"-'- -" -^^- ""■ :'"'", e observed the s.n.e tln..^ iu Snt ...at he had ^^^'^^^^^x^i^- 1'- ">"^'"" °^"'•";r;;';: t V..., and our latest re,..J^s ,,^ ,.,,n a.ain. *^' ;-^;,; ,..H.7. advises us that 1>^< " In I'-KK". we saw one Se„ • • " Sharp-Shin date is ^-^^^;^X,:n.^ ->-'•<- ''^"^'""* "" "" the year previous i..eie \\i-<< -;;:r";:s.::^' :x ..;---:; ■•■—r^: ■:;.;*:- •'■'7' ;;:"■'-•--"-"'"'' ;:.^ Karly in the niornioLi T a\i:k\i:r and S WALKS, (,S I'.lRDs OF Poixj- J Kt.KE. f>r some rfKuliirity "lit the Point, tlion it i'wiin. TiiiN iiK II tlicir iHovciueiits. First tl H<>«> '■■K'k aj.'i K'TO is ji steiKl.v stn <'lt'V■ the (-. s. Lake .S 'oiiit is a wood )liio shore. iirvey for tl en oliservat: lie rnii'lx •oy nervations on the chan-es of t i. i^ '••- "i^li. and stands wi ^ ,. T '""'T'- '' " '"" '"'y '•""' '"••"•■"■•■11 rises well , e r-'l.ee.lar thieket whilst the I'"-t Saunders d"',.7'-';"';r""^ '"'"''■ "" "- vantage -"•'■i-"iii uiite;; :;.,;:, 7,:.;';'''"'';-'^'''-nnd With gunshot. l.-ron> li i-t ,„ n -.( ''s. ' ^^"*'' ""'"■'•'■ •■'" ^^'^'i" "[ .lie 1-oint and 74 re.urnin; uZ^.i!^T^ ;;:;^,;!^''"'' "^ '"" •■"" "ith.n half an hour. \s f.„. .,., „,. , '•""^"' •"'''"'"' "i" I'll^e '■very .lay „f „„, .,,...„.,,, .,,,„,„,.,'■,'; "'" ''*'''^ "" '"' ''■'> .-i".! ■'- '-■ '"• ""■ -- .liJhM : :: :;: z:i:z ■''"■ ''"' -^-^ ^"^ '""• 'ive n.iles fron, ,he hase found I en '' """ ''^'=""'"-- :i::;:=/::s';;;io,:;7i:::.r::::: "^ '•■;j;;:;;;:::''''^'-r^-''''-''^'- *^'ite often it ha„,.ene. . ,, "" "'"' ''"^'^ '■'■"■" """■■ "-'.«. "='" "-"• ;^....s ainc 1 at ; Z '"""■.';■"- '" ""«' .^v. that Just as we ">■ '. .i.ru hodv. at ;',;:;;:''';'' • *•■•'• "-■■<■ «- a swoo,, i"ton,led speein.en was c ., ^ "' ^"" ^■''"•'"- •'-! -mr "<• '■.•eel..„„er. The ele. , ,,'" '" '"" """"'^ "'^ " '•••' "•"■'•'•.- lit- t"e -.aller hirds n 1 , , ^S"' """"" "'' """'^ '"•■ """" '•'"^^- '-overt. The JJlue r,""''' '""''"'*■ •"'" "'-.v '^"Pt in >:ni„evines. and w ' .; •'\.,:;" ' '"";"'^- "-"-'" to fo. -'" -len.ly to the neare^leov; ,!:'"' ' ^" ''""'-"■ f'>'>lin.s uuti, „,,l,in safe reeesses .,:::; i;"^,;;;;^",^""" '"' "^ '"""-"I- ;';-Hee preferred to slink deeper wili,. ';,:"" ""'"""■ """ ■ '""'-er the stantly and 1 •, ' X i "n T' ■ '"' """ ^ '' ""-"^ '■' ••'•—•■ " '"-" '>'...«er ..ad s^ '.;■';;:"' ;"'^'""'"'^- ^•'" "■"" '"" --„,e- 1 • to, and 111 all eases noted su-i, i.;..,!. >- sake its swiff I V ^is^^mm^. 5)4 ,,,„, ,v„...^ r.n.....".-N... ». US nntl. I" '"' 1 ui<>st <>tl>e'' I ml' ."-"'1=::.,:;;; -* '«-•»■::;;:":'■;::."::—::""'!! usually r.-«iir. its .li-«l fonu au.l .oloK A 1 ^^ „,,,u i.a.> --'^ ' " „,,, tlu-y thus „, iuaui.ua... au.l v » ^^ ,,^.,„, „,i ,.uro stub .lar NVaxvviu^s ... the t.., ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^_ '■'■'■""■" .he Javs s.......e.l th..n«"»-'">y ^'"".^ -jaV their l.....l.--t. .,, t.....-s the J ^,^. ^, ,„v tht.-Kot am J • ^^^^ ,^_^^^^^ „„.,,. U.^hte.l I.. P-t '" ''";"' „.„,. „,.eve.l tha.. a >'"^^'^; ,,„. .vitUl" .„., ,.v.......l tl.e .-.-..•.■>' ' « „„, ,„„ar.-..t .lel.«l. • 1 '"■ '^""" '". ,t.l V el th.....:U suh.1...-t t.. '--''.^^, \,.,.. V.V.....S as '•"- :-;;:;; "^- - -"• '- -rrutr.::^-.. t.... ..th.. "''' , un with the tll.Uer there xxas a ^^^ ,^,^,,^., ,„,„,■. "T :,; .">^ -"^ *"" """^^ "r -m «U <.-r ha.l hut a .■i.vle .>f --ttit.;s;....;---^^^^ a tew i...l><- t.. <^'- ';,;', ,,,uo.- ....e i..sta..t t.... lat.^ - "- r'"^:!ru; . sm-h ti...es .....St ;-;;:;-;-,: ,.;u.>.i .»- Tlu" I..'''* <■' '"" ,,_ „f scatte.-<-.l leath. .s • „j, """^ """'"^ TJZX en.». ^-*- ""• "^;: 'Z T ui.. i.....y :;r;;u;;:'\:;:f. -—-::.;• i=:-^'v::>..«^ ......... a...i ~rB:^ -•-;;--:;:r:;\s-^ ...a.h. h..hl l.y <''"''";:'„„„. .„• U..- year. '». the S < >"'^'- "'T/;;^' u u.^. ... "- "^ ""- -'-.rr :l- -->. .».. ... '"• '" ' , .v.s.am- .ha. ..'> '>'"'" , .,„,, ,.,ul. we •■'-''T "at''.. -,. ai... J-.-n.. ... ^" ;^ ^,,,,, ,..,„,. u.e ri--"V-> - '^"^""^" ■. ..,.,..,. .hat --:".:-;---■• ?-!:t;.;;::;t.:u:;;- '- ,,:, i„ n.ii view .a., ... .i- '■'*-■• -' •• ■ t T la T 1 \\V.\i<' ricircr tii,. ()|,| j, i.i;-'liT .in.l W..II to tho ...ist „r til,. Mm,) V .■ ■'"ininy <•'■-•- Ili.-.t wmhl I:.,,.! tl,..,M „„ tlH. .,l.i. 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V.m-., 1" 111 aril i-oi" ,|,,||I.V "11 IK'ill'l lirt't' ill liKrlili'""! il i'''i-'i' "■ plias l|,.|'. r«.. IlilVf iMM'll tilUfll l..itli til way if (iiir |.lriisaii 1,-sl iiicliiDlir" .i| Willi tin- |'r''ll> l!!ll«' l>ii',, IKK. !l!l '^s of ril<> woods illiswcriiifr CI, I, „|||p,. ■^x llii' n.tiil. (>,•< ■"•'•o-^s the ,Uvk Ky,l( „v..rl i"iiiilly two would l><> li,..-ird •wis.P.! o,,|< i„ i,, „., , ' ■ " 'I ■•' l"MH.v. st„„ted m,,,! '■i^ >'- so,,. ov.,.,.,d„v.sLrx ;'''■' ""V''''"''''-'^^ "'".v >"m;-' d„Hs i„ t,„. won ,.,, ' •'" ' ''•^- •"""""-• ■•"... - '■■•- w.tl, it. ,1,.. vPlvotv >'''■■■'•■ ''•■•''•'■ '■■"■ o„ I,,.,,,., ,Iis„„. I. ,,„, .„„.,,: •'" ''■' " " '"" "^" "A '» -I,.. w,,,..s. T, ,. .:„. ' '"'" " '■ <"■ "'I'"'- .i..,s,,„ ,,,„ „,, '■oll(),iw. imIs .s.:i,| IM'S H,.,',. ||„v, "l^ tiilvHi, «| ''ICl .ll.lllU' il •"I Ms..d. IIm.ii:|i III I" vv.'iy. Iiiit I'll' U(.|-p toi' mil IfllfV..,- lM..|i|MM,.. \u 'i.v till! >t:il,.. or I' '.•vof.il l.'ll.c '"^ iii.',n,isi til.. I .^iii.wy |,lii.|i..|.,. ll.iM nor., l.jcds Wi-v,' n il"ll,\ .l;lss,.^ II, „| M.||,,„ .■ foilM 1 «' S(.|.|| ll<" "lilt '|l"l|...i til;,, „i|,,,,|. I ,111.1 of ,|„, |„...,,.|| ^, V. No s.'ii; to IIS AilK .\\|\ i;mi7 '""'■'• "(MO r..|M.r,...| f, IMI.I lll,.ltll..|' Il •III 0,1. ;;,i, |,„ "'■ .'III ,'lllllos, r I! ' 'ii"i' •.Iliuin |>||, |. n:i K- I'-. 'MM in, I,.,. ,.;■ ,|„, „j,|,, III I;;.. Tavekneh .a.no Suales, on Birds of Point Pelee. l:?3 THE BIRDS OF POINT I'KLKi:. UV p. A. TAVER.-VEB AM) H. H. SWAr.KS. (Continued from paw !)!).) 8.-.. *C„crin„. an- ■-^^■^ >... _ poMUwl, ,.,..,„„...,. „o„.. ,,„.,. ,„„. se„leu.l.or ■T.'>y- 134 TUK WlI^lN nULl.KlIN X(1. (!1. S7. Crrylr a/ri/o».— Reltcd Kingfisher. raivly toiiiinou. Very soldoiii ^ecn ovit tlic liikc. Imt we liavo scarcely ever 'isitod tlio ixiiidi-'. without sociii?; oiio or iiinn'. We liavf iiii't with no indications of tlieir lireodinu oi. tlio Point. Imt llic hanks of tlie dylies near tlio base offer a consenial-lookini; lialiitat. SS. Dviiohatcs vilUiKus. — Ilairv Woodpecker. Woodpeckers, as a class, are scane on tlie Point ; and tlils partic- ular sjiecies is rare. Why tids slmnld lie so we iire nnalile to snr- ndse. There is ]il(>n(y of heavy w(>odland. witli a normal amount of dead and dyinj: tindit-r scattered tliron.'li it. anil tlie comparative ali- sence of this usually common species is one of tlie interest ini; phc- nonieiia of the locality. Keays noted on Septemher HI,, litoi, and we ohserved one sinnle hird .March 1". I'.MIT. It Is likely that they would he found more commonly dniiiiii the winter months. 8!). Drjdhales pnhigcciin 'nriUaini-<. — Northern Downy Woodpecker. With the execiition of the Mickor the I>owny is the commonest woodpe<'ker on the Point. It was rare durin-' Si'ptemlun'. r.Mi.", hut at all othc times we have noted from one to ten individuals each day. !>0. *Siih!iiainciis rariiis. — Yellow-liellied Sai>sucker. Wc have ^'enerally missed tlie heitrht of the mlLrrations of this species at the Point, v. hidi occur earlier in the -^iiriii,' and later in the fall than the dali-s of the majority of our visits. We noted a few .May i;!-i4. l;Hi,"(. and one the tirst of the fidlowin^; Septemher. Keays reports it as increasim; from two on the IStli to one hundred on the L'isl of .'Voodpecker. .\n ohl resident, a man nf ai ^iit seventy years nf au'o. informed us that in his lioyhood the "Cock of the Woods" was not uncommon, hnr he had not seen any for il jiood niaiiy years. No-.e of the present shooters rememher ever seeiim (>ne. mi it N likely th.'it the species has heen I'XtiiK't on the Point for somethim; in the nelu'hhorhood of thirty years. 1(1. "Ml Itlin I III s I rnllniii'i'iihdliis.' - Ited-headed Wmidpecker. We have found the Ued-heMiled Woodpecker common on .all May trips, hut scarce mI other times mi tlie Puint. tliiMi'.;h colnddently it was often coiiiiiion on the Mdjolnini; mainhiiid. In SeplemhiM" of 1!KC). we s,-,\v Imt one tuid. on the c,t|i. Diirhcr the vame month of the two siicieediiiL' years they were more numerous and we saw one or nuu'e several times diiriiii.' each visit. Our latest date is Octnher H, llHiti. when one «as observed. .None were seeu in March, P,J(IT. T.WKKNKK AM) S\v.\i,i;s, (i\ P.iRhs uF I'oiNT Pei.i;i:. l:i:) 02. 'Cohiiili'x aiiniliis /»/c»v.— Xi.rtlioni FlicUof. Not couirrioii duriu.' oiir .\r.iy dates. Those st-eii then likf'ly rep- resciil the hrccdini.' pnpnlMliun. One soon Mmi-cU 0, i;iii7. luiriii;; Sciiloiiilicr it h:is ahvays hocu ono of the iiiOKt almiiilant hirds of tlic Toiiit. Keays ro|M>i-ts a lli^ht in l'.)0| when he noted lour hundred Se|iteniher HI. The Shari>-shin lliu! '• discoin.noded this speeies less than any other species of sMiMll hirds. 'nie riirUrrs never resorted to conceahiient of an.\- khid as other birds did. l)iit freipiented the most ronspiiuoiis phices in tlie dead trees, from wlien^'e tliey .shrieked their loudest, as is tlieir wont. 'l"hoiii;h at times they seemed uneasy and restless, they were (lerfeclly ahle to t.ike <-,ire of themselves and e.isily made their escape when attarked. On the other hand the hawks seemed aware of the fulilily of sur.es^fnl pursuit, and after a few lialf- he.arted dashe- usually desisted. Ihe usual course of proeeediire of the Flieker, when attarked hy a hawk, was to w.ait until the last minute, when the hawk, in its swoop, was just ;ihout to seize Its victim, and then dodire .niickly to the other side of the limli. In every case observed the rtise worked jierfectly. and we found ordy ome the feather rem.ains which proved that once in a while the h.-iwk was a little too ipiirk for the Tlii kef. !•.!. *\iilr<.iitniiiiis '•'(/■o//;(. )(.v(.v.— Cinn-k-wills-widow. The (•.•iptnre of this |,ird. May 1.M, 1!mm;, hy Flciniii.-. in tlie red r^e- dar thickets near the end of the I'oint, forms one of the most inter- esting' rect»rds for I'elee and one thai is unique In Creat Lakes nrni- tholoiry. The bird was llu-lied from near the roadviil.. a! the feet of rieniiiii: ami Swales, and IM atrain iti full vi(>w of ihian botli ami e.-ilndy waiteil for them to warn Taverner out of the line of tire and then collet it in due form. 'I'he bird was a male ami forms the first Catiadian record (if tlie sperie<. See ,Vuk. .\.\lll, t I'ii. ;M.;. !U. * \iitro>". *Tioclnliis fo/H/• s//.'i standiuR nearly shoulder hish and so dense that to ente," it one had to force his way throu-h. It was simply spanned with blossoms, and all alxmt and over it hovered and darted hundreds of Ihunmin-birds. From some little distance, as wo approa.'licd su.ji clumps, we were aware of innumerable little twitterin;:s tli;it followed c:ich other so rapidly as to scarce be separable, one from another, and so fine, sliarp, and hi;.'h in iiitch that it took a little elTort to realize that it was real sound and not inia urination or a rimrin;: in the ears. Tn- derlyim; this was a low limn tliat arose from tlie vibrations of many little winiis. .\p|iroacbini,' closer, the piiL-na. inus little mites were all about us. 1. down, thoir wiiiirs a liliirry film on either siile. iinij tlieir voices scineakiu!; defiatice ns lljey fareci eadi otiicr and rose, scmietiini's to tlie liei^'lit of tlio tree lops, and once we walclied a coupie pa«s roni pletel.v out of si^'lit over our lieads. 'I'lien. as ir tiy connnon consent, tliey would drop to eartli iiLrain. and seelc dilTercnt parts of ijie wee.l. Tills was repeated over ami over aL:,iiii and soiMeliiiies l.y the same individuals. Kacli time there was tlie same an.:i> da^h. t lie same ci-oss recriiniiiation and the same mnliial retreat. Somel lines there w>.iild he several sui-h lialanced <-oiiples in tlic air at one tunc, and we saw tlie ••iclion ri>p<'ated many times hi .-i few minules. Tiie.v quarreled intermiiiahly, and whenever two met. whether they soared or not. there was a furious siKcession of little si|ueaUs. hlendiii;; toi:ether into a sort of little soni;, soniefliiiit; Iil\peiieni e with a Iliiiniiiinirhird that w.is iiiuch a:.'i:iic\(>d at mir presence at his jiar- ticnlar spot. He tlew towards us. . Idini; willi vi-ur, his ruliy tlifojit i.'leaniiiiu' in the sun. When \i-.\ . few fei't away, and directly facin;,' us. it paustMl. ,-nid swiiiii: hack and forth across our path, .•iloni: an ;irc of .a rinlc ;is if swuim on Ihe arm of a lon^' invisihle pendulum. The anqilitnde of tlie swinir was al.out luenly feet and each he.at was rei:nlarly timed and si led to he healiii'.' seconds. For ahout half a minute he kept it tiji and tiien dashed away and disap- peared over ihe hush tojis. The l.-ist of .ViiLMist ;ind the lii-st of Seplemher. llldT. saw no siiili nunihers of liummers as descrihcd aliove. The early iiiiu'rants w er-' late in siartin^' this season, and it w.