18 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 78. 



ings on Starve Island, off the south-eastejn exposure of Put- 

 in-Bay, but we were not able to visit it. 



On Pelee Island we found the Brown Thrashers in force, 

 one Sparrow and three Marsh Hawks fussing around the 

 point, five Sanderlings and three Red-backed Sandpipers on 

 the point, decidedly more Cardinals and Carolina Wrens than 

 on any previous visit, and of the warblers, Yellow, Pine, 

 Prairie, Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Redstart, Oven- 

 bird, Louisiana Water-Thrush and Yellow-breasted Chat, 

 which were not seen on the previous visit, besides the North- 

 ern Yellow-throat, Magnolia, and Canadian Warblers, which 

 were recorded in 1905. Baltimore Orioles were also common, 

 and one Downy and one Hairy Woodpecker were seen at the 

 swamp. Two Field Sparrows, two Olive-sided Flycatchers, 

 one Wilson's Thrush, a female Mallard, many Soras and 

 many Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were also seen. Most of 

 the other birds noted in 190.5 were in the same numbers as 

 then. 



This concludes the fragmentary studies, and leads up to 

 the detailed studies undertaken on Pelee Island in 1910 and 

 on Point Pelee in 1911, to which they may be regarded as 

 introductory. 



MOMENT'S WITH THE LECONTE'S SPARROWS. 



( Passe rh-erbiilus > lecontei. ) 



BY ALTHEA R. SHERMAN, NATIONAL, IOWA. 



This locality in northeastern Iowa cannot be far from the 

 center of the migration route of Leconte's Sparrows. The wel 

 meadow that stretches on either side of our back fence seems 

 to offer an ideal stopping-place for this species, yet a faithful 

 outlook maintained for years has failed to furnish a fleeting 

 glimpse of one of these bright little birds. During the past 

 autumn (1911) unfavorable conditions in the home meadow 

 forced me to seek the sparrow migrants in a similar one sit- 

 uated a quarter of a mile away, and farther up the same ra- 



