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ice. During- the winter of 1905-1906 a flock of about ninety 

 birds remained throughout the winter on the west end of 

 Lake Erie near the mouth of the Detroit River. Residents 

 of Grosse Isle and the adjoining- mainland endeavored to pro- 

 cure some of this flock, but report that they were very wild 

 and wary. About one hundred geese spent the winter of 

 1907-1908 in the vicinity of Celeron Island. This was an 

 open winter until January 18, 1908, with scarcely any ice. 

 On December 13, 1908, I saw a flock of ten geese swing in 

 and alight on the bar at the north end of Stony Island, where 

 flocks of ducks were feeding. 

 No. 75. Olor coluuibianus. 



During the winter of 1905-1906 several Swan remained 

 throughout the winter on the western end of Lake Erie. The 

 winter was an open one, with scarcely any ice. At the St. 

 Clair Flats, a resident, Fred Bryant, told me that five swan 

 had remained in the North Channel side of the Flats, and 

 were still there January 29, 1906, 

 No. 76. Ralliis dci^ajis. 



As hitherto recorded (Wilson Bull. No. 6J:, 1908, 153), Mr. 

 Taverner and I examined a King Rail that was secured 

 around February 6, 1907, and came in to Eppinger's shop. 

 The bird was in very poor condition. J. C. Wood was in- 

 formed by Mr. John Krauss that he caught three King Rails 

 near his hotel early in February, 1909. (Auk, 1910, 36.) 

 There are a number of records of this bird wintering in the 

 extensive marsh at Point Pelee, Out. 

 No. 77. Ardca herodias hcrodias. 



One secured in February, 1903, near Lake St. Clair, Ma- 

 comb County, and came in to Mr. L. J. Eppinger, Detroit. 

 The gunner had been out after rabbits, the ground was cov- 

 ered with snow, and the day so cold that the bird was com- 

 pletely frozen before the hunter reached his home. The win- 

 ter of ] 902-1903 was the most severe one in Michigan in 

 a long tenn of years, and how this heron managed to eke out 

 an existence on the frozen marshes is an unknown problem. 

 Of course it was extremely emaciated when taken. 