-is ii,,t uiilil Scptemher li.'l. tliv- last day of our stay, that there wa- any indii-.ation of nunihers of iiiiirraiits, I'p to then we had se(>n hut oii(> or two each day. run- ning' up to live .\n-ust i;7. Tlie last d.i.v. however, in the early morn iiij.'. fifty were ohserved. Tlicv<' wi're no surh -nrwths of .jewel weed as were seen the fall hefore. even In the pl.nes where it then trrew so luxuri.-intiy. and hut lililc p,-itc||..s ,,r u ||,.re and tliere reminded us of last year's priories. Wh.-il Hummers we did sec were .ahout these little clumps. Keays noted that in Iftfil the Hiiinmin.i;hlid was the only spwies that did not turn hack w h in mi^'r:ilin- out the Point, it reached the end. We verilied this many limes. The liiial end of the Point stretclies mit for .-i conidc of hundred n.ds. in ih(> form of a lon^'. low. more or less winding' and atienn.ited sand siiit. .Stationed iihout half -H ^m^mm^hj'^mmiism^^^mmmj^^^ 'r.wKKNKK AM) Sw.xr.ics, (i\ I'.iKDs OK PdixT Tkiki:. 1 :{!) way out oil this, it was must iimiisiii!,' to watili tlic lidle niitPs como Inizziiif,' over the last of the reil drifted south." '.)S. '>'li/niiiiiiif! luniiiinis. — Kintrhird. Conunon on all May visits, in Septemher, llMi.",. the hulk of the species had left when we arrived on the :;d. and we saw iait two the iie.xt, and one each on the two succ |in- days. The iie\t year. Sep- tember 1. we saw a little Hock of al.oiit twenty on the mainland dur- ing' our ride out to the I'oint, and four more on the relin'n trip on the •Ith. hut none were noted on llie I'oinf its(df at that time. On our return on the l.-.th of the same month .-dl had L'one. In i;niT. when we arrived .\u;.Mist :.'l, Kin:,'l.irds were very con i and distrihnted all over the I'oint and the ad.joiiun- inaiul.ind. K.ich d.-iy hron-ht more, until hy the JTtli there were .i i.-reater nun r of Kin:.'hirds present than any of ns had ever seen at saw hut a few scattered indiviiluals. where the day hefore there were hundreds. They kejit ste.-idily diminishhi- in nnmlier.s until Septem- her when we next niorniiii:. heli and decided that the l;ist hail left, hut tli^ >re wc liroke camp. one of the f;trin house saw t.\() in the fields near Likely these were the List si ra;.'i.'leri- ".«1. *M)/i,IITlll en N it II. 1. — ( rested Flycatehor. On nearly all visits late f.all (Octohen. I'pl lh( of e.irU spi'niL we have I'onml the Crested I'l eonnnon. The hulk seenis to leave hefore th ; (.March I and .Matcher fairlv Our latest record is Septemher 1.", I'.Xii;, tluniirh Kea lite as the I'.ith, 1!.h)1. e middle of Septemlii ys lists MO TiiF. Wii.soN' rici.Lr-.TiN-— No. Gl. 100. *Sa!iof)iin phirltc. — I'ha'be. Reiruliir luit not very rreatest nuinlier we liave ever n<)le the .ahove. Octoher 11. which likely falls within the season of their mii,'ralional movement aloiii; the Point. 101. *\iittalli>niis horrnlii. — Olive-sided I'lycatcher. This is by no means a common llyi-atcher in this vicinity, nor >vas it noted at the Point until the fall of 1!»im;, when one. two. and one were noted Septendier 1. 2 and :; resi.ectlvely, jnid one taken the 2i\. On tlie last day of onr return trip. Septemlier L'L', durin,' our drive in, another was seen lieforo we left tlie I'oint. on tlie topmost tip of a dead tree. \n attempt was made to collect it, hut without sm-cess. May :'.l, UK)7, another was secured aloiii: the cross-road ne.ir camp and the same fall six in all were noted or taken .Vu^'ust 2<; .aiid 'J'.l The Olive-sided is the most wary of our llycatchers. Sittlmr on tlie tip-top of some dead tree, well out in the o)icn. it can study the ground for some dist.ince about and allows nothing.' suspicious to ap- proach too clos<>ly. T'sually (iiiiet and undemonstrative, it will once in a while launch out after some jiassin^' iiise( t and then return again to tlie same pen-h. So situated, it presents the general apjiear- ance of a dark colored kingbird: but the daik blotches of the sides stand out prominontly in contrast with the light n In the same place. These were hy no means the only perches ol the kind in the neighborluKid. There weie many others standing well oiit in the open, and to hum.in eyes just as suitable as those chosen, but which we never saw occupied. Wlien disturbed from one statiou they will 'I'\\i.i;m:k and S\\.\i.i:s, on Bikds of Puint l i^i.ee. Ill * II « ll.v to anotlior. aiiil when two or luoie are discovpri'd a liinl can ho k(>|it ll.viii:.- liarU and foitli I'roiii one to tli(> otlior many tinu's. Their voice is liiud and noisy and llieir •'O-wlit-o" can lie very easily niis- lalien lor tlie lil, but simie nnnibprs were still present at the time of our depart- ure, the ll:id. In 1;ki7 it was common from the time we arrived. Au- misl 21, to the break of camii, Sp|(te;nber f,. Ki:!. *i:iiii)iilniiii.r /^/r;/-o/?/-(.v.-- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. \Vc have noticed this bird in the spring but once. M;iy :',() and .'51. II'OT. but in the fall we have always found it common. In lIMi.", it was lirst noted September 4th and was jire.sent in lar^'e numbers the !'tli, after which it det'reased to the l-'ltli. when we left. .\t the time of its };reatest ,ibniidance it successfully disjiuted with the Least Fly- • atclur for the lirst place in point of numbers. The next fall ( ItHKl) they were ?iot ijiiile as common, but Sejitendier 1 to ."., and 1." to 2'2. we daily saw several. In i:hi7. from .Vu^'ust I'l to September <1. they were at all times iiioi-e or less common. Their numbers i ulminated Au^'ust i:;t, when they lie.ame abundant, but slowly decreased the siicreedin'.' d.-i,\s. This species seems to start on its southward mi- i-'ratioii about the middle of .\ui.'ust, but . for the small flycatchers are ditH- ( ult to ^epar.•lte without a certain amount of concentration of obser- vation Oil each individual bird, ami this >pc.ies. without any stroni; chara"- " ^^^ "•^„, ^^^ ^ ,,.or, until shortly after the „.„„ on all our M ^ '; f '^l^';;;,, , „,„i,ers culn.U.atecl the 0th. hut mid.lle of the n.onth. In 1^«' ^h^. \ " j,, i.^xi they vvere con>- ,.ere were st^ill "/-^^ -^^j^f Sep'J^lr hut wore «one hy the „,on durlns the first three <1'>>^ «^ J ^^ ^^^ „otlrc any for time of our return l^f^^\^-^\^X^^^i thPV eonunenced arriving. -r:;crfrir:;;ird:::;ue..te.n^^-- rralrie norne.1 I.nrk« are usually to * " "^'"""^..^^^ the shore, ana in the waste elearin«s near the end of ^^ ".'';„,,,,„ ,„ We have noted a few on eaoh v.sit. »'' J '''''' ^^J^ ,,i,,e„tly M„r..h and 0g hIk.vo «un hot tr.m. he ^r n ^^^^^^^ tueohlo Shore. .«,t for .e^eeJsu.a.e^^^P^^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^,^^^, ^,^^^^.^^^ they got far enough out to set the i>iut wavered. up. and when we waved our hats and «"-^- " / ;' H^, .oUowod ..Lused and then .1.1 hacU to J»-;»>°-.,^.,^ ' l"::,;t.s held and , ,,„.nent ^^^^ rT^l^'^^^.^.^r.nl and seen.ingly fll.ed again th- y ^'^''f^'''^^^^^,- This time thev had hardly got well with the motto, "Ohio or bust. lis tnne ■ j,_^ ^y^^_ out over the lake when a Sharp-shin ;\- ^ "^^^^'J , „,,.^ f., ,u.\v t„n.-e. but it was enough to "S-" -'"' ^ utt'e long -r than 1h.- r;::; Jrrr-=^;f ;£.;-••::•;=; Ihem several udles to the east of I'eleee Island. KXTINCT. ,,,, ,„„„. ,„.,- ...... .....n.„« ";^;™;, ,"■;::,;■;;,:■,:'„:;;,,,,.,,..;, 1— ,i;.: ;;;:;;.:;;:,.' ritr „.!,.,.. ........ ... •■ ->- - before des.rll..>d preparatory to erosslng the laU,. 1(R». •/M.c/.o»wr or,/:n-.-n<.v.-IU)lK)lluk. ,.,„,,,ev <■. •■.. "< .";'. •- ;■''"«;;;::,,:;:,. r^.r;:^:r.;3r',.pi. -.--:-,,;; r-";::".:U"'r .rrr ;r i:.« w... ..... ..«. 144 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 01. there Is a steady stream of Blackbirds and BolKtliiiks, nl! iiiakiiig In the same direction. Wlien they reach the end of the land they do not hesitate as do the Jays but, unless threatened by real danger Ironi hawks or other eueuiies, continue tlieir flisht unliesltiitinjily from the time uey leave their marshy roosting-Kiounds till they reach tlie other shore. When we have seen them they, too, have always taken a course that would take tliem some distance to tlie east of I'elee Island, and appareutly they cross tlie lake at one sustained iliglit and do not follow the island steppin;^ stones across. In 1905 flocks of about one hundred and twenty-live were seen September .. and a few more the mornin;: of tlie "tli. In I'.MMJ tlocks of several hundreds each were seen SeptemlH-r Iti-lS, and we found them very abundant August 21 when we arrived in I'.HIT. They reached their maximum of abundance the liTtli, after which tliey de- creased, though, when we left Seittemlier H, there were still a few to be seen. Our latest date Is Seiiteinher IS, llHKi. 110. •itolothrus ak;.— Cowhird. The Cowbird has been comiiion on ail visits except tliat of March 9 and 10, 1907. ThrouRh the tirst of September they are to be seen making the early moruiug sUirt for across the lake with tlie other blackbirds and the Bobolinks. There were great numbers October 29, IJKJo. 111. *Agcla{ui> pha nicctia. — Ked-wiiiged Blackbinl. A comuiou breeder on the marslies. It was ij^ii <'t>iMmon October 25), 1905, In mixed tlocks with other '. iickbiids and wms present in Immense numbers Octot>er 14-l."i. P.Hh;, when the miiniing iiiigi'.itions were especially heavy, tiardner wrote us several times dnriii:: tlie winter of llKHi-07 that ttfty or so were wintering on the Point and we found a number present March 9-10 the following spring wlieii the lake and marshes were still completely ice-liouiid. ll.'t. *Sluniella m«j/ao. — Meadowlark. The Mendowlark is fairly common on the Tolnt In the ciiitiviilcd sections in the spriiiK. but It is rare to see any in tlie fail on llic Point proper, though at the same time tliey are usnally iilnmst almii dant on tlio adjoining malniiind. Keiiys reports seeing several Sep tember 1!>, UKH, and one was noted Septeinlier I.'!, t'.Miri. mul several the following <»ctober 1*9 along the eastern saml ilnne. According to Gardner, a few remained all the winter of p.Kif.OT on the fro/.en inarHlies. 114. 'IcieritH ximriiin. — Orchard Oriole. It was rather a treat tn us to find this bi-aiilil'nl s|ieil4-s mI hint on our first visit, May l.'t U. liKl'i, and we have found them etpially 80 on all subsetiuent May trips. Tliey are, In fact, one of the T, we do not thinii that many individuals regularly hreed on the Point, as very few nests, eitlier new or old, have heen observed in late fall when sudi objects are very i-oiiKpicuous. The Orcliard Oriole leaves in tlie fall a little earlier thsin tlie Bai- tiuiure. In 1!»05 none were [iresent September ;!. Wlieu we arrived September 1, the following year, they had likewise left, though the Baltimore was still c-ommon. In l'M>~ we saw two, August i;(!, wliidi forms our latest date. 115. *Jctenis ijalbulu. — Baltimore Oriole. One of the commonest birds of the Point. Ilis iirillianl livery can be continually seen Hashing from tre«' to tree, while his full rich voice makes the line spring air melodious. They have been more tliaii coinmun on all spring visits and in all September trips, except that of l!K»r>, when they swiiied to have left a little earlier than usual. .September 1 to :!, 1',Km;, they were ipiite common and singing liaily. One of' theKe days we heard a little frMgmentary song from one that was unlike anything we ha tbourht It was a Uiy whistling, having the same (|ualily and timbre. It was as if some one was ab- sent-mindedly whlHtling tli<< fragments of an air, with many breaks and missing notes, as If busy with other thoughts. It was very prel ty. indeed, and we suppose that it was altered by the young male, though we could not make out this point for a ccrlainly. \Vi' heard the almost full spring song several lliiie*. When we ri'tnrned to tlie Point the l.'ifli the Orioles had all gone, The fall of l!Mi7 we saw sev- eral ea, If it waH preitent .March !* and lU, ^ .*-^- r 146 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 61. . t I ;■*• 1007, we failed to make It out among the Hooks of other blackbirds seen then. 117. Quhcaliis iiiiixcula ««e«».— Bronzed Orackle. Fouad commouly on nearly all visits. There were fewer Septem- ber 4 to 15, 11)05, than usual, but October 14 to 15, ]!K)«, tliey were In great flocks and, in the early morning, when the Hocks i.assed over towards the end of the Point, all s7. and when we arrived .M:uch !) a few were seen. Tlirre were largr iioeks :)resent wlien we arrived August IM, 1!K)7, and they re- malued without iwroeptible change in numbers to when we left Sen- tember 0. 118. Hvxpvriphona lesprrMda.— Kvenlng (Jroslwnk. March !), liXiT, Mr. Wilkinson, of Leamington, who drove us out to the I-olnt, told us of a number of birds he had seen a short time Iw fore that tallied so well with the descriptions of this bird that there could hardly l)€ any doubt as to what he meant. When we got out to Gardner's he told us substantially the same thing au trom his place, along the road, alwut the Urst of .