92 Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. 1, No. 6 



Except at its tip Cedar Point has never been inhabited. It is still in 

 very nearly its primitive condition. With a view to seeing how 

 these and other factors peculiar to the region have influenced its 

 bird life, these notes have been assembled. No ijretentions to sys- 

 tematic completeness are made; the present purpose is more to 

 determine the general character of the avifauna than to give a 

 complete list including many accidental or occasional species which 

 would overshadow the more characteristic residents. The observa- 

 tions upon which these notes are based were taken during the 

 summer months (1900) when there were few species migrating, so 

 that with the exceptions noted they include only the bulk of the 

 summer residents at the Point. The birds of the marsh and bay are 

 so inseparable from those of the point proper, that the commoner of 

 them have been included, though no special study of them was 

 made. Tiie following birds were observed: 



Sterna hirundo Linn. Common Tern, common. 



Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.). Black Tern, com- 

 mon, breeds. 



Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.). American Bittern, common. 



Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Least Bittern, common. 



Ardea Herodias Linn. Great Blue Heron, common. 



Gallinula galeata (Licht.). Florida Gallinule. 



Fulica americana Gmel. Coot, common, breed?. 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). Semi-palmated Sandpiper. No 

 specimens were taken to render identification sure— occurs in num- 

 bers on the beach. 



Symphemia semipalmata (Gmel.). Willet, a few individuals. 



Aegialitis vocifera (Linn.). Killdeer. common. 



Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). Mourning Dove, not common, 

 breeds. 



Circus liudsonius (Linn.). Marsh Hawk. 



Haliteetus leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald Eagle, nests near the 

 foot of the Point. 



Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo, scarce. 



Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo, quite 

 common. 



Colaptes auratus (Linn.). Flicker. I do not understand why 

 the woodpeckers should not be well represented. There appears 

 to be abundant feeding ground for them; yet I saw only one soli- 

 tary flicker, the least specialised of all the woodpeckers. 



Trochilus colubris (Linn.). Ruby-throated Hummingbird, con- 

 gregates in small flocks about the frequent clumps of trumpet 

 creeper. 



Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird, breeds. This and the 

 other fly-catchers are very abundant on account of the great number 

 of insects occurring. 



