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rather weak autumnal movement occurs across North Harbor, 

 East Sister, and the liass group to Catawba, that a strong 

 autumnal movement occurs along- the Point Pelee-AIarblehead 

 route, and that there is a desultary westward and southward 

 movement from Pclee Island to the Bass group and from there 

 to Catawba. As to the crossing" at other places, notably from. 

 Point Pelee directly to the Ohio shore, which Taverner and 

 Swales strongdy favor for certain species, I have but one bit 

 of evidence, during the seasons of mig'ration. During a 

 southward movement in the middle of August a patrol of the 

 beach from Rye Beach to the Lake Laboratory, a distance 

 of six miles, yielded 12 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 4 Oven- 

 birds, o Red-eye \'ireos, and unidentifiable remains of sev- 

 eral other small birds washed upon the beach. The most of 

 these were within three miles of the Lake Laboratory. The 

 n.ight had been cloudy and the wind northwest, brisk. If these 

 birds had been crossing by the island route when they perished 

 in the waters the wind would have drifted them to the place 

 where we foun.d them. If they had been crossing to Huron 

 they would have been driven on the beach near Vermilion 

 ^vl^ere \Ae found none washed up. 



During the winter I have often seen Snowflakes and Horn- 

 ed Larks coming from the north, and giving clear evidence of 

 having fiown far. In ever\- instan.ce they were flying just above 

 the ice, and tumbled rather than alighted upon the sand of the 

 beach, evidently in an exhausted condition. These winter 

 observations cover the whole line of beach from Lorain to 

 Cedar Point. 



The only birds I have seen striking out northward across 

 the lake as if to cross, during the vernal migration, have 

 been the Shar]i-shinned and Broad-winged Hawks. I have 

 seen many other species start out boldh\ some even lost to 

 sight for a short time, others not venturing so far, but all 

 eventually reap])caring and finally giving it up. 



T have been unable to secure any hearsay evidence of ex- 

 tensive, migrations from the north anywhere along the south 

 shore we,st of Lorain except in line with the islands. At the 