\F.inh. A nm.ilMr of them were kille.l by boys, but we were unable to get sight of any si.ecimeus or their renmins. WIdle there we hunted carelnllv toV them in boiK-s that some might still remain, but without avail. ]1!>. *Carimihtviin ;*H/7>i((«'Ms.~l'urple Finch. In c-omi)arison with our I>etr..it dates in fall tliis spe.ies arrives nt the Point very early. Octoiier :.t>. imc. alK>nl eight birds were seen, but none durin- the Septeml)er visit. In UMMi the were mh-u or taken September 17, ami at least thirty the intb. Their numbers droppo,! suchlei .y then to three and one tlie next two s,.,.,,.H.dlng days. (),tol)er H there were great numbers and tlo.ks of fi , ilv.> to a dojien were met with continually all over the wim.led sections ..I the I'oint. All were either full red birds or else .,iive n.lore.l ■ none observe.1 were in mixe.l or transition i nage. The dull olive .•ol- cred birds sang .■onsta.itly. but the re.l ones never. Their s„m.'s were considerably varie.l. but the most .liaracieristl.- might !,.■ icn dcred. "IV a we-to-tete to." In l!Hi7, W. K. Sanders saw ..no in tlie red cedar at the cNtrcme end of the I'.dnt. August lis. n.is was a most unusually early bird. V^y *l.»xu, /.»nl|y c-onimoii, more es IK'cinlly late in the fall (Octolierl. Tlicy are usually <^m?-3^msLa^mL'i'^^:m'mr.T.m' 148 Till-: WiLSdN r.ii.i.iniN— No. Ol. too eiirlv Sei.tPiul.or 1 to n, 190(5, llioy wore nmisnally iil.ui..l;.nt for this time of the yoMr. October 21). V.HC. tliey were still com....... a...l ...ore unifor...ly distrll.uto.l thn.. we h:ne seen the... at other thi.es. I'M russirciiliix sa,iilirirlii;i»iii .s«rrt;i//n.- Savanna Span-ow. 'a eo.....io.i ...it:ra..t. a...l liliely a sparse l.ree.ler. as it i.ests ...ore or less c-.mm.o.,lv aloi.s the ra..a.r.a.. side of the St. Clair I'lats a...l. to a lesser exte.it. i.. the i.eii,'hl«.ri..'-' territory of Mlchis-'a... It is ...ost eo...n,o..ly fo,.ml alo.,<.' the top of the .l.n.es of the east shore where May Ki. 1!«'.". !'"«' »>-'•''" S.M.te.i.I.er 11 a.i.1 lU ol the sa.i.e veur we fi..i..cl a ..u...her. O.toher 29, ..o..e we,-e see... tho.i^'h the wl.<.le of the east shore was trampe.l over. a...l they l.a.l evi.le..tl.v loft 1.1 I'.Kii!. we si.w ..one i.. May or (liiri..« the first three .lays of Septe...l.er ; hut in ..either of these visits was ..m.h atteutio.i pai.l to the east shore where they were ...ost likely t.. he fouu.l. Ou the returu visit, fro... the ir.tl. to the 22,1 of Septo.uher. the spe.-ies was p.-esont o.i its a. .ustotiied (;.-ou...ls a..(l we fouu.l the.,, i.. !.'reat ....... |«.rs .listril.ute.1 all over the marsh the lOth. O.-foher ir, the>- were still CO........... None weie uote.l in 10tl7 on a..y of our visits. May ..(> to June 1, a.i.l .Vutfiist 21 to Septeu.her (!. Duri..;: the latter trip, however we di.l not work the marshes a...l. tho..-h we ,11.1 ..ot ti...i the... nlmt.t its e,V^,>s as usual, we are ,.nahl.- to state that they w.mv ..ot in its interior. 12r.. Cnliiniiriiliix s,ira,n,iintm /;«.?.,,■.;»».■<.— (:.-ass;iopp<>r Spar.-ow. Soi.ie vears a«.. this species was .....i-e c......nQn a..,l of m...-e !.'e.. eral ,iistrll,..tion in this K)callty thn.. It Is now. IVrsouMlly w,. have m.t ...et with it «... Ilie I'oh.t, thou'.'h we have f..un,l a few pai.'s s.at tercl ..ver the tiehls in the ..eisrhhorh,.,..! ,.f .V.uhursthnrK, at th.- „.„utl. of the Itetroit Uiver. Sau..a.-,l It sintii..;: in early .I.ine a.,.1 was ,-,.M.pa.^atively .•oi.....o... . . . I„ lu.ie 1S.V1 there w.M'e uuu.l.ers of pairs l..-ep.li..u in the .uitival.'.! ,„..n,lows a..,l liel.ls." The status ,.f th," hi.'.l lias .erlMiiiiy rhan^,'.Ml sh,.,. the alH.ve ol.s,-rvations we.^e .na,l,'. tn^.ther with that ol two olh.'r vi..-,i<'s of somewhat like hal.ital. nnioely. the I.ark SpMr.-ow a.i.l the Dick.issel, ,.f whi-h ...ore un.ler their respective li,.a,li.i^'s We have l,K.k,.,l .liliL-eully for the (:rassh,.p|..M- Sparrow in all iik.'ly p|,i- Birds of- Point Pelee. 149 season, for we discovered no indication of their presence. Tlieir usual "se-sllicli" note, tliouRh unobtrusive in volume or pitcii, lias great carrylnR power; and is too distinctive not to 1)0 hoard or recos;- nized when the observer is actiuainted with it and is listonhig lor it. 127. ChondcKtcs grammacus. — Larlj Sparrow. The Larlc Sparrow seems to I* another species that has retrealod from its ranso of late years in this section and the adjoining parts of Midiigan. Sautiders found some numbers of them on tlie Point in 1884, and again May 14, inOo, he saw two in the cultivated Hehls l>y the roadside. Though we have loolced carefully for the s|)oclos sini-e, we have not lieen able to locate it. 128. *Zonothvliia /cueop/o-j/*.— White-crowned Spari-ow. May 13, VJOu, this fine sparrow was very common all over the Point, ii'H especially so about tlie clumps of cottonwood along the east 1)0. .h. where it was the commonest of tlie land birds (bore pres- ent. We met the species again Octolier 14-15. ItXK!, but otlier visits have been either too early or too late to tatcii it on its migrations on the Point. V^.* y.onotnchia H/^iVv>//is,— .Whitethroatod Sparrow. A common and regular migrant. May V.\ nnd 14. HMi.-, f„ur and one were seen on their resjiective days, but on neitlior of the trips of May 21 or .-JO of the two succeeding years were any noted. In the fall of liMi.T a few were noted, beginning September 14, and the ne.vt year ten were observe.l the l.-.th of the same mnntli and were still common O.tolier 14 and l.". when we made the last trip of the .vear. Our latest date on the Point in 1!HI7 was Septcml)er (!, but none put in an a|)pearance before we left. l.TO. *fii)i:clla moHh'co/a.— Tree Sparrow. A common ami regular migrant and. If wo can judge from reporls. It must winter in considerable nnniliers, as during the winter of 1!mm;' (•7 (Jardnor spolvo roiM-atodly of seeing large numbers of ••|!ns|, Si<;\v rows." March !)-10. |!H)7. we saw large tio.ks in the weedv edges of the Holds. The day was cold and bleak, and the c|„,rns of the com billed Hocks made a very cheering sound, when snch cheer was wel- come indeed. b'il. *Si)i:,lln «'K'i(//i.v. -—ciiippliig Sparrow. On all .May and September dates the Chipping Sparrow has been more than common. It fre.inonts the road side mostly, and wlielber that runs tlirongh cultivated fields, pine groves or red cedar thickets tlie Cblpping Sparrow Is Invariably to bo fonnd in numbers al.)ng its length. In point of numbers it must ont-raiik tliose of nil the other sparrows combined. It was coi on O.tober 14-ir.. VMm; nnd even as late ns October 2!>, llH).-), it was present in some Mii.ui>or» ir- no The Wilson Rui.i.f.tix — No. (Jl. Tills latter is a very late date for the spocies. Judging by our exper- ience In the ndJoininK sections of Michigan, where they usually have all disappearert l>y the middle of the month. 1.".2. *fiiiizeUa /x/.siV/rt.— Field Sparrow. Common on all May visits. In the fall the species is rather loi-al in its distriliution, liut is very partial to the weedy sjmts in the waste clearings near the end of tlie Point. I'ntil the fall of 1".M)T we pretty generally overlooked this species in >. autumn until the ^ecret of its distribution was discovered, when we daily found it connnon from August '21 to September O, wlien ^v(■ left. Our latest date is Octol>er i:!. l'.>0(!. i:'..*!. *Ji4iiro hiicmalis. — Slate-coloretl Junco. A regular and common migrant. On our earliest visit. March 0. I!t0", tliere were several present, and Ma.v K?, liKi.'i. we noted one solitary late bird. We have no other spring records. In Sei)temlier. 1!K«(. the first was noted the 17th, and two days later four more. They were abundant the following October 14-ir>. and the LlUh, in llMCi. Keays noted tlieir first arrival Septcmlici' IS. in 1!H)1. In his letters (iardner descrilied the bird very well ;uid reported its presence at various times during tlio winter of l!>0. 1!>ii7. ^ never seems to be a prominent bird in tlie landscape. Tliis was especially true .May l!ii. LM wlien. until its scarcity was noticed and we cominencecl a special sea.-ch for it. it nearly escaped our observation. It has been niuih commoner during the late ()rtolM>r trips tbiin at any otiier time. 1."..">. *Mflitsiiiin UiicdIiiH. — T.incoln's Sparrow. May H, 1'.Kl.">. two were met with in a lirusli pile In :\ slashing but. as usual witli V.,e species, when the birds were in sight they were too close fr> sho'it. ami w! en at a sutlicient distance to collect nicely they were not to be seen. This spoics is one of tlio must persistent slcnlk- ers that we have. They frei|ueiit dense brushy masses and. \\ hen (id- iectiirs are around, generally keep to their deepest recesses, rsnally. however, when approaclieil. they will hop ti> sume ct>nnnaniliiig pnsi fion and view the intrmler for an instant. Then, it' llie observer i-; bent nil liilcing specimens, is tlie time to slioot. but It must be dnKc iiislanlly. for the next second tlie bird will be gone deep in tlic tan gle, and it Is rarely seen again. On the other iiaiid, though diin<'Ult to sIkmiI. it is OIK- of the easiest birds to li.ip. iiud does not seem to have tlie least suspicion tliat strange combinations of sticks or springs ciiii liarl>or any danger. On its migriitions we liave never heard it niter any distinctive note, and as it so , I'.MMi. Saunders took one bird from amongst some Song Sparrows in a brush i)ile in (Jardner's yard. 130. MelonpUa iicoriiia nn .—awtmip Sparrow. Tliough a conunon breeder on the St. Clair Flats and an abundant and regular migrant locally in our territory about Detroit, our rec- ords for tlie species on tlie Point are few and not perfectly satisfac- tory. Keays lists two seen September ]!), 1!K)1. We have two not very convincing sight records, October 15, IDCM!, and June 1, 1!H)7. Neither of these lilrds were seen well enough for us to be perfectly IK)sitive of our Identilication. We searched tlie marshes carefully for tliem Septemlier 1(», 1!K>,"., the I'.tth. 1!H)(!. and Octotier 15, I'KMI. but without avail. At the time of the latter date they sliould liave been very coniuion, as we liiid great hosts of them in such places at this date alK)ut Detroit. I."i7. *ra![ay lli-H, llXt5, and but moderately couunon the Jdtli and iilst. and .'Mitli and .'Ust of the same month of the two suc-ceedlng years. (Julie common the first half of September and one seen as late as October 2'.>. 1!mi5. In I'.HMi but one was seen the first three days of September, and but two from the 15tli to the li"_'. l!Mi7. from one to fifteen were seen ever.v day. Our earliest spring dale is .March ;». i!HiT. when one was taken in tlie still snow-filled wiwids. We were iinlined to regard tills as a wintering bird, but as the next week llicrc were several to be seen about Detroit, it is not at jill clear that it was not an early mi- grant. Our latest date Is October I'o, 11K15. l.'iO. *C»nlinn}iK cfln/;HfWi.v.— Cnrdlnal. I'oint I'elee and Its vii'inlty Itoasts of being tlu' only lociility In the Dominion of Canada where the fardlnal is regular and common. The st.Mtus of this species lias been dwelt upon at sunie length In the Auk, XXIV, r.M)7, p. llti, by the authors and the data tliereiu giv- l.J2 The Wilson Buu.etin— No. G1. en seems to Indicate that hnlf a century ago tlie species was more (.r less common In Southeastern MichlCTn, but since then has retreated from Its range and Is only now resuming' it. The history of the Point Pelee ol)servations point in the same direction. Dr. Hrodle says, "I visited Point Pelee July, 1879. ... I formed a spenlcin!; ac- (luaintance with several i)eople and ail had a story to teii al>out a •visitation of war-l)irds' n few weelis previously. From descriptions Riven tliere was no doubt tliese 'war-birds" were Cardinals. . . . From diligent imiuiries it appeared the birds were not rare summer visi- tants, but tills season tliey were unusually numcrou.s. I lieard noth- inn timt suggested the presence of females, the birds were all red." Saunders ma;le his first ornitholoKliiU visit to the I'oint in late Aufnist and early September. 1SS2. and another in May and June of iaS4, and aijain in Sei»tember of V.HH). In none of these did ho dis- cover any Cardinals. It was not until the next year, in September, when Kcays visited the Point that the bird was aiiain hrousilit to no tice. See Auk, XIX. l'.K)2. p. :2<».->. On tiiat occasion tiie residents said tliat it had put in an appearance on the Point about lour years prcvi- iii>',. Jhis last statement has since been <-<>rr<>lM)rated in a certain de- gree by C.ardner. who states tli:it liis acMuaintame witli the Cardinal has only l>een of a few years" duration ; that lie dcK's not remember it as a Itoy. but that since some had been caught and caged by a woman on the Point, he has known the species very well and does not think that he could have overlooked it if. in the past, it had been as com mon as it is now. It is strange tliat so siiowy and loud whistling a bird ocmld have been overlooked by .