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the nesting birds for comparison, as the birds themselves, aside from 

 their new record, may be specialized. Only one other bird of this 

 species has been taken so far north. This was secured by Mr. Figgitt, 

 in Maryland. My record was announced by Mr. William Palmer, in 

 The Auk^. as also, I believe, Mr. Figgitt's was. Mr. Palmer thinks the 

 bird will be found abundantly in eastern Virginia. The nature of the 

 ground where the nest was found was very red and dry, and the trees are 

 Scrub Oaks, Old Field Pine and Dogwood. 



Jno. W. Daniel, Jr., /.sV I.ienlcmxnl . U. S. J'., 



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THE LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO, 1898 HORIZON. 



Considerable has already appeared in the Bulletin on the birds of 

 Lorain County, in furtherance of the plan suggested by your committee 

 on Geographical Distribution. It seems only fitting to round out that 

 work, at the close of the year, by making a full report of what has been 

 accomplished. It should be said at the outset that the work here reported 

 has been carried on by Mr. W. L. Dawson and the writer more or less 

 jointly, at least as much so as it would be possible for two persons to 

 work together without making a business of it. 



During the year eighty-seven excursions were made more or less out of 

 town into the woods and fields for the purpose of observation and study 

 of the birds. Of these only seventeen were trips to the more distant 

 parts of the county, occupying the whole day in the majority of cases. 

 Five of these long trips were made in company with a considerable 

 number of students as class excursions. Of the seventy short trips, 

 thirty-seven were with the Ornithology class, leaving forty-five short 

 trips independent of the class. These trips with the class would not 

 ordinarily be considered equal in importance to the others, but at such 

 times a careful record was kept and often unusual species noticed. It 

 seems necessary, therefore, to include them as a part of the whole work 

 of the year. 



Rather more than half of the seventy short trips were devoted to earh- 

 morning work and were therefore of short duration — never more than 

 three hours, and often half that. But the early morning is the best time 

 for the study of birds. Some few were half day trips to neighboring 



