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were congregated along the steep shores b}' the road and 

 here, unincumbered by the impcdhnenta of vegetable growth, 

 could be watched with ease as they pursued the tenor of their 

 daily economy unsuspicious of prying eyes. Warblers were 

 scarce, a few only of the early ones being observed. This was 

 also true at that date at adjoining localities. The late, cold 

 spring held nearly everything back and species usually expect- 

 ed early in the month were not noted until the middle, and then, 

 in many cases, rushed through so quickly as to give us but the 

 most fleeting view of them as they passed. On the other hand 

 Brown Thrashers were ver}- common and when the morning of 

 the 3rd broke bright and clear, their combined chorus, punctu- 

 ated by the clear whistling of the Cardinals and the occasional 

 chuckle- of the Chat, made an impression not soon lo be forgot- 

 ten. The presence of a number of Whipcorwills, considering 

 the condition of the weather, was a surprise. The Whipoor- 

 will i's a much more hardy bird than its' close relative, the 

 Nighthawk, and is much more often seen in early spring and 

 late fall ; but in spite of this we were hardly prepared to find so 

 many of them during this early-April-like weather. Their 

 usual fastnesses of the jumper tangle had been invaded by wat- 

 er and many of them were forced out into the most unlikely 

 places, even into the middle of the waste clearings, among the 

 dried grasses and nuillein stalks toward the end of the Point. 



Another trip was made, August lo-Ki, 1908, b}^ Wallace 

 and Taverncr. We planned in this case to studv the Point 

 avifauna just before the bcgining of the migrations, but in this 

 were disappointed, as the migrations were then already well 

 under way. A number of warblers were already present, 

 among them the Canadian, Mourning and the Water-Thrush, 

 and aiiother Prairie Warbler was added to our list of Pelee 

 specimens. The flycatchers were already in force, the Pewees 

 almost in their full fall numbers and the Kingbirds gathering. 

 Bobolinks were passing over towards the south ; also flocks of 

 Cowbirds and Red-winged Blackbirds. Great flocks of Swal- 

 lows, Barn, Bank, Tree and Rough-winged, were congregating 

 at the end of the Point, and the loth a flock of one hruidred 

 Martins was seen resting on the ridge of the fish house near the 