-^o acute an observer as Saunders, if at tlie tinif^ of his visits it was as mmierous as it now is. more es- pecially as one of the visits was made in late spring before the song period ha.I (|uilc passed. Tlie spring of 1'XiT lie and Taverner were on the Point at tills time and tlien Cardinals whistled from every liand. The evidence certainly pointi; to the conclusion that tlie Car dinal occupied the Point until at least 1S7'.>. and tlien for a space, un- til al«mt 11101, deserted the locality to a greater or less extent. It Is "inite common now and it would be iiiipns-.il.le for any Held natur- alist to visit tlie Point without making its aciiuaiiitance. On all cmr spriiiu' visits it lias been seen perched on sniiic isolated <'edar top in the warm sunslilne. whistling lond and long and making patclies of intense red against the dark l.ackgiouiid. They appear to be pretty well distributed over tlie Point, from the iiase lo its extreme end. In the fall lliey a"e iimn' dillicult to find. Tlicy tlien fre'. they were in full sons;. HO. */am<'lo(}ia liiiloricinna. — Uoso-hroasted Groslioak. The Uose-breasted (irosheak was fairly common May II, r.H>,". Imt was not seen at all May 2(>-•J^. V.h(>, and hut two from .May .".O to June 1. UKi". We have met it hut once in the fall. From .Spptemher IS to 21, from one to seven were noted each da.v. They were very diflicult to find. keepiiiK well up in the tops of tlie hiiih trees and hid- den in tiie leaves, and the only indii-ation of their presence was tlic sharp j;rosl)eak click tliat occasionally came to us from soniewheri' overhead. Even after hearing one it was most difficult to locate it and we spent hours in the a^sresate, standing under tlie larsje wal- nut trees, with our necks hent hack, staring into the foliajje, iryin}; ti> locate from whicli quarter the sounds came. It was only in 'lie early morninj; that any were noted at all. In short, this fall it was noted that. thou;:li from sunrise for a few hours certain i)arts of the woods would he filled with warblers and other birds, later in the day there would hardly lie one in slight or to he found, and it always re- mained a mystery where so many birds could spend so many hours of the day without their presence beiuK detected. 132. *('!iauospiia c/yo/icH.— Indigo Bunting. ronunon on nearly all our visits. October 211, I'.Mi."., and .Mardi rt-lO. 10O7, hein;: tlie oidy dates when we failed to note them. Octoher 14. l!Mi(!. tliree late birds were seen, and a juvenile with nestlin;; down still plentifully attadied to the feathers, was taken. 1.'!;{. *Siiizu ainrriraiia. — Dickcissel. The Dickcissel is another l>ird tiiat, after extendins its raii'.:e into Southeastern Mi<'hi^'an. retreated njrain. Its history at the I'oint closely parallels its career in Mlcliigan. at least as far as its re- cession is concerned. Personally we have not met it on Pelee. thousli we have looked closely for it. Saunders re!H)rIs that it was connnon enoujih in 1S,S4. and says of it, — .\nk 11. :'.07, — 'June 1, 1S.H4. W. I,. Itailey, Mr. .\. V. Sainideis and W. K. Saumlirs fotnid several niack-throated Hnntinjjs aliont two miles from the end of I'oint I'elee in a meadow — lirst ('anadian record. Subsers also in- forms Us that he met tliem auain September Id. V.kki. and says. "We saw live Dickcissels. but did not secure any. They were in tlie w<>cd fields on the dry side of the east and west ditch and perhaiis half a mile from it." The next fall. liHll. Keays did not note tlie bird, nor has it been seen on the I'oiut since. :'.m^^'^w€^^M ^SFTSET^Il iv^■^>fc iiL^~-± . ikjf\- Mi (Raprlated from Tmf Wilmn Bulutin, Jane, 1908.] THK I'.IKDS or I'OIXT PIXEE. iiv r. A. TA" tNm AM> n. ii. swaiks. (('oiitlnned froin Vol. XI.V p. i.vi.) 142.t *l'haiiiia rry/Zi/owr/fM.— Scnrlet 'r,ii:ji;:«'r-. We have fouml the Scnrlet Tnnnaer (■oinimm on all Afiiy visits, [ii »lu> fnll It Ims iH»t lieeii n* iinincrouK us fin> ihrniulainr tif other KIMHica would |pa«l ua to «iitl< limtc. Krom 8»«i»t»'iiilHT I to I.", ino.-». wo anw htit Ave. nil on the nth. The next yeiir one wns seen 8e|)tfnil»er 1 and none on the aurreedinK vlalt In the niiildle of the anine month However, on 0«-tol)er 14 three were aeoureil or token. In 1007 from Anenat 2<( to Reptenilter 2 one or two were note«l ench iln.v. In nil pmlMihlllly It l» 11 more or loss roinmun annnner resliliMit. U:i. •I'rnfiiir xh/W«.— |>ni-]ile Miirtln. The I'nn>le Mnrtin hna nhvn.va l»een preaeat on the o<-en«lona of onr Mny triiia nlmiit the atreots of I.ennilnuton. where n colony «>r rolonlea t-outlnue to hold ont. Hwnlaa, In lila trip from Mny 1 to I. llim, diar-overed from ten to several there, while nt the aiinie time • liey had not arrived In any numtiera In Detroit, Our fnll dntea have UMunlly iH^n ii little hue for this a|ie.lea, which usiirilly lenvea thoae loenlltlea before the end of Angnat. In the full of innn Lypda Jonea' work nmnns the outlying utnnlehead, during nty stay on Pelee Island. " 'nic siie bush, died down and they sallied forth to our camp hungry after a three-days' fn:;t. Mosipilto netting was hut a slight impediment to tlieir tliglit ; dr>|M' hut made tlieni mad. and smudge smoke goaded them to frenzy ai ni a.s a WimmI IVwee cr a Chipping Spar- row awoke. It grew lighter, and the nearhy red cedars stood seeps came down from high overhead, warning us that either the niglit migra tloiis were nut yet over or that those of the morning were Just he L'uri, .\s it l>e<-anie lighter and the mist lH»(ame slighlly Inmliions. we were aware of occaxioiial shadows passing swiltly liy w. hnl t-o dim and eii. There was im> Min rise. Imt. as tlie landscape grew hrlgliter, the siN'.les of the panvers hy coiiltl le made out with Mime degree of certainty; and the hlrd notes < nine up to us rather oftener as hlrd after hlrd awakened and add4-d Its <|uola to the Martin ihcrus. The paspins hlrds. few at lirsl, lncrea^ed in iiumhers. Itiink Swallows passed hw.'lly hy and 11 lew liniiuh wings, hut most of them wcie llnni Swallows llial i aiiic ahiiig In widely s.attered glimps of five or six; cllniMng up Invlillde a'l'inl wave slopes, pIlllMin^ n lltJUUfiM* .ll lU^^ *.ti. ;•>;.; the;:; Z-nr-^t is;:T .. ^.«S: Jiutet'; ■ 'I".\vi;u.m:k wd Su ai.i.s— ( V\ Vuisv I'ki.kk I'.iki.s. ,s1 .lowii the iither si.K- in Inn- <.;isy .niv.-. \\illi n suii,j;ri,- tuni ii,,xv I.> this side au.l now tu that n -, if ,l-il,.,t,.,l l,y oasily hv.m.ImI.I,. „!,- sl.-nirs, invisil.lo |., us. onrc in a wlii!,. ,•, c „,.■>• Swiff .ainc I'llsily liy nu ra|,i,Ily iMMlInu' wiri-s lik.> ,i ;.'ivMt sjilunx niotli. All \>crp niakinu' sonlliwaid anil away unci- the laki". Afl.T if iM.l l.f.,.n li'^iMl ]■,..• ahout half an lionr. an (.<■. a:.i.,iial .Mar- tin api..-aiv.l on tho l.iu.lwar.l horizcn. :;ivw in a|M,:i;vai -i/.,., until hy the rcfrailion cf Ihf iiinniin',: mists i( sclh,, .1 a> laiuc as a siaal: hawk, jiasscl us. ami was suall.iwo.l up in Ih.- f.,- ■iv.v il,.. ,,„(,. r „n the faiihcr siilc. Tluw canii' (.fl.'ni-i- an.l ofti^n.T. niilii llicri' w.is a sIcail.N ^ll■(•anl of tlio nini; .l,.wn tl,.' I>,,iiii. nut hi iv.'nlarly m- ;.'.iiii/..Ml il.irks. hut sin::ly. ami in uiii's ami tw..s ami half i!m/.,.us. Sl.imlin- thi'iv in tii.- i.;ii-|y ni,,r ■_- h.iif li^ij j, „as must inipivs- siv. 'l-lic inlsi |;iy l.i.lnw us ami .-.iv.-iv,! ih,. ^-i-ouml with s.,ft ilia- l.hani.us hiljows. Tlii-oni:h it IIr- sharp .oni.al hmI ,|.,lar,s pusluii up half th-.'ir l.'ir.-th. s|;arp and . loar ,ul In thf fon-ruuml, l.nl iiri.uin.: diniMii'r In t!if disian.v until tliry nirlli'd av..iy inn> ihi' va-ii.' hori- x.ini. Tlii-sky uasli'adi'ii in i-ojur. Thrcu/h tlic mist .-amfllir Marlins. \Vi. w(Mv I'lcvali'd III ihfir plan ' lli-iil and \\,-v,' al ^^i^l llifni. On th-> lanii', hird all,T hir.i. mi tli.-ir sir,, a- Ik.wciI wiuLts. ,,ut ,,|' .Ih." nrhulous north, niilin:; siioni; and hlark iirainsi W-.,. ncilral haik'.'iuund. Wilhi.ul Inirry nr hast,.. ,alm. diirnilird and dfli-rininrd. thiw h.ld a trih' lonrs.. and sw.rv.-d nriihi-r in ,.iic sid.' or lhi> oilier.' With no app.iivnt ( rrlcd adion. hut as if ca. h mm was liHod with a like hut Indcpcnd.'iit impiils,. ,,r mj-rali.ai and was uru't'd on and I'll, south. . r south, l.y ail iinv.ird monilor tliat rul.Ml supivino. K was only a l!i-lil of mi-r,n in- .Marlins, and laim. .Miou^h In tli.> trlliiii.'. I.ul tin ivality xNas impros.Mv.. Indivd. 'lli.. ..iiiptv irray- iifss of Ih,. \a,aiit lamls,-: ami ij,.. smv,.s> „■ Inipas'slon.ii,. hirils, all liasi,.uini; nn.lcr .1 n,.\s|,.rioiis impuls,- from a ivu-ion of unknoun .•M,.nt to il„. nurlh an, nvir.'in,' lo this „n,. liiil,. spii „r sail, I pr,..i,..lin-' mil liil,. ihc «,il,.rs on llicir «ay to a s,,fi,.r ,li,nalp. in aidi,ipali,.ii ,,f ,,,l,|,r lim.'s .-.s y,.| in ila' fuliii,.. It -av,"- th,. impr..ssi,.n of a m.^.r ,.|i,|in.' pi,.,,.vMnii p.-si,,- from ,Mi,.'nn- known to an,ith,.r. .vnmim.r «as |,,.|M. nv inl.r u.is ,,,mi„.-. :|„. ..a son «as a.lv;iii,in- and ,,,nl,l !.,• 1 , .. n.|.-,rd..,l ilian II... ,,r,|,.r of ""' ■•'•"^ ""''•' I'' .ili'i'il Word ha, I u- lorli, ami |,a,l 1 1, r,.- ,,.i\...! l.y ..aril .•in.l r\,',y in,livi,liial. .No I'n.ry n-oss u.is ..ssary - .Naliiiv ha, I \WII,.,1 II, and Ihal uas suli|,i,.n!. ih,. .Ian v,-d and il ha,! ,-oim. io pass. Ima-lnallon r,..i,- | i,,i(i, ..,,,.1 saw il,..m -alli, r Inu- fiMiii Ih,. H|„,|,. in.\s|,.ri,,!is n,,ii|,laii,l S,.iu,. »v,a-.. u,.ikiMi.' ,lo\Mi Ih,. rii-';:...! ^*llo|•,.s ,,f C.n-jau I'.av. p.i.-,-,.,,. fi„,n li,..nllan.l lo li,.a,l '•'""' '"■ '^'■""' '•' i-'^"',I : ,. IS passion „»..,. ,,„. s. ,,r. I,...l sami plains of noriJM.rn Mi,;.'„in. ami all u,,-,. h.'a I In il,.. .am,. -,.u,.ral ,|i nvlion an.l, «lll, ih,. sa l,.|:lM.ra(... sp-aily an.l nnhurri...l HL-hl, 111,' ini-'rali..ns w,.r,. pr... ,.,.din_- a- im.\ilal,|v .» iii,. K.n^ AMiaiw.'^^, 83 The WiLirON Bulletin — No. 03. f We watched them for come iline, then, after collecting n-few al- most as fast as we eould loud and Are, returned to camp for break- fast. All day long when we looked up we could see the same steady stream making south over the land, while durhii; the warmer parts of the day, the higher region of the air was filled with thcni, one above the other as high as the e.ve could reach, circling aboiit hither and thlUier, prejiaratory to proceeding. A hundr ! birds could be so counted during most of the day; but this could not have been the culmlnatlou of the migration, for we were Informed that the day previous to that of our arrival, on the 2.3d, one of the residents killed seventeon at one shot. This must have been a great ttoc-k, and we saw nothing like It during our stay. After this we saw but occasional Martins each day until September 5, whei; another snialler flight otvurred. At this time we counted them at the end of the Point, and they passed over at alxmt the rate of ten every fifteen minutes. B'rom our station at camp we judged that they continued at alwut the same rate iii lay. Pnrlng the i>re- vious flight there were double this number passing, and perhaps treble would l)e closer to the mark. The former flight was com- iwsed mostly of adults of Iwth sexes with a few Juvenile males. The latter were all females, a few adult. No males at mH were s.hmi dur- ing our i)erlotl of observation at the .-nd of the Poiiu when nearly all passe I close enough to us to make this jiolnt practically certain. The first flight was undertaken In a light breeze blowing from the south, hut the latter was in the teetli of a giM)d brisk wind, bathing the wl.vie beach with a line of while breakers extending for some distance from shore. In spite of this the martins and sw.illows salletl steadily out to sea without a moment's hesitation or api>earlnc even to notice the stress. At the same time we noticed other species, notably Cedarblnls. essay the passage, but after thorough testing of conditions, concludeil it too strenuous and returned for more fa vorable times. From statements made by several of the residents living in the vicinity of the lower part of the Point the spring flight of tlie mar tins a'Hmt tlie middle of A|iril. 1!HI7. nnist have been even more ex tensive llian the fall flight. They relate h< .v the birds, overtaken by the cold, raw weather that prevailed, rluntercd in Inuuense n\nn Im'I's at night in all availalile outhonscs, wliere Ihcj .-.•v.-rcd every IM)8sible i«-rchnig place, loinpletely lining the walls, fliM.r-. etc. es Is'clHliy in a deHcrted barn. We have not lieeii lortuuiite i'noui,'h to U- prewMit on the Point during the |M"rlod of the spring flight. 1-H. I'ltmrhrliilon hinifiniiK.—VWft Swallow. 'I'liougb never very common we have foinid :i limited number of {•iiST S^^aiioiv ■,i:i ::i'-ri „ 1. 1.. . iult '^f:*Vi!r!l! Sf?*J!! M^)v 1.1, llXi'i. Two SeptemUT 11 of the same ycnr In .