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unquestionably erroneous record was doubtless due to an oversight on 

 his (Ridgway's) part, for he must have surely known that the species in 

 question does not breed in the South Atlantic States. — Arthur T. Wayne, 

 Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Notes on Three Michigan Birds. — At the suggestion of Prof. W. B. Bar- 

 rows, of the Michigan Agricultural College, I send a few notes gathered 

 during the past summer. They are the result of a canoe trip down the 

 Grand River, taken by a Mr. H. A. Moomian and myself. Although no 

 remarkable finds were made, we succeeded in extending the supposed 

 breeding range of two species, and in securing specimens of another rather 

 uncommon resident. 



At a point a few miles north of Jackson, Mich., we entered a remarkably 

 large breeding area of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). 

 The tract of low, water-covered land in which these birds were found 

 extended, uninterrupted, for twenty-five miles on the river's course. Here 

 this warbler was the most common bird encountered and, even after leav- 

 ing this area, Prothonotary Warblers were met in several instances — our 

 northermnost record being a few miles south of Lansing, Mich. The for- 

 mer breeding localities of this bird in our State were restricted to streams 

 along the southern State line. 



On July 7 a male Mourning Warbler {Geothlypis Philadelphia) was taken 

 at East Lansing. This bird, which was in full song and mating plumage, 

 frequented the dense undergrowth in a tract of woods admirably adapted 

 to its habits and, although no nest was found, I am fully convinced, from 

 the date of capture and general surroundings, that it was a breeder there. 

 CadiUac, in the northern part, of the Southern Peninsula, was the former 

 southern record for this bird. 



The securing of three specimens of Henslow's Sparrow {Coturniculus 

 henslowi), and the seeing of more in a low meadow near Eaton Rapids, 

 help to establish more finnly the records in this State of a rather erratic 

 and uncommon breeder. — Edwin R. Kalmbach, Asst. Director K. S. 

 Museum. Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Corrections to 'A List of the Land Birds of Southeastern Michigan.' — 

 In the 'Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club' (beginning in Vol. 

 IV, p. 14 and concluding in Vol. V, p. 4.3) was published 'A List of the 

 Land Birds of Southeastern Michigan.' This contained a number of minor 

 errors. The compiler's attention was directed to these several years ago 

 but nothing has been done in the way of correction, so I have decided to 

 take up the matter in the interest of exactness. 



Bald Eagle, — "A pair have been for many years on Elba Island. 

 This should read Grosse Isle instead of Elba Island. 



Ajvierican Long-eared Owl. — "J. Claire Wood has taken several 

 sets." I have taken but'one set'in Michigan; a set of five eggs April 17, 

 1886. 



