respectively, but no other movements of any kind occurred during the 

 month until the 27th, when a Mourning Dove formed the vanguard of 

 the first real "wave" of the season of 1896. Killdeers, Bluebirds and 

 Towhees followed the next day, besides migrating individuals of many of 

 the resident species. On the 30th, Phoebe, Rusty Grackle, and Field, 

 Fox, and Vesper Sparrows arrived, followed on April i by Cowbird, 

 Marsh Blackbird, Belted Kingfisher, Loggerhead Shrike, Great Blue 

 Heron, Wilson's Snipe, Redhead Duck, Pintail, and Junco. From this 

 on to the middle of May the migrations were a series of waves extending 

 over three or four days, with intervening periods of quiet, these usually 

 lasting for about six days. The last decided movement occurred during 

 the last four days of April, when twenty-two species arrived. Thus it 

 will be seen that almost the whole of the spring migration occurred 

 between March 27 and April 30. Under normal conditions the move- 

 ment would begin late in February and end the second week in May. 



Some Rare Birds. — Pine Grosbeaks were seen on April i, in the river 

 bottoms. 



Canadian Warbler arrived on April 28, when four males in high 

 color were seen on the College Campus. 



Orange-crowned Warbler. — The second one for the county was taken 

 on April 30. It was a male in full song. 



Turkey Vulture. — It was with some surprise that I noticed in the A. 

 O. U. Revised Check List that the northern range of the Turkey Vulture 

 is the Ohio Valley, and with no less surprise that the Michigan state list 

 also gives it as "very rare." During six years residence in Oberlin I 

 have always found it as common as any of our large Falcotiidoe. One or 

 more are seen nearly every day during the warmer part of the year, 

 while a trip into the country, or a run to Lake Erie will reveal several. 

 Small companies of them are occasionally seen near the lake in spring 

 and autumn. No nests have been found, but the birds certainly breed in 

 the county. At Grinnell, Iowa, a pair nested in a hollow stump year 

 after year, until the stump was destroyed. 



Yellow-breasted Chat. — Until the present year, but a single indi- 

 vidual of this species has been recorded at Oberlin each season. During 

 the first week in July the writer had occasion to make several trips to 

 Lake Erie at a point sixteen miles from Oberlin. No less than six pairs 

 of Chats were seen in the bramble copses near the road, all in full song. 

 There is but one pair in the vicinity of Oberlin this season, as hereto- 

 fore. It seems very probable that the Chats are more numerous in 

 Lorain County than has been supposed. 