•omi'iiu.v with a TaVKUM l< AM) SWAI.F.S — Ox PoiNT Pf.LKE BiKDS. H'.] mixed llocli of nmn and Rank Swallows. Several May lift, UKX!, and aliout tive Seiiteiiilier 1, lIHNi, on the telet,'i"a|ili wires at the l)ase uf tlin I'oint. None noted tlie May-June trip of the following year, but from Auiiust '_'4tli to the :{lst. from two to ten weve seen each day. lint none in Seittemlier. Xot noted .May 1-J, I'.MIS, when Wallace and Swales made a trip. This Is liy n.> means an abundant speiMes in this sec- tion. Its reddish tan rump makes a eijiispicuous and certain Held mark when the Itird is in tliKlit. 1 l.'i. *IHriiiiili) I ryllriiiiaxli'd. — Itarn Sawllow. A ctinnnon snnnner resident. Connnon on all May dates. In VM^Tt tlie last were noted Septemlier .">, when considerahle nundters were seen. In liHi.S they were connnon the tlrst tliree days of Septendier, and ahout twenty-five were noted the l.'th. and aUmt ten the l!>tli. In r.Kii they were still <-ommon and mi^'ratiu); heavily u]) to tiie time of unr leavinj:, September (!. 1 Ki. *lriilei-les in this section of late y< \rs. UT. •/I'l/mnVi riituria. — linnk Swallow. Coiiimon on all .M.-iy visits. In 1!Hi."i Hu- last fall Hock was noted Septendier 11. In I'.NMl, connnon the lirsl three days of September, and not seen during.' our return visit in the middle of the month. In I'.HiT. i;rcat ninnbcrs were seen the I;itter end of Ani:ust from the L'illi, irrcfjidarly diininisliini: to the time of our departure. Septem- ber <1, wlien but several were imted. .\ few seen .May -• I!"*'**. 1 |v>. *slth:iiliii>liipj- m rriin iiiiis. — ItouKii-wiuKed Swallow. One of the iriimy interesting I'vciils of our fjill trip of llHi" was lln' number of Uoic'h wln;;s seen inltfralin;; from .\ni:nst I'l to Septendier -'. They were i;cnerally mixed in wllli hir!,'e Hocks of Itaiil; Swal- lows, and nearly every time we closely scrnlinizeil the latter we found numbers of the former aiiioni: them. We cuuiiled and esti- mated the nuintier of Hoimli w inixs seen on these various days iis 2t). ItHt. 1.1. 1, '.' and 10. If the same proportion of this spcles existed ill all thi> Hocks of Itank Swallows tlic niiiidier of this u-nally rare species tliat passed over the Point must have JK'en very great. !! 1 H !■ 81 Till'. Wilson IUi.i.ktix — Xn. ii:>. \Vc found li.v rcpoated trials. voviCuMl liy tlie caiitiirc of spccimciis. that rareful attontioii could always si'|iaralc tlio two sptvies. when- ever the conditions of ohservation were at all favoralile. A closely discriminatinf; eye can tell tlieui hy the dilTerence in lliu'ht, as Saun- ders several times demonstrated. 'I'o the les.s acute, the soft brown- ish sufTusion over the throat and h'vast of the Kou-h-winir. instead of the sliarply dehned breast bar of the I'.ank and the sli;;htly more reddish cast (more aiipreciahle in life than in museum specimens) are iiuite sullicient to separate the two species. The sli-lilly super- ior si>:e of s(riii)Viuits. though sometimes quite apparent, is not al- ways sutliciently marked for ready recoi;nition. Tliou^'li (|Uite a number were taken, all were juveniles and willi- out the characteristic rousihness on tlie primaries that wives them their distinctive name. SeciMin;;ly. this p.'culiar feallier specializa- tion is only aoiuired witli a:;e. and we have spring' birds that are entirely without it and others on wliich it is but 8li','litly marl;^. Swales saw several May 1'. I'.X''^. in company with numbers of r.iirn Swallows. HO. • \)iii>ers. and (ianliier reported tlieni at various times durinjr the winter of I'.HKi-T and 1'.hi7-S. We saw lar^'e Hoiks Man h '.l-U". I'Mii. Seiitember 5, 1!K(7, we saw a Hock start out o\er the Like with the evident intention of crossini:. but the stiff south wind pn.ved t.M> Strom; for them ami they returned. Very ci.mmon May 1-:'.. in larp; tlocks, tlistributed all over the I'oint. in I-OTIIKTICAI. 1,111, iiix f.orr'rt^is.— Northern Shrike. Thoiiu'li this species nndonlitedly occuis. \\c ll-t It •jiypniliciii m1" for the sake of consistency as wc iiavi- no ;ibs(ihilel.\ .uHhcnlic rec- orrl nf ils oc( urren< c C.irdncf. nn lieiiii.' shown a .Mi|.Maiil Sliiikc. rcporliMl bavin.' sei'U, in llic ulnl'V. bircis like i( but laPLtcr. l.-iil. »/.'// Iiiil'i -Miirrant Slirike. i»f iatc vciirs we liave fo\mil this spi almost siiui c .'\biinl I »e (roll. pr has it been conimnn on tlie I'oinl. I'roiii .XiuusI "Jl to SeptiMiibcr •■> i;"iT ited simile indlviihiais sfxeral times: oiici near Sluii-'coii ClccU. at llic I'.a.'e. u-aiii a' ul lialf way oul, in llie lid liciiuci-y biiil.liii;:: and on two or llirc.- oii:is- vicinity of some ions, ill the dcMTlciI licld.s ne;ir tiic cu i:ni7. a j;;vr;;;!c «:,r •■: ■■;!;;!:? •■! =:-^ '■■■■ ••■ Keen them on no other occasions. 1 of Die roiiit. Septcnilicr T.WKKNKR AND S\\ AI KS— 0\ PoINT PkI.KK I'IUDS. 8.") I'll. *yir(o oliraccii.1. — Uod-eyod Virco. I'riK liciilly (oiimion on all scasoiiiildo visits. They were not yet Iiresciit AFiiy 1-4. I'.MiS. hut linvc hccu oliscrvcd on all other M.-iy n tlie lltli. ami no more up to the date of our departure, the lotli. In Septeniher, I'.MMi. tliey were nnnieroiis ilurins our visit tlie lirst tliree days of tlie uiontli. hut on our return tlie l."itli. Uiere were none noted initil tlie 17th. when from one to four were seen each day to our departure. Some reiii.iincd well into Cetoher. :ind several wer(> noted tlie 1 Ith of that month. I'pilii Au.'iist '.'tlh to Septeniher r.tli. I'.HiT. tliey were seen e\. ry day. their nunihers lulnii- n.itlii',' llic :^(ith. '1 lie ne.\t day nut one was ohserved. and from then on to lli(> day of our departure hur scattered individuals were seen. l-'.L'. ''\in''i /e confused. In the spriu;: its likene.ss to the Warhlin;; is most confiisiiij:. and llien even an experienced eye should he aided hy the eur, < »f 'oiii-.s,. ^jth me hird in the liand, the ahseiice of tlie '.uiliiiieiitary or • hastard" llrst primary is always an easy and conclusive test of the I'hiladelphia. i: >\ I, ililriii -Warhlinj; \'ireo. The Warhllm.' X'irco has alw,i.\s hern a coniii n hiid aloiii; the westein or wooded sections of the Point on all May \isiis, except Iho-e of .Ma.\ M. I'.MH. and May .'It .Iniie I. I'.MiT. I'roni this l.itlcr date we arijue thai it i^ not .i nininion summer re-idciit. (Mir only fall dale is Septeniher .':. IIHM!. when a few were noted. This \ireo rarely lliiL'ers in this section .ifter the thvt of Si'pteinher. l."p| l//(o //'(I i/Co/K. ~ Vellow-thioated \ Ireo. Thoiich a conimon snimner resident and still more numerous ml L'rant in the Ilelmll vjchiily slivini^i'ly en'Miuh. it ^^ee'ii" to Ih.' ;< r:n'e hlrd on the Point, (hir few records are not thoroughly satlsfactor\ . msmME^immM^ 80 TlIK WlI-SON RUI.I.ETIN No. fi;?. havlns been but piirsory si«ht iilentlBoations iiinde by various iiiem bers of our parties under not very favoral)lp coiiditions. anil iniawar.' of tbe scarcity of the species in tlils particular locality. May H. l!K>r.. we liste'tl tliree, September i:*. VXW,, several, and Au^'ust t-".*. ]!)07, one. l"),"*. *Viico sol U a n IIS. — niuo-headetl Vlreo. May 14. l!>or», tliis was a common liird on the Point and we were seldom out of sljjht or iiearin« of one or more dnrlnn our whole tramp from the camp to the base of the I'olnt. That fall one was taken September 1.'!. which was likely the first of the miiirants. The next year (IWC.) we noted none in May; tlie 2n-2lst bein;; rather late for them In a normal .vear. Tliat fall (V.xii;) one and two were detected September IS and li). The spring of l!Mt7 bein« phenomennlly late, one bird was seen May V,\ and anotlier .Time 1. For the fall micralions of that year we iiave hut one date and one Individual, Aufjust 31, which is. necordint; to our experience. >ni- usually early. The white eye rinc and h)ral strljie. standlnj; out from the clear Kray of the liead. make a field recognition mark not easy to mistake. ].•>. a practhally normal sprhii.'. but two were noicd. The followin): year. May Ltl-'-'l. was ton late for them and none were observed, but the sprinn of 1!HI7, which wjis remarkable for its late- ness, we caw live, May :tl. A few were ix.ted May .'! and 4. IIX'-^. It has been prepent and more or less connnon diirin;: all our fall dates, except those of October. In VM).\ a few were seen from Scp- tendier 4 to S. after which none were observed until the l.'ith. when n lar»;e HIjilit arrived, and they were cnmmon lor the da.v, but b'l't that nl«ht and but three were noted the next mornin;:. In l'."H'. nothint; worthy of note was observeil either in nundier or lluctna- tlons of nuudier duriii« our two trips to the I'nint. th"U;.'li they were (onsiderably more numernus on the first than on the later visits. They were already present on om- nrriv il Auu'ust IM. V.:.<~. and re- main<>7, anotlier was seen by Taverner near camp, and Sei)teuilK>r 2 the same oitserver noted one alonst tlie east shore in tiie vicinity of the Cross Uoad. l.">!>. *H(hntnthophHa nihricapiUa. — Nashville Warbler. Mkely a more or less connnon and a reRuIar migrant, thouRli our records for the species are few and more or less scattered. One .May l.'i, liX)"!, and three Septenilier (5 of the same year. The ne.vt fall five, one, elslit, si.v and one were enumerated Septenil)er 1, IS, l!i, 20 and 21, but none on the spring; trip of May 20-21. One was noted May .'{1, 1!K»7, amouK the late warblers of that abnormal sprin;.', but up to the time of our departure in the fall, Septeml)er : of 1!KW, Swales noted one eacli day. May 2 and 3. IGO. *Uelminthitphila pcrcyrina. — Tennessee Warbler. A regular and not unconnnon migrant, sprine and fall. Ten noted .May 14, l!tO,". May 20-21. lOOti. which is normally late for them, non.; were stH'n, but May ."HI and June 1, l!tO", when so many late warb- ler records were made, two ratlier <|uestionable birds were notecl. None were listed May 1-4, liMiH. In the fail it is one of tiie earliest warblers to arrive. On Aufxust 2ti, 1!H>7, one was taken : an arrival date that seems al>out normal, .•IS we can cloBcly parallel It witli Detroit dates. We saw but one oilier tliia season, on the 2'.>th. The preceiling year tliey were still present In some innnbers the first tliree days of September, and in full son;:. One was noted September 4. liHt.'i, nnd .-iiiotlier the 14th. The species remains ipiite late and we have a retMrd of an Indi- vidual. October 14. lOOt;. Itil. *<'iimpMi)tliliii)is niHirirniia iimieir. — Northern Parula Warl>ler. Conversely to tiie cases of the (iolden-wiiifred Warbler anil the Yellow-throated ViriH). cited before, this species seems to be a r.'ither ciiiiimiiii migrant on tlie I'oint. at least in spring, while it is very rare at Detroit at ail seasons. May 14. I'.Hi.". wlilcli Is our only ^|iriii>: date strictly witliin Us re^uiiir miixrational season, we found I very comiiioii the whole lensth of the western w«Mided shore. None were observed .May 20-21. l!HHi. but In the abnormally late spring of l!io7 we s:iu' ftnit May .-o. and tliree June 1. The fall of the same year one was taken .\uKUst 2S. kIvIii); us our only fall date. ■y^k'.-'Mu as ir.2. TiiK Wii.sox lifi.i.icTfx — Xo. (;;i. 'Dciiilroica tUiiiini. — Ciipe Mny Warlilcr. This species. Ion;: cliissed ns one of the rarest of th<.' wurlilers, has proveil itself «i\irlM'4 our work nt tlie I'oint to warrant :i lianlly less strict term tliaii Kcarc(> and. at times, has lieen almost connnon. We liave never (lete spet imens so ^iatherod, we olitained an almost complete series ..f f:ill pinniam's — from- the yoiiic^' of llie year to adults of hoth sexes In life there is something: p(Mtiliarly characlcristic in the appear nnco of f. faint, liidden f iiili'-it'i c(/ / ((/. vci /(.s. - I'dilcl; liiroaled I'.lue Waiiiler. A I ommon spriii.' tiiid f.ill nii;.'raiil. .May 1.". I I. llHi." w.-i-^ .ilioiit the culiiiiii.'ition iif their mi'.:ration iiuil tlie> were ahiinniiit in .ill the wiKided sections of the roint. Tlie ncxl year, .M.iy L'S. SO 'mio 1 rcgpp( lively. Xone vcro seen May 1-1. l!Ki.S. in ||,o la!) tlioy scpiii to iiiciir in Krcitcsl iildiiid.iiK c alidut llic lifst wn-U of Scpteinlior. In I'.Hi.'i they wvn' coiiiiiioii rnmi Si'pleii hor 4 to i:'.. after which their iniiiilx-is suddenly di..|.ped off to noihin,-. 'llio iip.vt year they were i)resent in limited nnndiei- llie lirsf iliree da.^ s or the month, and on our reinrn visit from the ir.ili to -.'Jd, sevei-il to lirteen were iioied e;i
