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made to the University of Michigan Museum for that purpose, 

 by Mr. Bryant Walker, and with the permission of the Cana- 

 dian government, I was able to spend four w^eeks there. Ow- 

 ing to the lateness of my start (Sept. 14) I feared I should 

 miss the hawk flight, which, in 1905, occurred September 10 

 and 11, but conditions favored me and they had not yet com- 

 menced to collect on the Point. 



T was favored in obtaining permission of ]Mr. Albert Gard- 

 ner to reside at his home. Mr. Gardner and his family af- 

 forded me every assistance possible, including specimens of 

 many of the birds that came to their game bags during the 

 hunting season. Tn fact, I should acknowledge my indebted- 

 ness to all of the residents on the Point for data and speci- 

 mens. 



A glance at the map of Point Pelee will show that my po- 

 sition near the south end of the big marsh and only two miles 

 from the extreme end of the Point was quite advantageous. 

 All of the water birds followed the beaches to the end of the 

 Point ; the land birds followed the line of trees and cleared 

 fields. For a detailed description of the region see the paper 

 by Taverner and Swales cited above. In my notes, which I 

 give in a diary form, I shall give the movements of the more 

 common, as well as of the rarer species. 



September 14 — I left Walkerville at 7:30 a. m., and after 

 a ride of about two hours arrived at Leamington, which is 

 near the base of the Point On the way I saw numbers of 

 Sparrow Hawks, and of course expected to see a flight of 

 them. [During my stay on the Point I saw only one pair, an 

 adult male and an adult female. This seemed very singular, 

 as the country to the north of the point was full of them. It 

 should be noted in this connection that no flights of this spe- 

 cies have been known to migrate down this Point, although 

 Taverner informs me that he saw flights on the adjacent main 

 land on September 13 and August 14, 1906.] 



T left Leamington at 10 a. m., and after a pleasant drive 

 of about eight miles, arrived at Air. Albert Gardner's. On 

 the way I saw several Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, 



