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short time I tried to locate the bound- 

 ary of this colony on the east, A 

 short distance east of the nest I 

 heard another male singing and tried 

 to locate his nest, but failed to do so. 

 In fact the jack pine is so thick, the 

 ground so covered with old logs, tree 

 tops and vegetation, that it was only 

 by the closest kind of work I could 

 hope to find them, and even then only 

 by watching the male and flushing 

 the female from the nest." 



Mr. Wood also describes at length 

 the song of the bird, his trip down the 

 rivers, nature of the country, flora etc 

 making the most complete life history 

 of the bird yet written. In conclusion 

 he says: 



"I still consider this bird as rare, 

 and only to be found breeding in 

 small colonies, and only in the jack 

 pine plains in favorable localities. 

 All that I found were on the first and 

 second terraces north of the Au Sable 

 river. One pair was only one-fourth 

 mile from the river, and the farthest 

 two miles. All of these birds were 

 near some road that was used by 

 teams or stock, and they seem to pre- 

 fer such places for nesting and breed- 

 ing. They sing constantly in June 

 and July by the roadside, so they may 

 be easily found by driving through 

 the plains at this time. I did not 

 find a bird over one-fourth mile from 

 a road, or under conditions other than 

 those described. This history of the 

 Kirtland's warbler is in the main 

 copied from my field notes, written 

 with the birds before me." 



Norman A. Wood. 



In this same issue of the Bulletin is 

 also a valuable article by Chas. C. 

 Adams on the "Migration of Kirt- 

 land's Warbler" which is illustrated 

 by maps. 



Mr. Wood has the congratulations 

 of the whole of the oological fraternity 

 and the Bulletin is to be congratulated 

 upon producing the articles and half- 

 tones in so neat a manner. — Ed. 



The Cal. Vulture in Douglas Co., Oregon. 



June 1, 1903, I saw two Cal. Vultures. 

 They were at a great height and I 

 could not have identified them if I 

 had not often seen them fn Los 

 Angeles County, Cal. I saw several 

 of the greatVultures during the month 

 of June. The birds that I saw were 

 about thirty miles from the coast. Is 

 it possible that there is a colony on 

 the coast of Southern Oregon? We 

 know that they straggled to the 

 Columbia at an early day. Would 

 like to hear through Oologist from 

 some California Ornithologist in re- 

 gard to them. 



George D. Peck, 

 Salem, Oregon. 



Is the observing of thirty-three differ- 

 ent species of birds in one day, not a 

 good record for month of February? 

 Can any of your readers north of 38 

 degrees report a similar record? On 

 February 28th this year, I observed 

 the following: 1, Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker; 2, Blue Jay; 3, Slate-colored 

 Junce; 4, American Robin; 5, Blue- 

 bird; 6, Carolina Chickadee; 7, Cardi- 

 nal; 8, Song Sparrow; 9, Tree Spar- 

 row; 10, Downy Woodpecker; 11, 

 Mourning Dove; 12, Meadow-lark; 13, 

 American Crow; 14, Tufted Titmouse; 

 15, Cedar Waxwing; 16, Killdeer; 17, 

 Towhee; 18, Fox Sparrow; 19, Bronzed 

 Grackle; 20, Canada Goose; 21, Caro- 

 lina Wren; 22, Phoebe; 23 Brown 

 Creeper; 24, Red-winged Blackbird; 

 25, Hairy Woodpecker; 26, Red-tailed 

 Hawk; 27, Prairie Horned Lark; 28, 

 Cooper's Hawk; 29, White-breasted 

 -Nuthatch; 30, Purple Finch; 31, 

 White-crowned Sparrow; 32, Mallard; 

 33, Flicker. 



Cornelius F. Pos.'^on, 

 Vincennes, Ind. 