  • ctoher L'!i. as they hiid n -1 tinee ilays "' " i""»li 111 1!"!';. hut very varial.le in nnniher> 1:0m lii • Pith to L'lsi, when it only readied iiumliers to he far from inimemns .-it any s( .1-011 when w li.ave iieeii at the Point. In the spriii:; we h.-ive seen hnl .1 few imlividiiah . .Ma.v li, Uh',. and -«. I'.Kir,. it is an e:nly mi-rant in fall and iisn.illy passes through this latitude the latter [lart of .\ii-ust. Septemhei m^^Mmam^ 90 TiiK Wn.soN Pirr-LKTiN — No. G;j. 4, 1!H;r>. out' was taken, and in l!Ki7 n few were seen each day from AumiHt LMl to li!», when the hist evUlenlly deiiarted. KkS. *J)inilroica ixiistilvuiiica. — Cliestnut-sided Warhler. Common sprinK mi^'rant and regnhir, lint In more Ihnlted num- hers, In tlie fall. May H, 1!H).">, It was conunon, bnt we saw none May 20- IM, I'.hm;. Anionc the other extrao. Unary ocetroit and. up to li"t7. no spring rei-ords iiad iiccn iiiaiie fiM' iiic cnuniy. .\t i'ort Huron, at the foot of Lake Huron, it is UiOre connnon. It is abnn- k ^'^miA TA\i:rr loss coniinnn iiiid rp;.'\iliir siirini; ii.iuni'it. .Miiy U, V.HCt. n bird supposed ti) lie iit" tliis Kp(> next year. .May I'l. tliH idiMititii-alidii ol" this liird ••('(■oivi'il vt'rilinilicm. when several were taken nr seen in almnt the same locality. May "t*Jiiiie 1. P.KiT, wo sa>\ several eaih day. In the tail it has always heen a very ahnndant iniirrant. and we have loiiiid it eoinnion on all Sepfeinher visits. S ■iitemlier ".. llMit;. le in the pre- aii" r.ay- ir It was notalile for a ;rreat '\ave of this species i' ledin;; niylit. .\s an nnnsnal feature. thei< lire;isls. aiiioii;^ Iheiii. In I'.mT the lirst w.is . is. < latest dale is Sepleinher L'1. llMiil. when tl \i > i , !u ..i . i.> ; , our deparlurc. 171. *l>< iiili. June 1. 111(1", they were \ery cominoii. <•■■ ' i ■ ■. ,. ,. ,,. mated the mnnlier s(>cn as one hundred. Ii Ii.i- li..: o.-o:. li.. ,■ .vd as aluuidant in the fall as in the spriiiL:. .\ ff \ ■ i ■ Sc ,, i^ .ler, 1!MI.">, ( I the -tlh. r.th and I Ith. In I'.MHi we lis,, ' ':i;lc !.i- , on llie IV.Ii and iidth of the same month. The lirst was seen. 1!mi7, .Vuu'iist l''I. and from then on, until the d,iy of our deparliire. .septein- he- ;'., se\er.il or more were noted iilniost dailv. i; *l>- 14. 1!Mi.". hut mil ohserved May ;jii-2l, liHii;. In l!Mi7 it hroke all records liy rem;iininK until June 1. upon which dale numlier were seen. Not noted .Mi y 1-1, I;mis. Septemlier t, 1'.mi."i. it was present upon our arrival, and remained ■niu'li cur vi-^it (initil the 1."ithi In varying nii ihers. I.i Iikm;. it w.as not noted until Sr'pleiiilier |s. .after wliicii several were i ' .-ervi'd each day unlil v, c left, the L'Ist. (»ne w.is noted Octoher l."i of tic same year, hill none put in an appearjince in I!ki7 to the diile of our departure. Septem her »l. I7.'I. *!>( iiilroii a imhiKii mii.-l'nUn Warhlcr. Alon;; Ihe crest of the eastern sand iluiies, win ■( ter the sliniled i-oltonuoo(ls olTercd any cover, we found this species i.iirly common. May i:!. I!t y ollior (MTiisioii. 'I ITI. *liriiili))i<(i (/i«f>j/()c. — I'l'jiiiie Wiirlilcr. S<'|ilfiiil.( r ."i. H ,".. Kliiirh i>i<>l< m jiivonilc nuilc of tlils sppcics in Ilic iloii-i' ll;ii'kcts lunli iif lli(> iMslcni sliorc. jii«l lifyniHl llio cross iK.iil is<(' Anl- XXIII. l!Hit;. p. Kir.i. iii.ikiii'.; (Iio tliinl icc-onloil spi-ci Mien (if tlic s|i<'(lcs fur ri'i-();.'iii/.i'd iinotlicr indi \idii;il S' iMi;.'nii!t on liic rolnl. 17.". '.<< i »(•«.» HHio' (//(i7/ws, -Oven liird. Snr|>risiiii;ly scinc in spriii.:. This vv;is .hi nii aj i' -IimI condilion to iMccI .-inyw lii'ic In tliis stM lion, fir tlic Ovcniiird is om- of Iho com nioiii'^t Minmicr woodlnnd residents we Ii.imv M:iy II, |;h ."i, we s,.|xv liul I. re. !iid i;ii|ic llic 'Jiilli'JIsI of ihc Siiinc Mmiith, I'.tlii;. M;iy :',1 :iMd .hmc I, I'.MiT. wlu'ii :ili iiii'-'r:ilions «crc so disoru';niiycd. il\c :ind ci'lii were nrrcd on Ilic ri'^|icil j\c d.i,\s. .Nicn ucrc nolcd tin" first lime ila\s of M.iy, 1;h:s, |,y Swiilcs .'nid Wiilliiic, llioii;.'!! it is tnio lli:it tiN y ucrc tlicii |i;irdiy to l.c c\|m( ted iis jil lli;it time they Imd not .1- .Ml mviIvcmI iiOiMit I'eiroii, I'loin this diitii we i Indc tliut I'lit few. ir .iii.v. Iiiced (Ml tlie I'oiiit, mid that prai'tic-illy all seen ilii-re are ini.'r.iiit.-. In tlir fall tliey are Itiirinal iiiLdy ei.nniin. Scjitem- In-r ."i \'k \:h.~<, ilie\ wore imied iic.ai'ly e\i-ry da\, Iml \\cre more com ineii dniiiiir the carl.\ da,\ - of Inc \l>it. In I'.mm; ihey were emanion liic first llirec da.v^ nf Sc|i|eiMlier, lilt n few were noted on the l*-lh, I'otli .iiid L'!-! I he lali of IIKiT Iml two iiidi\ idn.'il.s were seen .vn.'Usl :o ;,i,i| .''I 'I'l.i'-i- iiia.v h.iM> repre.- .ailed liiei'diii:; lards as the ■eason u.iv I, lie and II w,is c\ ideiil Ih" inl;;ranl> el this spe< ie; had not .vet airl\cd. ITi; J 'ti ii-< ti' ■ /..„.(. Walii I hriwli 'I'lii' Wahi I hill- li i>. In all proliaMlil\. ;i ic.'iiiar. if not a com men spriiiL- miur.ml lleai^h v. e have led It hut en, c- dniin,' the vci' Mai mi;:i al ioiis, Ma,\ 1... I'"'."., when Hrvci-il wi-rr' -I'.ti al ai:; Hie in side iif IIh- WcIiiii \l.:x,\ i,\\ Ihc cd;:e of llie lll.ll-ll 1 Ir I'.l'idic re pal- Hiiii. duiiii.- hi- ,iiil> trip of |s;;). \\',ilcr 'Ihriislies w •■r>' "v er\ e.eia'.ioii." ,heLihL' 11. an a.ljoinni;.' Mi.hl'.'.iii ^taii.lar.K Ibis was lillei ^111 p: i- 111.', a- It IV wilh 11" hill :i s.a''..' ini:;r.iiil . ami has M'l I.I 111 ih-i ..\ . n d hn 1 iliiiL' w ii h ii>-, t iii .mr ;iri u al a I l!.i I', linl. Sep lentil r I, P» .". ihii.' \-.ic . .ai I.I.I. ilil.- iinii.h.rv |,i..vciil. mii-l of whl.li hn III.- nluhl ..! Ihc ."ah. r .r aftir II, .rt date hiif f.v, Klie,;|e i T.WKKNIU AM) Sv, • iS — f).\ I'dNT ri.l.r.i: r.lKDS. '.I.) wt'ic noted until tlio llitli. when llio lust was oliHcrv d. Septi'iiilipr '2 iiiKl ."!, l!Hi(i. hut one anil two wen- (•cfii i>ii ;li«' rcs|ii iiivi' days, and none on tlic rcliini datrs in tlie middle oL llio nioiitli. One of the inlereslin« features of the fall tiip of 1!hi7 was tlje inii'i-ecedenled nnrnlier of this species present. We arrived Au;,'iis| I'l. and tlie L'HIli several were noted, and the next day the spnies '.eiaMie almndant. reniainin;; ko until the l^t of Seplendier. when there was a falliiii: olT in nundiers, increasing; to ^evel•al ti.e .'!d and 'two tiie llli: llie s|M'iies seem, then to havi' departed. iMirini; Hie lieiuhl of tlieir a'pundaiice tlu\v were the nio>t i ons] icuous liird on llie I'oint, anil were seen in all kinds of places, anil at all llnn-s. Thi'v wi'ri' in the low. damp sipots in tlie woods, in the liii.'!i walnut tiniher, and in flii' reil ci'dar thickets. They were itiinmori everywhere. We found them in Hie last outlyin_' hrush jille near tlie end of ilie tlnal sand spii. and in palcjus of weeds and lotlonwoods alulii; the e.i.- crn sanil dime, near llrulihs lisli hnuse. It wa.s no uneomnioii si;;l.i i.i h.ive four or live In the same lield of \ision, liesidi's otliers tli:,t .ouid he heard and not mcii. Indeed it was rare when we lonid t'ct out of si;:lil or hearing: of at least one indiviilual. fi r .my apprei iai.le lenirlli of time. 'I'licy uttered no soie^, Iml con;lanll> i:ave M'IiI to iiirir char- acteristic sliort 1 hup." It is not improhaMe tliat this lli:;lit of Wa- ter Thruslies is iif -iimewhat reiiular (nilirrence on the "oi|0. I'.i,,- ilies st.ilemenl Iicf.ie i|nolcd rallier t-iih-lanliales iiii>. .\« ha> \»;v In-fore mentiniicd. llie mi-ralions were late in siarlin: in ilie f;ill of I'.KtT. ••ind Ihls Would explain why we had iiol nicl the .--pecics com iiionly lielore. in oilier years. 177. ♦.V'i)0(/v iicilih illii. Louisiana Water 'riiru-li. Contrary to oiir e\| latlons uc liave found this s|.c. ics ijic rarer of the n\o »Valer-'rhrnslies un the I'oiiil. In adjoiiiinir .Miihiiian loialities this is the (oimiion form as miu'r.iiil. and the only hr Icr, an so far rei ordcd. (in the I'oint. however, we rci.'aid it is uniii' fare (tur only dale tor the species in the locality hcin-.: i>ii,' seen liy Saunders, .\iiLMist !.">. l!Mi7. IT><. *iif nihliii's imiii':. ( 'onticcticiit W.irMer. It seem^ to he the :,'enerai iiiiprev-i-m anions Hi^' orinllHil'>L'l-l~ of tills seitioii that He i omici i icnl Warhlcr li.is nmt li lu. rc.l^(■d in nmiiheis ill the hist dci.-idi' or so. However llial lua.v he. wlicihcr due to rc.il :.'ieaier ahimdaiH c or ii> .ih<.ci \ iM's Know iiiii hetlcr \\ here to siel, and ulial lo |o ik f.ir. I hi y have advanced iheii .'ipiiareiit siaiii' from one of the raic^' to a haiclv s. ar. c >pe, ic» This is Hue nol oiilv of I'elee. liiil of iiHier siiriiiuiidi iiL" iTiilMrv Saunders was Hi lli^l to (all .'illciilioii to tlic miml'cr of t minei liniiN on the I'l.iiit when lie npoitid llieiii .c-- •IJiiili' cchiliioli lor a fi'W ill;.* in .liilie ilssti I Auk II. |ss.-,. I ::ii7i :,« ;, ^, nuiid feeder In dray pla.e, w here !t| Tin: Wii.suN 'Ui.i.etin — Xo. Oii. on mImivc trip scvpnil were id-ocmcil." llo silso sliili's in |iriviit(> .■..iiesi.on.l.'n(e tlmf lii' found tlirni "Ignite tiMiinmn May :V) to .liuie I. INst." tlins loiiitiiit; tlic diitos niori' t-xaitly. May 1 ». V.nC. wt' saw two on onr walk in aloim tin- oast road. May tSt-lil. I'.hm;. none wore olisiTvt'd; but tlie .'Uitli of tlie same uiontli t!ic sn.ceedinj; K|nin« Ihiee were noted. In tlie fall we have found the si.eiies still more ahnndant. In Septemher, V.M .'. six ai'd two were noted or laiien the .".th and litli. and another .me the Itith. The liist three days of September. llH.t;, it was almost common and we \vre able to secure as many spc-iimMis as we had any desire lor. 'I'liey haunted the damp taie-'le lionlerinn the e.islern beach near (Jard- ner's and alonv the Cross road, and were still more fr(H|uently met with in the beds of Jewel weed, clo.'^ely adjoiidli^'. in the open si>ols ,,l llie wonds. l!y remaining m\M in such pla. I's we were able to observe Ibis intercstiu!.' s ies at will. Thouiili naturally shy when we were niovbm alKint. when the observer remained perfectly .p'i''s riiii tlicy would approach ahiiost within reach of the hand. .\s far MS wc beard, tbcv leinaiiu'd very qniel. ull.'rin.' but the nrost .one moiiplaee little .b.'cps and th.iM. Iml rar.'ly iin ,,ur r.'turn visit 111.' nii.ldl.' of th.' same month \\r noted but iv simile in.lividuals .Ml the ITth and IMh. 'rhi' fall oi IImiT. thou-rb wc wcn^ pr.'setit the liiM few .lays of Sept.'inber. the time ..| ilieir ;;reat abnndanc.' lb.' piv..>.lin;: y.'.ir. owiic I., tb.' -.'n.'ral lal.n.'ss »( lb.' early mi;:raii.His. Ih.'y b.i.l n.il put in an app.aranee. as a s|,.m |e~. np to tlie date ol oiir .l.'ii.nlun-. ^^.'ptembcr •!. tlii.ii;:b on.' was ol.M.rved by W.i.i.l in a I, rush pile al lb.' base of th.- linal saii.lspll September 1-1. Tbif. tall lli.Mv w.'iv no siich mass.'s ..I .l.'W.'l w I atiyub.Tc 1 >ce.i. and lhi< ma.N liav b;i.l som.'tliini; ■• do w lili tliclr ii..n app.'aran. <■. lb.' .•arlv mi.-raots. mis-liu- I ..iiL'.'nial .|Uartcrs of last \.-ar. passe.l on aiTMss the l.ik.' without lili;.'erii!-: i;;. *(»/,', /'.I i/^v i,hil ...IIIIH..M ibaH the l.I. M.lm-- p.M le^ I 1.1- e..Millli.iM, lloUeV,!' i> Hot IM-i llll;!!' to l'"illl i'll.e l.u! MiM'li''- '•'Piall.x to oiir liiiiMii -i.il!.iii> v. \l-y l|..le.| \! .,. t.; II pHi,-,, and !"lll \l:n Z\ . '^1 II"' -le ■ .ediOi.' ••'■.ir M:iv ■\\ .,11,1 .lilll. 1. l;"'T Ili.U.X.I. Wl> \»el',- llli.r.' I'CMllKlle ■■•\'\ ll'.e ,111,1 • H.Tc li.il.'.l .■II th.- r.-pe. live d.i>v -llMy s.in- Uv.ly Willi a .,„,^ ,e,el, .iiH.! I ,„ ,|n..lilv I.. i',n ..f the f..io ' ii^M h:inllv :,> il,i-..;iiv .111.! .liiler..|ill\ i|...i!i..l I'.ill .lal.- ou lln- .,i.. ..- .ir.' ,|;:|,, ult I.. .;. I :mi.| vaWs IO b. .|. -n..!, W .• ,i!s>.n-- -.ipi-. -.d Mm ,|i.-v -hi,:,, I Min.ii.-h \eM .,iiU and f.i |.a->.,l i.ii.,!.-.'H e,l II,..- iia- ,.., I, ,..,,, 111. mI \.\ 'l|.. ll.'.l >V" IcK.- b.-.-ll -ibl. !.. _Ml!.. I III.- i.l-t I... II ^, 1.1. nil . r 17 !■"" .111.1 w. I,,,, X, .11- .11 P.l.-.' K...»~ IH.1..1 ■■>■■ ^'pl'ii ,. ..... . • ..uu- ,...!. I i... (■.......■. I u 111 f 11 111.. .lew .. I Tavkknkk and S\\ ai.ks- -On Point Tki-KI': I'.ikd.s. '.•") t • weed hufore s|>okcu of. In I'.HIT two wore taken An«nst 1'.. one the :iOtli, and anotlKT the :!1h;. The last one was ol.serve.1 Septen.l.er •2. Seeing that fie niitirations were hiie this year, it is more tlian likely that tlie Mounilns Warl)ler normally passes thron;:li ahont the ihlPl week in Auu'ust. and it is one of the earliest .!,i«rants to he l(H)ktHl for in fall. The Juvenile fall Monrninu Warl.ler . losely resenilih-s tlie youn;; fonne.-t:.-«t. hut ean he readily dislin^-'uishe.l from it hy tlie yellow and ),reyish suffusion over the II roat and forenei«). *li,^»thUii>ix liirhdx hnicliiilartylil.-'SoitUvni Yellow throat. The Yellow-throat has been eonnnon on all May visits, hut of peculiar or.urren.e in fall. In liHif. six were ol.serve.1 on the lirst day of our arrival. SeiitemI.er -1, and then no more until the lltli. wlien Ihev he.ame .ommon. In Uhm;. they were very .•onmioii the tlrst three .lays ..f Sei.t.-mher. hut on our return trip they were far less al.uii.lant. an.l hut two or thr.-e w.Te iw.led the ir.th. ITth. IMh. nn.l six tlie I'.ttli. One was still pr.'seiit this y.^ar as late as tt.tohe; It. From Aut'ust 1'4 lo ^eptemher C, I'.MiT. none were ol.s.rv.'.i at all. The oiilv obvious exiilanatlon of this ..rralie pr.t.edur.> is that either f.'W ..r no Y.'llow throats hr.r.l on l!i.> Point, or els.' that tli" summer resi.l.Mits .h'parl .^arly in the fall, and that at the time o- .mr arrival and i-tay in llHiT lie iiilmaiits ha.i iiol v.'t arrive.l. I'li". s,„.,l.'s ivmaiiis with us usually until well into 0.tnl,..r. I.nt all on-. fall .lata at I'.'l.