VoL ^IX"j WiDMAXN, Birds of Wequeto>ni)ig, Mich. 233 



Though under the same latitude as northern Italy and south- 

 ern France the summers at Wequetonsing are very pleasantly tem- 

 perated by comfortable winds from Lake Michigan with lovely 

 evenings and cool nights. The place is also reputed for its abund- 

 ance of pure and cold artesian well water. A railroad, with 

 trains every half hour and many stopping places, connects the 

 resorts from Harbor Springs to Petoskey, a distance of eight 

 miles, and facilitates research very much in so far as it enables 

 one to visit a number of points with little loss of time. Mrs. L. 

 M. Stephenson, our esteemed associate member from Helena, 

 Ark., has a cottage at Wequetonsing, and with her husband, the 

 hon'orable Judge Marshall Stephenson, kindly helped me in the 

 search for birds, the acquaintance of which they had opportunity 

 to make during a number of seasons. 



The list of 73 species is not only interesting for what it con- 

 tains, but also for what it does not contain, since a good many 

 southern species which might be expected are not represented, 

 while others said to be common in northern Michigan are equally 

 absent from the list. 



1. Larus argentatus smithsonianus. American Herring Gull. — 

 Herring Gulls in adult and juvenile plumages could daily be seen plying 

 over the bay with headquarters on stakes in the bay outside of Harbor 

 Point where seventeen were counted July 18, mostly in immature dress. 



2. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Only once seen ; an early 

 morning visitor to the bay, 3.45 A. M., Jul_y 10. 



3. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — At least a dozen were 

 scattered along the beach Avith headquarters on the sandbar at the Harbor 

 Point lighthouse. 



4. jEgialitis vocifera. Killdeer. — Parties of 4 and 7 were frequent- 

 ing the meadow and pasture betw-een Weque and Roaring Brook. 



5. Bonasaumbellus. Ruffed Grouse. — A hen with chicks in wood 

 near the Indian village, July 13. 



6. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — A female laying over baseball 

 grounds at Weque, July 10. 



7. Accipiter cooperii. Cooper's Hawk. — Only once seen, July 9. 



8. Buteo platypterus. Broad-winged Hawk. — Nest in wood near 

 golf links, where its piercing re'ee could be heard whenever somebody 

 approached its nest. 



9. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. American Osprey. — Repeatedly 

 visited the bay flying up and down near shore in early morning. 



ID. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. — Seen in 

 two places, carrying food in bill. 



