Avifauna of Lake Erte Islands. 9 



lished in an ornithological magazine it seems worth while to 

 give the list here, with brief annotations. 



Middle Bass Island, August 5, 6, and 9, 1901.— The late 

 afternoon of the 5th and early morning of the 6th, and the 

 latter half of the forenoon of the 9th were spent on this 

 island. Of course the night of the 5th was spent on this 

 island. All of the birds enumerated were common unless 

 otherwise stated. 



Common Tern, Bittern, 1 ; Great Blue Heron, 6 ; Green 

 Heron, King Rail, 9 ; Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Yellow-legs, Solitary Sandpiper, 

 Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Mourn- 

 ing Dove, Bald Eagle, 2 ; Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Belted King- 

 fisher, Northern Flicker, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hum- 

 mingbird, Kingbird, Wood Pewee, Blue Jay, Redwinged 

 Blackbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Bronzed Crackle, 

 Goldfinch. Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, 

 Towhee, Indigo Bunting, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Tree 

 Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Red-eyed Vireo, 

 Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Redstart, Catbird, Brown 

 Thrasher, Robin. 



The only birds worthy of particular note in this list are the 

 sandpipers. These were found feeding at the lagoon, the wa- 

 ter of which was 'so low that extensive mud flats around the 

 whole circumference furnished ideal feeding conditions. We 

 were able to creep up to the edge of the vegetation and obtain 

 views of the birds at a range of a few feet as they fed. 



North Bass Island, August 6, 7, and 8, 1901.— We landed 

 on this island about ten o'clock in the morning of the 6th, 

 spent the night there and left it shortly after sunrise. We 

 reached it again at twilight on the 8th, and left about 7 

 o'clock on the morning of the 9th. Thus most of one day, 

 two mornings and two nights, were spent here. The birds 

 seen were Common Tern, Spotted Sandpiper, two Bald Eagles 

 at their nest spooning, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Belted King- 

 fisher, Downy Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, North- 

 ern Flicker, Chimney Swift, Kingbird, Phoebe, Wood Pewee, 



