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proved a record breaker as the list in the June Number of the 

 Wilson Bulletin shows a total record of 133 species seen, this 

 being perhaps the best inland record ever made on a single 

 day. On May 28th a heavily incubated set of four Woodcock's 

 eggs was brought to' me, found 33^ miles northwest of town 

 in a damp woods. Farther investigations show that the Wood- 

 cock, while certainly not a common bird is far from being 

 threatened with extermination in this region as well as at Tiffin, 

 my former residence. It has been rather common this fall, the 

 last speciniien was shot and brought to me on October 27th. 



The Summer observations, which were but few as the writer 

 was kept very busy with his professional duties, nevertheless 

 enabled me to find the Coot and Pied-billed Grebe present in 

 some numbers on the Grand Reservoir, and future observations 

 may prove them breeders. Inquiry also showed that two speci- 

 mens of the Snowy Owl, one of the Barn Owl and one of the 

 White Pelican (mounted in St. Marys) had been taken in 

 former years. 



The Fall migration was slow, the birds lingering long, owing 

 to the beautiful weather. On, October Ist, c^uite a flight of 

 Hawks occurred, the Marsh Hawk coming in in great numbers. 

 The same date marked the disappearance of Bewick's Wren, 

 which is rare here and apparently not yet a resident. October 

 8th brought the last Yellowbilled Cuckoo and Blackthroated 

 Green Warblers. October 23rd a solitary Gadwall was found 

 on the Grand Reservoir, as also a number of waders. Yellow 

 legs, Greater Yellowlegs one Ruddy Turnstone and six Amer- 

 ican Golden Plovers, quite a record for the state. This record 

 was confirmed when on October 28th I received in the flesh a 

 pair of American Golden Plovers, a pair of Wilson's Snipe, a 

 Baird's Sandpiper, all shot the previous day at the Loramie 

 Reservoir in Shelby County, thus authentically proving that 

 the Golden Plover still crosses Ohio in some numbers during 

 the fall migration. On May 14th, one Kirtland's Warbler was 

 seen, but it could unfortunately not be shot. On the same day 

 a Longbilled Marsh W>en was shot at its nest, a typical speci- 

 men and evidently the breeding form, iliaciis not coming into 



