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The “Bulletin” of the Michigan Ornithological Club, January, 1897, 
p. 10, refers to a Murre identified as Uvria troile, which Mr. N. A. Wood 
informs me is shown by re-examination to be Uria lomvia. The specimen 
is an adult male and was shot from a flock of several near Gibraltar, 
Mich., Dec. 26, 1896, by some duck hunters. The specimen is, I under- 
stand, in the museum of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 
the same publication, on page 8, is a reference to two “Black Guillemots” 
taken at the St. Clair Flats, near Detroit, Mich. From a letter received 
from Mr. W. A. Davidson, Detroit, Mich., I gather that one of the two 
birds noted is in the possession of Mr. C. Havens, of that city. The other 
belongs to a lighthouse keeper, whose name he does not know, at the St. 
Clair Flats. Evidently both specimens are Uria lomvia. It is possible a 
careful examination of the specimens will show that these also belong 
to this species. They were all taken within a few days. Only twenty-one 
days elapsed from the date when the first was obtained until the last 
was in the hands of a naturalist. This is its first record from Indiana, 
except that reported by Mr. Warner, which, unfortunately, is not verified 
by the specimen. It will.be of interest to hear of other records of the 
occurrence of this species inland. It will be noted that there is a speci- 
men preserved in a public museum in Indiana and in Michigan to verify 
-the records from those States. 
NorrEs ON THE BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE 
County, Inprana. By ALpEeN H. Haptey. 
The following is a list of the birds observed in the vicinity of Richmond, 
Wayne County, Indiana, together with some brief notes relative to their distribu- 
tion, abundance and migrations. It is not to be supposed that this list is com- 
plete, though I believe it represents as many species as can ordinarily be observed 
in the course of one year, including especially the fall and spring migrations. 
There are obviously many species which are comparatively rare in any given 
locality, and it is on this account that the necessity arises for observations ex- 
tending over a period of several years before a complete catalogue can be obtained. 
Again, every ornithologist has observed that a certain bird hitherto unre- 
ported and considered as rare may suddenly become quite common and then 
disappear as mysteriously as it came. Such facts combine to increase the difli- 
culty of ever obtaining a list of all the birds which may, at some time or other, 
