22 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



of Natural History, S. A. Forbes, director: Descriptive Catalofjue, Springfield, 111., 1889, 

 illustrated. Refers to manj' Michigan birds. 



Sager, Dr. Abr.. 1839. Catalogue of Michigan Birds, by Dr. Abr. Sager, Michigan 

 House Documents, 1839, pp. 412 to 417 inclusive. This catalogue embraces 1G4 species. 

 This list was evidently prepared with great care and is without doubt very reliable. 



Satterlee, Prof. James. 1877. •' Our Friends, the Birds." Report of Michigan Pomo- 

 logical Society. 1887. p. 115. This article discusses birds in relation to their economic 

 importance. 



Satterlee. Prof. James. 1886. '"The Cherry Bird Condemned," State Horticultural 

 Society, 1886. p. 97. 



Saunders, Prof. Wni., 1883. •• Condemns the Robin. Cherry Bird and English Sijar- 

 row," Report of Michigan Horticviltural Society. 1883. p. 164. 



Schoolcraft, Henry R., 1834. " A Supposed New Bird." Historical and Scientific 

 Sketches of Michigan. Discovered in Michigan in the forests at the foot of Lake 

 Superior. The bird was identified Vjy the New York Scientific Association as the 

 Evening Grosbeak. Hesperiphona vespertina (Coop.) Bp. 



Smith. W. A.. 1885. "The Birds Our Friends," Report of State Horticultural 

 Society, 1885, p. 249. 



Spicer, Samuel, 1889. ''Notes from Goodrich, Genesee County. Michigan," Orni- 

 thologist and Oologist, Vol. XIV. p. 43. Notes some rare birds. Robin building in a 

 barn, and nest of Goldfinch taken Sept. 28. 



Steere, Dr. J. B., 1880. List of Birds of Michigan. Report of State Pomological 

 Society, 1880, pp. 115 to 124 inclusive. The birds are classified according to time of 

 appearance into summer sojourners, winter residents, migrants or transients, and those 

 that live here throughout the year. The list embraces 265 species. 



Steere. Dr. J. B.. 1880. *• Migration of Birds," Report of State Pomological Society, 

 1880, p. 115. This article divides birds into groups, as to time of residence in the State 

 and embraces a list of 265 species. 



Steere. Dr. J. B., 1880. "List of the Mammals and Birds of Ann Arbor and 

 Vicinity," local paper, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Annotated list of 111 species. 



Strang, J. J., 1855. "Natural History of Beaver Islands, Michigan." ninth annual 

 report Smithsonian Institution (1854). 1855. pp. 282 to 288. A brief mention of three 

 lines is made of birds. 



Sudworth. Geo. B., 1878. '-Polioptila ca3rulea (Linn.) Scl.," Naturalist and Fancier, 

 (Grand Rapids), Vol. II, No. 3. 1878. 



Swales, B. H., 1891. "Notes on Birds at Detroit," Ornithologist and Oologist, Vol. 

 XVI. p. 144. Nests found of Red-headed Woodpecker and Woodcock, the former with 

 eight eggs, the latter with four; "Nesting Notes in the Vicinity of Detroit," ibid., 

 pp. 148-9. Dates and nesting habits of Michigan birds; "Notes of the Season," 

 ibid., p. 159. 



Swales, B. H., 1892. " Brief Notes." Ornithologist and Oologist, Vol. XVII, p. 75 

 Gives notes of the winter; " Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Wayne County," ibid., p. 64. 

 "American Long-eared Owl Breeding in Wayne Covmty. Michigan." ibid., p. 75; "Brief 

 Notes," ibid,, p. 79; Bald Eagle at Detroit April 4, and Eggs of Red-shouldered Hawk 

 taken April 13, "Nesting of Virginia Rail at St. Clair Flats," ibid., p. 103; "Nesting, 

 of Phoebe." ibid., p. Ill; "Albino Eggs of the Long-billed Marsh Wren," ibid., p. 121; 

 " Nesting of the Field Sparrow in Michigan, found Nesting August 2." ibid., p. 159; 

 "Notes on Tame Red-shouldered Hawk." ibid., p. 159. 



