ViG The Wilson Bulletin — No. 81. 



Canlinalis cardinalis cardiiialis. — Cardinal. 



Oiie of the characteristic birds of the woods of the point on every 

 visit to the island. The range extended throughout the entire 

 wooded belt of the point. During the days of greatest migration 

 individuals made their way into the last bushes, and sometimes 

 even to the drift brush of the sand spit. None were noticed in 

 actual migration away from the island. 

 Zamelodia liidoriciana. — Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Two were found on August 30, and one on September 5, 1910. 

 These were in the woods in th^ vicinity of the swamp. 

 Passerina cyanea. — Indigo Bunting. 



Common on all visits in the deciduous woods, particularly in the 

 vicinity of the swamp. Some few individuals wandered out into 

 the cedar belt. It was singing during the entire stay in 1910. 

 Piranga ei-ythroinelas. — Scarlet Tanager. 



A male in bright plumage and a female were found among the 

 oak trees bordering the Fishing Point swamp on the north on July 

 19, and one or both were found there on nearly every visit after- 

 ward. The male was still in full plumage on August 11. 

 Progne suMs siibis. — Purple Martin. 



Present on all visits, and during the entire stay in 1910. There 

 was no time when Martins were excessively numerous, but dur-' 

 ing the three distinct migration periods (see antea 105), they 

 were more than common. The great flights were really swallow 

 flights with Martins mixed in. On several occasions the evening 

 fights were watched from an open field north of the swamp, from 

 which point thie most of the ruigrating birds were noted coming 

 from a north-easterly direction across the Saw Mill Point land area. 

 This is the exact direction of Point Pelee. Such flights were just 

 above the tree tops. 

 Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. — Cliff Swallow. 



The fact that this is the most difficult of the swallows to be 

 certain of when it is mixed in with the others may account for its 

 seeming scarcity. It was noted on all visits, and was present in 

 the migrations during the entire 1910 study period, but only an 

 occasional individual was certainly identified among the host of 

 migrating swallows. Many of those seen were some distance away 

 from the shore of the sand spit, very few being near it. Its man- 

 ner of migration did not seem to differ from that of the other 

 swallows. 



nirundo crytJirOfKistra. — Barn Swallow. 



Present in large numl>ers on all visits, and usually migrating. 

 The flight was usually easy and deliberate, the ma.iority of the 



