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men. The Rnby-crowned Kinglet is now the most common 

 bird on the Point and there are numbers of the Golden- 

 crowned also. A flock of about sixty Blue Jays went down the 

 Point, but came back, as did also about a thousand Red-winged 

 Blackbirds. In the big" marsh about one hundred IMallards, 

 ten Green-winged Teal, forty-two Coots, four Bitterns, twenty- 

 two Wood Ducks, and eight Sanderling were reported. Six 

 Henslow's Sparrows were seen in a low marsh near Gardner's. 



October 5 — On a trip to the end of the Point this morning 

 numbers of Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks were seen. 

 On the sand spit were two Pipits, and at the extreme end ten 

 Sanderlings and about one hundred Herring Gulls. In the ju- 

 niper bushes near the end of the tree limit I flushed three 

 Short-eared Owls, and in the lower cedars I saw a Palm 

 Warbler. On the Point the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is still 

 rather common, and the Jays and Crows are gathering in 

 flocks. A large wave of song and other sparrows came last 

 night. Saunders shot an Orange-crowned Warbler near 

 Gardner's house. [This is the only one noted during my stay, 

 and it seems to be a rare migrant in this region.] 



October G — At the end of the Point to-day there were large 

 flocks of Crows and Jays that flew down and back, but did not 

 cross the lake. The Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Plawks were 

 about tlie same as yesterday and nearly all adults. The 

 Short-eared Owls have gone as have also many of the Song and 

 White-throated Sparrows. A large flock of English Sparrows 

 came to the end of the Point and acted like the other migrat- 

 ing birds. Taverner told me that this species had been seen 

 to cross over to Pelee island and no doubt crossed the lake. 

 Numbers of Myrtle Warblers were seen ; also twenty-five 

 Phoebes. fifty Common Terns and five Sanderlings. A steady 

 movement of hawks was observed nearly all day, but was more 

 noticeable in the forenoon, as was usually the case with this 

 species. Two fine Red-shouldered Hawks, a few Red-tailed 

 Hawks and a Bald Eagle came soaring over the Gardner clear- 

 ing. In the evening I saw two Robins, two Bluebirds, and 