-e iH.iuts to tie .•■ mIusImh thai tli.'re is n slroir; mi «ratioiial mov.-ment amonu' dii'm. heiiinninw the latter imrt ol AllkMlsl. 1SI. 'hli'iiti /ici'ii.s. Yellow -hreasle.l riint. I'oiut P.'l..' is th. ly lo.,ilily in Canada wlier.' the Y.'llow |,r.-asl...l Clial is any ni.ire than a r.ir.' ixidental Kirauvl.T. llo" far IIS ranue li.'re e\t.-ii.ls iiilaii.l w.' ar.' niial.l.. to stale, .is ..ir w.alx lias nev.'r .'MernhMl inland l..v..ii,I 111.' has.' «( llie Point Tl- •li-st ohs.Tvati..M "M Hi.' •lull in .ana. la wi's lil>.lv iiia.le her.', as |.r l!i-..di.' savs ,.r his .Inly ri,. of IsTt". "A sih. im.-ii re.-.ntlv lulled «as l.ron;:ht lo uvsl. Sann.l.'is -.•, iire.l >|.. i ui.Mis as iv,,,rd.'.l l.y Ma.-,.iin in l,i^ Minis ..I .ana.ia, M.i> l-. \-»>''- «.• l-onn.l -.•>.Tal pair-, m a xvasle ■ I.mWi.l-. lp.um up n- iaivhr-. I,,,,,,- th.' ha r liK' P"in' and '-.•.iiivd ..ne ami Ihe ii.'M <\.i> ,,Motli.T I..V li.e road alon- Hie .'d^e of 11,.' v.;M, .ai Mm- .asl -Id.- ,M:n .'UJI. l!MNi. u\.i and V't.' ,,l.s.'vv.'il .r taken hfM.iid (,.ird n.Vs Pla.' 1 Ih" i-p-"H^" '!">- '^'''> ■''• '''"' ""■'•'' ' '' '''"' ol,M.r\.'.l i! alM.iil the ximr 1... aliU SxmiI— ami Wallar.' si.v .',..■ Miiy .i, I'ttis I hi- is a s|«'. ies llial .i.'parts ,.;irlj in 111.' s.a-m :,nd :m; i'lii: Wii.SdX l;i iii;TiN — Xo. (I.;. 'liitis iivmy >o iiuiftly jis to 1... niivl.v ii.ilo.l on tht- full iiii-f;ii,..M< '• '^l"'"- ">' ''i'-'l '""111 I..- iioisi,.,- ,,!• ni.ir.. .oii!-|,i.noi"s i,, i. ■ lioM 11 h.Mihls. I.ul I..V Ilic ini.l.ll.' of .liil.v il ivl:i|.<,.. into Mlm.v ni.l '^ ■•'''"'" ' ' llif'<"lfl.T. WV li.n,. .•oiis.'.iM.-iilly n.'v.r .s,.,.|i tlir S"''l,,s on nilV of om- fii|| |,i|.s. ;,. it li|<..|y ,l..|.;i.H'.l .•o.isi.lcf.ll.lv IhIoi-o 0111- cMi-lii'si .■iiitiiiiin trip. is:.'. Mi;/.vo„/./ lunula.- Wii'oii'.s Wiiililfr. .\ ivjiiliir .•mil hot iiiiroiriiiioii iiiiL-niiil. -piini: :iii-lnl..'r r. V.HC. ...,,„ „.,,,, .,1 .|.j„,, ni. IV.O.Nl I.. r.)MllH.,ll ..II 111,. S|;,. MM. I lll..Ii .iliiiiui.... I |o ,,li,. i;„. I.Mh '■'■'' ''■'>' "'■ "I"' '''■I'Miliii-.'. In i:h<;. ;,,.,] on,- u.-,-^ iPi-.-nii S,-|. '"''"''■'■ ' ■""' •'•■ ••""' <"') «■'"<• IlK' -''111, 'II,,. .|.,..i,v ,„.! il, Ml, -I,, l"'^"'"i-.' in 1;h,7 .\„u'„m IJ. mill ;,'rM.I,i.-,ll> „„•,■, m , ,„„ ,. ,',„ 111 S.l.l.lhh.T I. ul,..,, lilt,.,.], «,.|V |iM,..|. ■||„.v „,.,,. still |.n^,.„| il. Mil, I,' MIIIhImM'S >\ Ih'U «!• ll'lt III,, cili. I-V '>' h.i,i;„,„i ,,iii.ilhi. Aiiii.ri.Mi, l;.'il>i;ii'l. I'r:i''i'^illy ,..iiii„..ii on .,|| ..■.•i-oi,;il.|,. >i.sii,. ,.v,.|,i ii,. .\|;,, ■ I. l;"'s, ul,..|i ii„,M l„,.,|> „,.,■,. iMi.. il, ,in-|vin_., ;.,„| ,!,;. „,.,.', ,'„'. "'•■" ''■"' '■"' ■■'- ^'' I'"' ill ■111 .■i||'.-ii-.-.i,. ,.. Tl,,. onlv i.... iili:iiilv il, ""■'■■ iiiii"!"-'-^ 11- ii..i..l :.i 11..- I'..ii,i i~ |i„. ii~n.-,l -..r,.;,! i,„ r, „-,.' ,|„. lil-l IVU .l.Mv,,,- .<,.|„, .,„!„,, ,„,,, |,,,,.,. ,.,,|„||,i,,„^ |„ ,,„- ,,|,,^ ,,,,|.^. '.'""'' """ 1 11 >^''|.l"iil.T .-. :<<,,\ ., i|,,-in ll„.> u.r, II,,., ■..III,.,-. Ill i'"i''. lii'.' vv.l.. '. IX :,i.ni,.|Ml,l Ih,. lii-l ||,iv,. ,i;iv. o| ||„. „|,,niii '"" ■ """■" "if- '-"■ I'"' -Nl. V.,- >;,u until tl„. 17,1,. ,.,n.| ""■' > "'"■ '"' 'ii'i! "■■•I.. 1 1- .l.|,.,il,in.. In llHiT i|„.v ""'■" I'"-' 111 ' r :m x.!' Mi-.iM .■!, i,i,.n.;|.-ii,:.- .riM,l,i:,llx i,, ,,„„ ""■ -■^''^ ■""! i''iii' 1 -■ "ii!i -iiiiill lli|.l.iali..ii, 111,111 ..111' ,1,. |-;iiiiir.. S,.].!,!,,!,, I- ,; ! I.. l:l . ..\. I , 1,1 1. 1 *'*',•< 1 Reprinted from Thb Wilson Bolletin. Septem! -r. 190e.J 'rm-; iukds oi- i-oixt i'kiki':. I!V I-. .\. TA\1:KM..K AM) I!, II. SWAI.KS. (•'oritiiuirMl fioiii \miit' !H!. ) IM. * iiillnix iifiixilniiiKiis. \ li.iiii I'ipil. I»..,il.ll-.ss of n.::„lnr o....,,,-,.,,,.- ,:„. |..,i,„. |„„„ „.,i„^, ,,„., ,.,„ I.ut «w ,.^. to tl... s,.;.soM.l ,„.,:.s s ..f our t.i„s, w„ Imvo no,,..| i, ,„„ ..".•e. 0.to.H.r rr, MMM,. w.un ;, fow s,,..,....... lM.mi,l...ls w-n- „l. scm.,1 jiloi.k' tlH> to|> of liir (•.isl.Tii siiiiH ,„i,„.s. IS.-.. •MimuH p<.ly,)loll',s. Mo.-kiimi.ir.l. MMy :;... I-KKI. „hil.. Sw.!... ..n.l Klnni..;: „...■,■ WMlUi>,« i,. , ... roa. on tl,.. nvs, si.lo ..f ,„.. IN,.,,. I...,.m.u,„M Irij. ^ .M...kl„ulHnI w:.s ,|„„.,.., ,.,.,.0.1... ... „,.wly „I,„.,...| or,!,...nI. I"...,, i, ,. "■HU.8 II Is now In hi. n.||e.lM.n S..„vh w.s nunk. lor a „,ss 1,|.. I.S.--<',i(i,|,.,|. 'l'>-r... a n.;iM|,.. an.l on Ih. l-oU., ina TllK WlI.SON r.n.I.ETIN N(l. Gl. prni times leading us merry clinses after wli.it no tlioualit was that hird. Aiintiat 15- 1(!, llXtK, Urown Thrashers were hut fairly roiiiiiioii ami prohahly reiireseiiled tlio hreediii« iHipiilathMi of tlie I'oiiit. The year Itrevlous, from the :i4th of the same iiioiith on. they were uiuch more ahiindaiit niid, nsnnlly from (lie llrsl of Si'|iii'mlier to the apiieanime of the Sharp-shiM tll«ht, tlie siwries lias iM-eii alumdant. As seds that grow hetweiMi the reil ledars near the end of 'lie I'oiiit. When tlie Sharp-sliins are aUiut in any numliers, it is with u-reat diilieiilt., tiiat the Thrashers can he made to forsai\(. wcr.. surprised (o note at IcMsl t\\cnl\ individii.'ils at .1 i onsidcr.ihly later dale than anytiiiiig «(• <:iii tiiid ill our lielinit imlc^. ivs. * I III jinlh'ii us liiihiiiiiiiiiii^ i';ii aiiil loiily lii'ii- and in liul lew other ioiailiM's III Mil- lioiiiiiioti In \ii;.'ns|, |!ni|, Lvnds .l.mes found the »|"ilcv ,.n |:.|.j siMir l.-laiiil 1 II (7/. /(.///.. i:hi|, ,,|i 7(i7|,. |,„t i( <>;is iiol niil'l ilic lall i.l I!M):. th.-ii ,1 „,.,.s aiidfil l.i llic list ol iiiain- IhhI liinls. S. I'liiiil.ci- .■. 1,1 ih.it yi'.ir KIiil:Ii look .iiii' anil saw an '.III. f. The next day four weir i,|.r«-r\i.il or l.iki 11, and others noled llie iih Slii. and llili Aiiiuhl' iIicsc urrc lu.. ,|ii\«'nili.s ,,f different ML'cs, and .ipiiarenliy licl..ni:iiii.' i.. -.i|iai'ali' lii- 1-. liii' y.r,iiii:est liad Mil' nc^lllii:.' down siil] atM.nid to the iilniiia^c, aiHl was evideuHv i.ii-fil on III.' I'.iint I !»/, \ Ml/.. VMn', ). |(».-i. h, h^k;. ,,0 not.'d iliiv.. M.iv I'd „,,,| i,«,K ,,||,. ill 111.- -mil.. |i).alit>. Alicie llii-,\ iiad I. ■.•11 s.'i 11 111., pi-c. .■.lin.- fall M;,> I'l S.iuhdc' luw;;,! (1,1..., ,,!! the HMiptlaii.l iii^i .list < Aii_.||:t I.'. HI. Iliilierlo "'■ ''■"' "lis..|vi.l II |,|i| ill :| iiiiiiii.il ar.'a mi III.. ..ast sj,|,. near III. .'iiil ..I III.. ( I-,.-- I!, I.l. I '■ "'" i.r -ecu II- II, K II, .11 t!i,. spis ii.s js «,.|i ..s|,i! lislieil ..n III.. TWIKNIK WD S\V\I |-.S— On I'niNI I'r.I.l.K P.1KI)«. 100 I'ollit. 'I'lu'y fre<|iiciit the doiiKCst jniitflo iniil nrc iiiiiir (illi'ii lifiinl lliiiii sc.'ii. TlK-y nil Iroiii liiusli t

    ' ilii' <>x<-itLHl inllcil.ir liciit on (•sl.ililisliih;; iiii in. oiilcstiililf rcii.rd. in a most pro- vdUIii;; Mi.iinMT, leiidins: liini Ihroimli mini liolcs, Inimlf iirnl linK-kcn. ki'fpiiiL' Juki out o him on willi «'\|ilo!-ivi :;iin sliot, iiml iisn:illy onl ol si«lit, Im) pnlicliiJ: (lis of (•ni-oiMMi.'i'nii'iit. Tlicy l'rt><|"«'"' "'*• IiIuIu'V lir;in< Ih's of the trees to .-i i;fe.itcr cMcnl tlimi niiy other of our wrens ;in t 1-". I'xpn. Ihel'ai ilina Wrens sai:;; far more freely than we h.ive heard liefore. In reiierloire they are as versatile as a Thrasher and a I'alhird rondiineil an<./(//« s- iiiiliiii. Mouse Wren. r n:on on all May vi-ils and lo le found in almost all kinds of localities. thoUL'h perhaps the l.rnsh ^idwn femes in the nei^hhor- I d of Gardner's farm huililiiii-'s were the most faviued. Hut few- were noted dnrlMi: ihe early d.iy^ of Scpleinlier. I'.Mi.'.. thoiinh liy i:radual increase llie,\ Im . ame ccmuiion llie I 1th. ( 'ouunon all throiiu'li Septemlier. PHIS, and unlll Octolier 11 l-'i. when ;i nundier weri' iioteil. Ndl as many as u>ual seen .\ui.'iist :.'l Sepleinher ti. I'.HiT, and more were listed .\ni:ust l."i-H",. |1m s. It is ei id<'Mt from this that Ihe nn- LTant birds arriveil alMiui the last of .\n'.iiist and lirsl of Septemlier, •■eachlnL' llieir m.i\imiim the middle of the laier month. pMi. ^itUihiiihUti" In' iiKili^. Winter Wren. Noted Inn oU(e in the sprih-'. May 1 L'. l!Mis. when simile hirds v\< re iioliil each da\ In P.Mi.'i. ilie lir-t fall liilils were noted Septem- lier II and !."i, the la^l (lavs ol our stay. Ill I'.hh; they were present «liin Hi- .irriveil. Seplenilier |.">. ami liecame almost common liy 'he Kill MIer which ihcir niimlier^ d\\ liiilled, ilioui.'li a couple were ^eell II, c :.'lst. wlicii \M' departed. This la^t day one fellow liec-uiie milili iiiicicsicd ill our lent and lampiii:: equipmenl. It explored the p. I- r -.cMTiil ini cs Iholi.lliilllV. se.;rchinv' cMiy crcvn II cvaii'iiied (iiir IiielhoiK ol packiiii;. aiid --aliiplcd the criimlis of our it'iiiiiii — ;ir-. ;;lc:iniiii; lioiii lln- i rack- ..I ihe laPle. and d L'en erall\ p|c.i-cd wiHi Iniii-ill and lis. I'lirilv 11 !!• vs lo a iiei^hliorili;; III' !: i ile aial -lolijcd n- a- we look diA\ i: llic lent and piled Ihe no TiiF Wii-soN l;ri r.F.TiN— Nil. f,\. tilings into tlio wnRon. KIkIiI wrro soon (hUiUor 14, H)n<;. Of ooiirso iioiif liiivf liwii soeii (lurliiK the Aii«ust trips. Iftl. *('i!t i/W/nrM.— Slii.rl-lilllcd M.irsli Wroii. .Miiy 14, i;K»r., SaiiiitlcrH fimiiil ii mihiII <^I..ii.v of nlMiiit Imlf a litis failed |o reveal the si«iles atralii, Imt, as it ... e.\treiiiel.v lixal in dUtriliiitiiiii aii1'. *rr]milt»llled .Marsh Wren. ^ '•">" >" ^IMMies on all tlie marshes. They had hardly nrrlve<1 in force May I.!. I'.Ni.-, nor the L'Ist of the same month of the siiccecHlInK year. May :!I, lixi-, however, they were jireseiit in iininliers, and May ]■:!, liHiH, Swales found a mindier that had lieen ilrlven ont at their low lands l.y the lilxh water up into the hushes nniouK the tree trunks of the hifjlipr levels, where they conducted themwlves in the iiiHiciustoiiied hahitMt mix h after the manner of Winter Wrens. We have found them iixne or less mmnion, IliouKh 8«>cretive, and rather hard to find on all fall visits. Then they t=eem j.artlal to most c!r- cnmscril)ed areas of inarsli, and keei> well down in llie cat talis, sel- dom ventiirliiK far in tliKht and utteriiit; hut the most ooniinonplace and iionccies, though met with on nearly all visits, has never been very .-ommon. Psually a few scattered individuals have made the days record. Onr date of greatest abnndan.-.' was OctolM-r 14 vm wiien ten were listed. Mkely hut few breed .m tlie Point as on'r Mav dales are meager. Our fall dates are .^nfli.ting, but seem to Indi- cate that tlie niigr;nils arrlv.- irregularly fr..in the hist of .Vtigust to the iiiiddl" of Septeml«'r. .1. Tavkrnkr and SwAi.ii.s— On Point TVj.ee P.irds. Ill IfCi. *.S'i7^i co;ia(/e/iM/M.— KciMireiiHted NiKlmtfli. The erriUli- nmieiiiiiii<»> of this M|K>oie8 in Soiithenstern Mlundan<-c. iiowever, was reached ()er 17 to I'l, 1!Mll. I!Hi. *l'itilhi„l,>i aliiiviiilliis. Clii'lijidec. March !»-lit, l-NiT, ||„. f|ii.l,l..l«.r It) of t ,• ,,.,„■ .onstitute our only fall dales. <»nr c.viicri c with tlic spc.|,~, ,,( |»efroit leads lis to lM.lh.ve lliat it is more inimational than Is jrenerally .«up- |H.sed. They !.ie common thron-h tlie winter, hut alHxit the (irst of •Vprli the !.'reat hulk of them depart, leaviiij; hut ii few s,.ittcred summer resl.l,.nts l^hin,!. They .ippear a^.-iin mIm.iu ti.e end of An- tfusl, though not lK7. h'liiiiliis Miitniixi. (;ohh.|i-.rMwiied Kinglet. •Met Willi hut twice In the late f.ill. «»elolM-r 111. liHi."., 1:! 1: iiid OiiolM-r I!mk;. I1I.S. *l{tPiiitK'f S. 1".. ''.. Klus-'li notpil u fpw iiidividiiiils. aiul the next year it imt in iiii ii]ii'.>iiriin(e Scptpnilier IT. incrciisin;; to connnon on tlie liOtii. reniiiiiiins; so nntil vnv Inle visit. Octolier H, wlieu flicie were still nniiiluM-s lucsent. 'I'lie 1!iili\ •~. when two were noted .ViiRUst -T>. They hecame connnon the next day, re- nuiinlnK Hnctualin^ly so nntil September '_'. after which they j;radu- ally thinned out to the time of unr departure the I'.th. The nioruin:; of the oth wo were stalioueil on the loolvont tower at the end of t!i" Point when we saw a couple tlyini; outwiirds. worklni; from tree •o tree, and at l;ist vanlshiiiir in the last l.tisli towards the tinal sand- spit. There was a heavy he.id wind hlowln^'. liathini: the shores with a line of breakers, a_'alnsl which Swalhiws iind Martins were inak- Ini: steady ami calm headw.iy. lOvldently Ihe Knali-iitiliers trinl the passage also, for a lev, mliiMles Liter we saw tlieui relnrnint; down the wind from over the water as If im.able In make it. They came in. fiKim; the wind and blowim; backwards. When they reached tin- hind they turned ii little olT the wind. lne parts facinc the stress and wm-U liisl hard eiioui:h to keep from belni; swept away and yon will be siiiplised at Ihe riipiil prouress made in a direction at i'«lil anirles In that of the antai;onlstic fori e. and at a remark- tihly small expemllture i>f hilior. That birds sliiiiild take ei|iial acl \Hiitiii:e of so ob\ Ions a piiii. Ipb- is lint >iirpri,--iML'. and it may be one of the explanations ol Heir apparent preference for miuratlnu' with a 'P.e.ini Wind." II would b.ive an additional advantaire also of blowliiL' their feathers down closer to the body at all limes and ..jm.. 