Field Notes 103 



I did not put it down in my notes, but I also moved the eggs the 

 second time I cultivated the corn. 



J. A. Spurrell. 

 Wall Lake, Iowa. 



NOTES FROM LAKE COUNTY, OHIO. 



Iceland Gull — On December 3, 1916, a White-winged Gull was fly- 

 ing about the piers and breakwaters at Fairport Harbor, and was 

 under my observation for some time. The bird was an immature 

 and very dark in coloration, except for the end third (primaries) 

 of the wings, which were pure white. The general color was as 

 dark as the darkest immature Herring Gull one ever sees, and' 

 this brought out the white tips of the wings in striking contrast. 

 Even when the bird flew far out over the lake, where the glass 

 was necessary to distinguish it at all, these pure white wing tips 

 were very evident. I called it Iceland rather than Glaucous be- 

 cause, from among the immature Herring Gulls about for compar- 

 ison, it did not show appreciably larger. The bird winged back 

 and forth and settled upon the water at times, but made no vocal 

 outcry whatever. 



Purple Sandpiper — The bird mentioned in the December issue 

 of the Bulletin stayed about the stone breakwater for some time 

 and was last seen on November 12. On this date it showed a tame- 

 ness worthy of record. A friend and I walked up to within fifteen 

 feet of the bird and then sat down to observe it at our ease. It 

 watched us also for a while and then deliberately tucked its bill 

 under its wing and took a snooze. Nor did it withdraw its bill 

 when we arose and left. Later in the day I went out on the stones 

 again alone and was keeping an eye in the air for ducks, when I 

 became aware that something was trying not to get stepped on. 

 I looked down and there was the Sandpiper again at my feet 

 calmly walking away. The bird was injured in no way, for it took 

 long flights across to the other breakwater and was a splendid fat 

 specimen. Before I could get down again with a camera a severe 

 winter storm had occurred and I saw him no more. 



E. A. DOOLITTLE. 



Painesville, Ohio. 



THE MAY MIGRATIONS, 1917, AT OBERLIN, OHIO. 



If one needed concerte evidence that the weather does have a 

 profound influence upon the movements of the birds during their 

 periods of migration, he has it. 



March was not unusual, and while the records show a somewhat 

 erratic migratory movement for that month — in the unusually early 



