14 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 78. 



among the islands, during- which visits were made to Mid- 

 dle Bass, Sugar, Big Chicken, North Harbor, East Sister, in 

 company with two friends who were not ornithologists. Con- 

 ditions had not changed on any of the islands visited. The 

 Carolina Wren was again found on North Harbor and the 

 Cardinal on East Sister, indicating that they had established 

 permanent quarters there. At the lagoon on Middle Bass, in 

 which the water reached well up on the bordering bushes, 

 and therefore no mud flats occurred, the Pied-billed Grebe, 

 Coot, Sora, Florida Gallinule, Least Bittern, and Louisiana 

 Wate.r-Thrush were added to the 1901 list. Nothing else 

 worthy of mention was learned on this trip. 



August 2G to September 2, 1905. — This was another sail- 

 ing cruise, but was undertaken with the birds definitely in 

 mind. The author was accompanied by Maynard Taylor. 

 The start was made from Vermilion at 5 :00 p. m., August 

 26, and we ran in to Cedar Point about 9 :00 p. m., where we 

 slept on the beach. After an early morning study of the 

 birds we left at 8:00 a. m., reaching Sugar and Middle Bass 

 at 3 :00 p. m. A visit was paid to Big Chicken, North Har- 

 bor, and East Sister on the 28th, Pelee Island from 10:00 a. 

 m. on the 39th to 1 :3() p. m. on September 1st. 



Middle Island from 2:30 to 2:50 p. m., September 1st. — 

 The late afternoon of the 1st and the morning of the 2nd 

 were spent on Kelley's Island. A thunder squall in the early 

 morning drove us back from the east end of the island, where 

 we had made a start for home, and made necessary a return 

 trip around the west end and south side of the island, where 

 we noted a few small birds crossing the channel to Marble- 

 head, as we sagged along before a mere breath of air from 

 the south-west. 



No previous list of the birds of Pelee Island seems to have 

 been made public, hence it 'may be worth while to print here 

 the birds recorded during this brief reconnoisance. Fishing 

 Point was pretty well looked over and a brief visit was also 

 made to the east side of the island about a mile north of Saw- 

 Mill Point. 



