Field Notes. 157 



May 5th of this year the Gokleu-winged Warhler, a single indi- 

 vuhial. was met with. 



None of the above, to the best of my knowledge, have heretofore 

 been recorded here. 



November 5, 1911, I met with three Whistling Swans, and have 

 been told of a swan being shot last spring. So far as I have been 

 'able to learn, these are the only recent records for swans here, 

 which have now become rare. 



The Loon I find to be a fairly regular spring and fall migrant 

 on the lakes hereabout, although it is not common. A few Pied- 

 billed Grebes and Lesser Scaup Ducks are usually found summer- 

 ing, and there are at least two breeding records for the latter 

 species. 



An event of last spring's migration worthy of note was the de- 

 creased number of Bluebirds here. Several of us have estimated 

 their number at but a third to a half that of the usual number. 



June 9 last was spent afield at Congress Lake, near the north- 

 ern boundary of the county. It is but fourteen miles north of 

 Canton, but its avi-fauna showed some variation. At Canton 

 the Wilson's Thrush or Veery is known only as a migrant, while 

 at Congress Lake it was found a rather common summer resident, 

 and nesting. Again, we bird observers at Canton have with ef- 

 fort never succeeded in listing the Cerulean Warbler, but it was 

 met with at Congress Lake, and I was informed was a regular 

 summer resident there. To Mrs. May S. Banner and Miss Mary 

 King, who have done considerable field work at Congress Lake, 

 belongs the credit of first finding the Veery nesting within the con- 

 fines of the county, and of being the first to note the Cerulean 

 Warbler within the same territory. 



Of passing interest at Congress Lake was the meeting with a 

 Bartramian Sandpiper on the beach consorting with a Six»tted 

 Sandpiper. An infrequent place for this Upland Plover. 



Edward D. Kimes. 



Canton, O., July 20, 1912. 



NOTES FROM MOOKES HILL. INDIANA. 



These notes are from observations made in the spring of 1906 

 at Moores Hill and the adjacent country. The country is rocky, 

 hilly and well wooded, with numeroiis small streams. The spring 

 was unusually early and these may be useful for comparison with 

 other years here as well as in other places. 



Bluebird. First observed on February 24. Common. 



Slate-colored Junco. Common en the tanipus in v^■illter, 

 winter. 