'V*: riK ttM^JifL ' Ta\i:ir»- (■•'(MliiiK tlint it is ('.isily spcu wonlii iic iinconifortMldo in all casos, anil pioliatily daniicroiis in many. ■JiNi. *ll iil'iiii lilii Kiiixli'liiKi. -\\'(iiii\ 'I'lirnsh. • 'onnnon .Ma,\ II. r.«i."i. and mip May U'o. i;ki7. .Vol seen at otlior limes in spring. In fall vr noted one Septendier i;!, I'.HC). and one i-ach day of Seplemlier 1. 1'. and I'.t and lid. I'.mm;. in i!K)T hut two were seen Septenilief list. Tlie eo:nparative rarity of this s|)eif L'4 to Septendier 1'. after which none were noled. thouv'h we vn,||,,incd until the rith. L'dl'. "niil'iiiihlii iilii-iii. (iray ihi-eki'd 'Ihi'Msli. This does not appi'.ir lo I.e i|nile a- eonnnon a species as the Me\t on the I'oinl. The t\\<> hirds are. liowcver. so mnih alike in ap- pearance thai it lakes considerahle altenlion .ind iToml oppurlunllv in Ihe way of liu'lil lo scpar.ile Ihein. .\s it is nol alwa\^ praclica- hle III follnw up and scrullid/.e e\cr.\ llirnsh Hushed in Ihe woods error in Ihe re. ords of llie>e Iwo specie., may at an\ lime creep in. .\ few of either spe.ies uilu'lit easily escajie notice anion;; niunhers of the other. In sprin;; we have po>^ilively idenlilied tins specie- liut once. >ray IMi-.Iune 1. I!ki7. when we estimated their nnmhers at 'St and tl respectively, and lonk spc fiiiMi e lo coiinion. irreuiilMrly in (he dale ol our dcparlnic Ihe |(;ih. In l!M i; ilie.\ were nut lo he found atnotn: tho l.iriri' niinihers i.f i Hive hacks preveni Scpiemher I .!. llioin;h wo Im.ked carefully for 111 On Ihe relurii visit. SepteiuU-r I."i21, wo lit TiiF- Wilson F.ci.i.ktin— No. G4. listed from one to s=evernl each .lay. Tl.e IStli a large number of Olive-backs came in and with then, the (Jray-cheeU. and be<'ame very common for that day and the next. In VM)7 two doubtful birds were noted Peptenilier 4. 2t):!. *I[ylo<-ichla ii.stiiluta .«i/a./iso/ii.— Olivo-backed Thrush. l-on.n.on May 14, Wn, and a few seen May 21, 100(!. The late d'ltes of May r.O-.Iuno 1. I'.KiT. saw them (luite coiiniiou, alwut er 2!t. I'.Xir.. and 0.tober U 1.'., I'.Hit;, are the only times we have lieeii at the Point during the migration period <.f the Hermit Thrush, on both ...rasions they have Imwi .oinmoii. L'o.'i. *l'liiiii-sliriin mii/Mi/orii.". -.ViiH-riian Kobin. Common ..n all M ly 1<». l-.MiT, the llrst relay bad al- ready .•ome an.l pa -cd on as Cardn.'r reporte.l I.aving s.mmi several the 7th. which w.-ie ..•riainly not in cvidcn.e I., ns. T'ley were irreg- ularlv comm..n .luring the early days of fall, but became abumlant iMter'wlKMi the wild grap.'s w.mc rip". Ourlng oi ' early S.-plember ,l„tes thev have usually 1 .-.■n rather s.aive f..r s.. .-..m i a bird. I,nt O.tober LM), V.¥C,. and <»c|ol.er I » 15. I'.ttMi. they were present in great numbers, .\long in the aflenii«.h of the latter .late we ob Herv<>.l a tlo. k of this sp.'.ies ntarl out from the end of the I'oint. • . ■ .. ,._ «!.„ 1..1-.. ff\\' «t>o 4t>titi w)int*i* T.WKKNKK AND SwAI.K S— f )%• I'dlNT I'l-l.KK I'.IRPS. 115 .1, 20(i. 'Sialiit aidlis. — Rluoliinl. May l.".-14, Hhj.".. tlie l!ln«'l)ii(l, tli7. however, tliey wer! ;:!-ea(ly pres- ent in eonsideralile n>inil)ers, tliou^'li tiiey liad not as .mi put in an a|)pearance at lU'lroit, fn.ni wlience we came. May ■">1, IfHlT. we saw lint one on the Point. In early fall onr cxjiorience has invaria- hly lieen the same — lUuchinls scarce, rare, or ahsent on tlie Point proper, while connnon on the artjoinini; mainland. Octolier li!1, VM}'>. however, they were there in nnmtiers .amply sutficient to make up for deliciencies at other times. They were spread all over the end of the Point, and in alon;; the eastern .-ire, as far as the cot- ton-wood trees extended. Hero numhers were feedint: on the hare sand with tlie Prai>:e Horned l.arks. It wa> in the waste clear- ings lieyoud (iardner's place, however, that the greatest numhers \.ere found. Here they were in flocks almost as dense as hlack- hirds. When flushed from the „ .lund they jjenerally flew to some of the numerous ciiunps of Imshes crowin;; here and there In the open and. when they lit and wore viewed from a little distance, they were in sutlicient numhers to «ive to the whole hush a decidedly hlueisli cast. Wi' are informed hy several witnesses tliat the win- ter of JlKtC.-" they wintered on the Point in some lunnhers and throu;;h the winter of 1!K»T-S, (Jardncr wrote us several times . the presence of ahout six individuals in the uoiKlihorhood of his iiiace. We have never known tlie sjiecies to winter with us ahout Detroit. it I lie fnros'iing SllM'I.r.Ml-.N I AKV I.ISf. SiKcifs :ii!ik'il to list since jmlilicalimi ■.'<•". *l rill /(/(/nii;.- P.i (innich"s Murre. The occurrence of ihis species u|>on tlie Croat Lakes constitute ulmost as ;;rcat a laolilem as that of the t'reat migratory irruption of the Sand (irous-o in Kurope. Normally of a purely .Vrctic haliitat, its most southorn hreedin^' Kroniid licin,' Cape Wolstenholme, at the eidrance to Hudson Hay, it lias at irretrnlar iiitciyals in the late fall appeared on onr inlanil lakes in urcat mmiliers. Tlie llrsl record Hiylit occurred in tlio winter of isii:; I. Since tlii'ii llie List of .Novendier and tlrst of Oecemhor has seen i.'ro;i!or or less iiinnhers of tlieiii nearly c\cMy year on the lower laki'S, Tlie intorostin;: part of II is that of all that so roach us none seem to xnrvive more than a wej'k or so. iim" e out of their imrtlioni waters they mII seem to starve to (!oalh and are picked up on the shores in all KtM«os of emmiation. We have various records of llie species on the Detroit lliver from llie ureal IllKlit of ISIMI, and niidonhtodly at that lime lie Tiir. \Vn-s. ''I tl.Py .Mvurml iit the I'oii.t. tmt of tlw.t we liMve n., re.-..r.l. 1 l.e Ins „f November, I'.H.T. a mni.l.er sveve titkeu .m tl.e I>etr..it Hiver. ,n..l December 10 we receive,! u bird from (iar.b.or :it tl.e I'olnt. lie in- forms us that several were seen on tl.e lake in the ...ornin«. In tl.e afterno.»n but one remained, and it ai.peare.l weak an.l unable to Hy The next n.orni..}; it was found dead and washed ashore on the beach. For further details of the ocurren.e of this bird see Fleniins;.— /'iw. IVIh, Jiifiil Coiiii.. I'-M'.',. pp. ."JS-t:!. 20S. *r.iinis (/f7(n'(i)r».vi.<. -ltiii>:-bllled (Jnll. Probably owin« to the practical ditti..ilty of separating: this spe- cies fi-om the lariier Ilerrins (Jull the Kinu-bill had. ..p to tl.e fall of 1!H»- ..scaiiwl our observation. However, that year, .\nmist 2., and to the time ..f our departui-e. September C, we fo.n.d them vei-y (•on.m..n. Several we.-e taken 1 provc.l to be juvenile bii-ds. and nil seen seemed to be in the s:ime plumage. If anylhinii it was rather ...ore numerous than tl.e Herring' tiull, with whi.h it <-on- stantlv as.sociated. We had every opiK.rtuiiity to study tl.e two spe- cies t.-fiether and fo.n.d that about the only practi<'al distiiK tion that co.dd be made between tl.e... in life was that of size, and then only when iK.th were present and dose < ..ou;;l. together to all iw of dose comparison. The yonn^- Ilerriiit,' <;ull havin;; the sa.ne appei.riuK rU)ii on tl.e bill as this sihxIcs rcndei-s that .nark of little i-cliability in i\.venile birds. The tail of the fon..er i.i ii.....at.iiv stages is practi.;illv all fuscns. while in the Kini.'-hill it is niostly liu'ht at tl.e base witi". a broad bar across ..ear the end. This, however, is o..ly observable fi-o... the upiK-r surface. a..;- occun-ed. but that amrririnnis was the o..ly one of which we bad so far leceiv.'d authoritative data. Since that writii.L', lioweve.-, we have bee., cabled to add this siie- cii'S den.iitely to o..r list, and at tl.e sn...e ti.iic .iilded another i..- ferestinc eplsod.' to our I'elce cxpcrlem es. May 1-:*, VMtS. the weather was vei-y sev.Mi' for that ti.iie of the year. \ sL-on- «ale pi'evailcd thro.ii-'h the 1st and :.'d. with a heavy snow storn. Ih.'oimh the afleriioo. of the latter diile. Tl.e water was very hi:;!, a. id the outer cud of the Point wii* Mib..i,'r;.'i-d for a dls- Inn-c of aU.iit half a mile, its outer tip bathed in ra'-'i.iu' surf, dash- ing' ;:i-cal .iias>cs of feathei-y spume hi^'h in the :.i.-. .lust a.-ouiid the e.id of the i'oint and .just be.vond the line of tl.e mo-t t.-ouble.l water lay SI ii.i.xed Hock of ducks a.id «rcl>es not ...oie tliMi. t.iiy icci from (he Mmf-^i^^3Mmmm^a»r: ^itsweks: mi mk imi i ¥ '«•-■,.'"■ .F"'jw.ns3:«fl». AVKUNKU AMI SwAl.KS On I'liIXT I 'KI.KK lllUDS. 117 i ft .,. sliore. The sens swirlin;: about tlio point wero piliiit: in liciv iieiivily on the sliore, Imt undistinlKMl liy llie nci;,'lilpi>rinK <m tlie wonder srew as to how, while motionless, seeminu' sound asleep, tliey manii«ed to Uee)) the same relative distance from shore without hein^' washed in o-i the IxMU-h on the one hand or carried away liy llic drift of tlie water on the other. For !-cvcr;il hours, or as loir.' as we observed tlii'in, they lay bi're, tossinu' about on I lie miiirh water, .•ippnrently obliviniis to the whole world, but remainiiii; stationary as tliou;:li anchored In place. This same sprite.' Ihi' speiies was unusn.illy (ommori on the I>e- troit Itiver and I.aUe SI. Chiir duriii.' late .\pril and early May. It is Usually a rattier si-:\rce siiecies. but duriic these dates more were hrouitht in to the t:ixidermist's eslablislimcnts of tlie city lln;n dur- ing any jirevieus year of which we have any record. List (m- .^piu imkns Ki'( i:i\ i n. (■(i.\iiu.\tAT(iuv hk Kyf. or ()llll.!; Ii I.N I li ,: A llilNS ( il\ I.N IN l"i iKl-.i'.dl Nf; T.VGI'.S. T.nriiK ii]nlail< liiliin I.oiiaparte's Cull. Juvenile male taken by Taverner. .Viiirust 1.', P.KiS. .Mioul six were seen at that time, all iu smiie ph:ise of plumairc. Ifarelilft hyvmnris. — (Hd-sipiaw. .Male in full winter plumaVe, picked up dead on the shore, March .".l, litOH. by Cardiier and sent to ns. liiilliiK I h !iiiii.s.~-K\nsi Kail. Two spei-imcus received from Kardiier .\pril -2. P.his. Ciilliuiti's niiiii. -Turkey Vulture. lJe;il. and cunsiilcralilc data li.as Ikcii yatlicrcd tl^at itu'fc sciiiis ni> |ir.Ktica! way nf iiichidint:: under its pmiK-r li.";iiliiiir ^iimc 111' ilic 111. si iiiiiiorlani nf tliis \vc have incliuk'd >■» <^ r ^¥Sa&i 'm.^Mm^^ **«*.^ 118 TiiR Wir-soN Bui.t.F.TON — No. Gl. in supplementary lists and some of it falls naturally under this head. The remainder contains little of great importance, taken alone, and will have to wait a possible future publication, when a further accumulation of data warrants a reconsideration of the whole matter. Since the last trip mentioned in the introduction, May 31, I'JOr, was made, three more visits have been paid to the Point, as follows : .\ugust 'M, li'Or, in company with W. K. Saunders, Nornvin A. W from them. They were of an unusu- ally late and voracious brood, and smoke that made the eyes run and breath gag but stimulated their energy. Mr. Wcxxl was the Mos.'s -vho li.d us out of our difficulty, and we are afraid that witho. him camp would have Ix-en immediately struck until after fnst. Acting upon his example and advice, we betook ourselves to a reighlxmng barn and, climbing up in the mow, laid ourselves down in the sweet new hay. Though great gai)ing cracks opened in the walls all around us tliere was not a single mos(|uito there. We think this worthy of mention as it may Ix' the means of helping some other jKxir field collector to much needed rest. Mr. Wood is authority for the state- ment that there are never any mostfliitos in hay mows, and as far as our expirience g(K's we heartily endorse it and pass the good word along. August -.'S. Saunti'mb;r and we examined the bag-; made bv the hunters, (|uestione(l them closely, and receiv- ed some gnixl m.itirial in the way of siiecimens and notes from them. We were on the ground rather earlier tills iall iliaii we Wm^m^MM TWKRNKR AM) SwAI.F.S C)S PoiNT PF-LFJ-: P>IRnS. 110 ft . i ' 1 had Ix'cn U'forc. The niisratii ns were late in startinpf, and consc(jnently we were able to ol>serve occurrences of the earlier migrations that wc had heretofore missed. We judge that at this time the migrations were about a week later than normal and this should be remembered in connection with the dates of the preceding list. The great bulk of tlie earlier wader mi- grants were still present when we arrived, and we found con- siderable numlx>rs of other species that wc had net previously noted or had seen but few stragglers of in the fall. On previous visits most of the shore birds observed had Ixen juveniles but this season we found a govering and all-concealing mass of reeds and cat-tails was n])en water over which ( iallinules and Ooo'.s ]>a