Jones — On Birds of Cedar Point. o; 



L. M. McCormick and George D. Wilder, mostly in the Ober- 

 lin qnadrang'le. and occasional visits to the vicinity of Sandus- 

 ky had been made by Drs. J. M. Wheaton and F. W. Langdon, 

 but the work done by these latter gentlemen was mostly if 

 not wholly in the Tort Clinton marshes. A one day trip was 

 made by the writer to Kelley's, Pnt-in-Bay, and Green islands 

 on Alay 28, 181)4, and another of similar duration to the same 

 places on May 27. liH»l. In company with Rev. W. L. Dawson, 

 August 5 to 1), 1!M)1, was spent among the islands in a row- 

 boat, the purpose being the study of the birds there. On this 

 occasion landings and studies were made on Middle Bass and 

 North Bass, Sugar, Hen and three Chickens, North Harbor, 

 and Ea:^t Sister. This study was repeated August 24 to 27, 

 19(14. r\gain from .August 20 to Spetember 2, 190."), was 

 spent among the islands, four days of this time being spent 

 on Pelee Island. The next island studies were made in 1908, 

 when a day's visit to Put-in-Bay, and another day's visit to 

 Pelee, the Chickens, and North Harbor, occupied Julv 11 and 

 28 respectively. August 17 to 21 were spent on another 

 cruise among the islands, the most of this time being spent 

 on Pelee, and only brief stops on Big and Little, Chicken, North 

 Harbor, and the "Rattle" pf Rattlesnake. The distinctively 

 Cedar Point work done by the writer has been the whole of 

 July, and part of the last week of June, 1907 and 1908, and 

 studies of from one to four days duration, especially during 

 the winter season and during the migration months. In con- 

 ducting these studies an efifort was made to have them cover 

 all sorts of weather conditions so that they would be repre- 

 sentative. The period covered by these studies of the bird 

 life of Cedar Point is eight years, with the stronger emphasis 

 laid ui:on the work during the last three years. The most 

 extensive studies, covering the longest period have been made 

 in the Oberlin and Wrmilion quadrangles. 



I have also drawn upon the work of Professors Herbert 

 Osborn, K. L. Rice, and E. L. Mosely and their students, 

 and upon the work of Mr. R. L. Baird, who made special 

 studies of the birds durino- the summer trrm at the Lake 



