110 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 57. 



to the Cache la Poiidre River. The unusual situation of this 

 heronry and the small size and gnarled appearance of the 

 trees which supported the nests, made this the most interest- 

 ins: one we had ever visited. 



THE BIRDS OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND VICINITY. 



[The list of birds which follows has come into my hands with- 

 out the name of the author attached, and without any internal 

 evidence of who the author may be. I judge that it must be 

 something more than ten years since the records upon which 

 the list are based closed. The lack of an author's name and 

 the lapse of time since it should have appeared in print may 

 seem to make the printing of it at this time inadvisable or even 

 questionable. However, the clear internal evidence that it has 

 been prepared with considerable care and after a long period 

 of study, and apparently after consultation with at least two 

 other bird students of the same city whose high standing in 

 bird studies is unquestioned, and because the region has never 

 been fully covered in any published list, seem to me sufficient 

 arguments for placing it on record now. If anv reader can 

 throw any light upon its authorship such information will be 

 greatly appreciated. 



The list which follows has been edited only to the extent of 

 bringing the nomenclature up to date, and in the elimination of 

 the Yellow Palm Warbler, which is given as rare, but without 

 the record of specimens ; the elimination of the "Black Scoter 

 Duck, rare migrant. Noted one inside breakwater, October 

 16, 188G," because it is not possible to determine which of the 

 two Ohio scoters is meant ; and in the elimination of the "King 

 Eider," given as a tolerably common migrant on Lake Erie, 

 because such a record seems wholly improbable. A few verbal 

 changes have been made, but none which in any way afifect the 

 list as I have it. 



I cannot- forbear a few comments upon this very interesting 

 list in the light of some familiaritv with a region only thirty 

 miles to the west, which presents practically the same condi- 

 tions, except the presence of a large river whose course lies 



