700 MICHIGAN BIRD LIFE. 



Bessmer, (Jottlieb. — 1. Notes from Hastings. Bull. Mich. Orn. Club, 



1, 1897, 46. Notes abundance of Cedar Waxwing and Bluebird nests in 

 1897. 



Blackwelder, Eliot. — 1. Summer Birds of Iron County, Mich. Auk, 

 XXVI, 1909, 363-370. Annotated list of 82 species observed during June, 

 July. August, and September, 1908. An interesting list but loses nuich 

 from failure to disciiminate clearly between the migrants and summer 

 residents. 



Blain, Alexander W., Jr.— 1. Michigan Bird Notes, 1901. Auk, XIX, 

 1902, 209-210. 2. Botaurus lentiginosus in Oakland County in Winter. 

 Bull. Mich. Orn. Club, IV, 1903, 27. 3. Announcement of Discovery of 

 Nests of Kirtland's Warbler by Norman A. Wood in Oscoda County. 

 Ibid, 63. 4. Breeding of the Swamp Sparrow at the St. Clair Flats. Ibid, 

 82. Nest of 4 eggs found June 16, 1903. 5. Another Parasitic Jaeger 

 from Michigan. Ibid. 94. Shot at Point Moville, Mich., Nov. 27, 1903. 

 6. A Slate-colored Junco at Detroit during the Summer. Ibid, 95. 7. 

 Three Rare Michigan Birds. Ibid, V, 1904, 54. Holboell's Grebe, Night 

 Heron, Duck Hawk. 8. Recent Michigan Records. Ibid, 91. Notes on 

 13 of the less common species. 



Boies, A. H. — 1. Catalog of Birds Ascertained to Occur in Southern 

 Michigan Together with the Game and Fish Laws of Michigan, and Miscel- 

 laneous Articles for Sportsmen. W. T. B. Schermerhorn, Hudson, Mich., 

 1875. Two hundred eleven species, with brief notes. 2. Additions to 

 a Catalog of Michigan Birds. Rod and Gun, VII, 1876, 248. 3. Stray 

 Notes. Auk, II, 1884, 285-291. 4. Cowbird Living with Enghsh Sparrow. 

 Ornithologist and Oologist, IX, 1889, 128. 5. Cardinal Grosbeak and 

 King Rail in Winter. Bull. ]\Iich. Orn. Club, I, 1897, 8. 6. The Birds 

 of Neebish Island, St. Mary's River, Michigan. Ibid, 17-20, 27-29. Obser- 

 vations made in 1892, 1893 and 1894. 



Brewster, E. E. — 1. A Device for Blowing Eggs. The Nidiologist, II, 

 1895, 125, with one illustration. 



Brewster, William. — -1. The Present Status of the Wild Pigeon, Ectopistes 

 migratorius, as a Bird of the United States, with some Notes on its Habits. 

 Auk, VI, 1889, 285-291. Details of a search for a pigeon nesting in northern 

 Michigan in the spring of 1888. 



Brotherton, Wilfred A. — 1. An Unexpected Fall. Ornithologist and 

 Oologist, XVI, 1891, 28. Refers to Shrike, Cuckoo, Mourning Dove, etc. 



2. The Great Blue Heron. Ibid, 90, 91. 3. A pair of Pugnacious Jays. 

 Ibid, 101. 4. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Oakland County, Mich. 

 Ibid, 131. 5. Bohemian Waxwing in Oakland County. Bull. Mich. 

 Orn. Club, V, 1904, 29. A large fiock observed near Rochester, in Nov., 

 1903. 



Brown, R. A., M. D.— 1. A Study of the Birds of the Overflow, East 

 of Ann Arbor, Mich. Eighth Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci., 1906, 162-174. An 

 ecological study, with notes on 151 species. 



Brownell, W. C, M. D.— 1. The Haunts of the Water Thrush. Orni- 

 thologist and Oologist, XV, 1890, 153, 154. 2. The Least Bittern and 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren at Mud Lake. Ibid, XVI, 1891, 21, 22. 3. 

 Sandhill Crane in Michigan. Ibid, XVII, 156. Reported from Shiawassee 

 County. 4. The Color Phenomena of the Little Screech Owl. Ibid, 105. 



Butler, Amos. W. — 1. Notes on Indiana Birds. Proceedings Indiana 

 Academy of Science, 1891 (Brookville, Indiana, 1892). Notes the 

 occurrence of the Prothonotary Warbler in St. Joseph County, Michigan. 



