Taverxer axd Swales, on Birds of Point Pelee. 43 



to be growing and extending into the lake. The beach is very 

 wide and of a gentle, even slope and the woods behind seem 

 to be extending their ground over its surface as it encroaches 

 on the lake. It is worthy of notice, in this connection, that 

 large masses of driftwood and other debris is cast up on this 

 shore, while the eastern is perfectly clear except for the masses 

 of peat spoken of before. A road runs out the Point just 

 within the shelter of the trees on this side. Between the road 

 and the lake it is still Crown Land, and so, but for the effects 

 of stray cattle and hogs, is nearly in its primeval state. Be- 

 yond the road, however, are farm lands wherever there is 

 room between it and the marsh for cultivation. Beyond the 

 marsh and extending towards the point is woodland composed 

 chiefly of Chestnut Oak, Oucrcus primus; Red Oak, Qnerctis 

 rubra; Black Walnut and Button Wood, Platanus occidentalis. 

 In the center of this woodland are extensive fields, both culti- 

 vated and waste, some more or less grown up with thickets 

 of Hackberry, Cclfis occidentalis : White-heart Hickory, 

 Carya tonicntosa; young Black Walnut, Red Oaks and 

 Chestnut Oaks ; Climbing Bittersweet, Celastrus scandcns; 

 Wild Grape, Vitis riparia; Carrion Flower, Smilax herhacca, 

 and Prickly Green-briar, Smilax hispid a. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that the Point offers in- 

 ducements for all classes of birds. There are the hardwood 

 forests, cedar thickets, brushy tangles, high and low waste 



lands, open fields and marshes of all degrees of wetness 

 for a varied avifauna : nor have the conditions promised more 

 than later results have fulfilled as the accompanying list shows. 

 But, before proceeding, it seems desirable to call attention to 

 phenomena of peculiar interest in regard to the avifaunal and 

 other aspects of the Point biota. 



The beaches on either side are perfect, wide and clear and of 

 themselves seeming to offer equal inducements- to waders ; in 

 fact, what choice there is would seem to be in favor of the 

 western one where materials of food value must be constantly 

 washed up. The contrary, however, is the case. We have 

 seen no waders but Spotted Sandpipers on this beach, though 

 Saunders states that on his earlier trips he saw Black-bellied 



