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the cedars and deciduous woods, and the Tennessee, Black- 

 throated Bkie,, Wilson's, Water-Thrush, and Northern Yel- 

 low-throat were found in large numbers in the bushes and 

 trees surrounding the swamp, but nowhere else. The entire 

 absence of Redstarts was surprising. A small colony of 

 Carolina Wrens was found in a tangle of fallen trees 

 and bushes, vines and false solomon seal, about twenty rods 

 south of the swamp, near the east shore. Four were act- 

 ually seen, but there appeared to be more than that. Catbirds 

 were very numerous about the swamp, but strange to say, 

 there were no Brown Thrashers anywhere. Two Chickadees 

 were found at the swamp, and also a number of both White- 

 breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches there. Robins were 

 everywhere, and a few of them seemed to be migrating. The 

 woods were carefully hunted for thrushes, but none were 

 found until the 31st, when the earliest dawn was filled with 

 the calls of the Olive-backed. During the 31st, and 1st of 

 September, these thrushes literally swarmed in all the woods, 

 even down to the drift wood which lined the middle of the 

 •base of the sand spit. None were seen to cross to Middle 

 Island. None were seen there on the afternoon of the 1st, 

 nor any on Kelley's. It seems almost incredible that they 

 should have become so massed on Pelee Island and none have 

 made the short flight to the intervening islands and the Ohio 

 shore. 



The above short and incomplete list indicates the great di- 

 versity of bird life which visits this island during the year, 

 and the importance of the island as a resting place for the 

 southward migrating host. One might almost venture the 

 assertion that an intensive study of the birds of this island 

 throughout the year would result in a larger list of birds 

 than could be made on any land area of equal extent. At any 

 rate it offers almost compelling inducements to the ardent 

 ornithologist. It possesses many elements of an ideal bird 

 reserve. 



The Middle Island list is interesting only by comparison. 

 Common Tern, Herring Gull. Bronzed Crackle, Kingbird. 



