THE 



WILSON BULLETIN 



NO. 64. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 



VOL. XX. SEPTEMBER, 1908. NO. 3 



OLD SERIES VOL. XX. NEW SERIES VOL. XV. 



THE BIRDS OF POINT PELEE. 



BY P. A. TAVERNER AND ,B. H. SWALES. 



(Continued from page 9G.) 



184. *Anthus peiisilvaniciis. — American Pipit. 



Doubtless of regular occurrence on tlie Point, botli spring and fall, 

 but owing to the seasonal occasions of our trips, we have noted it but 

 once, October 15, 190G, when a few scattered individuals were ob- 

 served along the top of the eastern sand dunes. 



18.5. *Mimus polyglottos. — Mockingbird. 



May 20, 1906, while Swales and Fleming were walking in along 

 the road on the west side of the Point, on the homeward trip, a 

 Mockingbird was flushed opposite a newly planted orchard. Fleming 

 secured the bird, which proved to be a nmle with well developed 

 testes. It is now in his collection. Search was made for a possil)le 

 mate, but without avail. {AuJc XXIII, 190G, p. 344.) 



186. *Galcoscoptcs caroliiwnsis. — Catbird. 



Common, with but one exception, on all May, August and Septem- 

 ber trips. August 15 and 16, 3908, it was surprisingly scarce, but one 

 being noted the latter date. It was still present in some numl)ers 

 October 14, 1906. 



187. '^'Toa'ostoma rufiim. — Brown Thrasher. 



Common on all spring visits except, as would be expected, that of 

 March, 1907. May 1-3, 1908, their combined chorus was one of the 

 features of the trip. This, despite low temperature and a heavy fall 

 of snow, combined with a bitter gale blowing in off the lake. 



The Brown Thrasher is considerable of a mimic, and on the Point 

 has acquired some of the call notes of the Yellow-breasted Chat, sev- 



