The Avifauna of the Lake Erie Islands. 95 



A STl^DY OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE LAKE 

 ERIE ISLANDS. 



(With Particular Reference to the ^Migration Phenomena.) 



BY LYNDS JONES. 

 (Continued from page 18.) 



The summer study on Pelee Island in 1910 began on July 

 16, when two men, accompanied by their wives, landed at the 

 camping' g"round on Fishing" Point among the red cedars. Ex- 

 cept for one visit of a night and a day to oversee the work 

 on the part of the \\riter, these two men continued the work 

 without other assistance for two weeks, at the end of which 

 time the remainder of the company reached the island. The 

 entire company was composed of nine men and two women 

 and the teacher. The two men and their wives left on Au- 

 gust 26, and on September 2 one of the remaining men was 

 taken to a hospital in Sandusky. On this same day two other 

 men came to our camp and remained with us until our final 

 departure on the 7th of September. While these two- men 

 were visitors they assisted in the work. It will be seen that 

 the work began early enough to make a thorough study of 

 the avian conditions of the island before the migrations be- 

 gan, thus affording interesting- studies of the ecological con- 

 ditions of the summer resident birds, and furnishing means 

 of comparison between the summer status and the conditions 

 during the migrations. 



It must be understood that there was no such intensive 

 study of the island as a whole as was made of the Fishing 

 Point and its immediate environs, but enough study of the 

 whole island was made to give a fair idea of the conditions 

 as far as the bird life is concerned. 



Quite contrary to wha t we had been led to suppose, 

 Pelee Island is by no means one big marsh bordered by 

 a lake beach all around. Nearly the whole southern 

 fifth of the island is high ground underlaid by lime 

 rock, presumably of the Niagara formation. A somewhat 



