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and for song. The day th'at I found the nest he flew down scold- 

 ing and alighted near the top of a small jack pine immediately 

 under this tree. Between this tree and the road was the place 

 where I found the first nest. 1 



In the immediate vicinity of the nest we saw the Bluebird, 

 Robin, Chipping, Song, and Vesper Sparrows, Slate-colored Junco, 

 White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches, Flicker, Kingbird, 

 Sparrow Hawk, Hairy, Downy, and Red-headed Woodpeckers. I 

 found these birds breeding here in July. 



In the cedar swamps and at the edge of the plains bred the 

 Hermit, Wood, and Wilson's Thrushes, also the Ruffed Grouse, 

 Maryland Yellow-throat, Towhee, Brown Thrasher, White-throated 

 Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bird, Cedar Bird, Red- 

 eyed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Nashville and Yellow 

 Warblers, Brown Creeper, Black-throated Blue and Chestnut- 

 sided Warblers, Oven-bird, Black-throated Green Warbler, Cat- 

 bird, Redstart, Winter Wren, Bob-white (rare), Mourning Dove, 

 Barred Owl, Great Horned Owl, Yellow-billed and Black-billed 

 Cuckoos, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (I shot a young bird 

 July 10, 1903), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Pileated Woodpecker, 

 Whip-poor-will, Nighthawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Crested 

 Flycatcher, Olive- sided Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Wood Pee- 

 wee, Blue Jay, White-rumped Shrike, Crow, Cowbird, Bronzed 

 Grackle, and American Goldfinch. Along the river bred the 

 Hooded Merganser, Kingfisher, Bank Swallow, Spotted Sand- 

 piper, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, American Woodcock, 

 Phoebe (under the bridges), and Marsh Hawk. I was told that 

 the Spruce or Canada Grouse nested on the plains, but I did not 



1 1 think they migrate slowly in the fall, reaching southern Michigan about 

 the fifteenth or twentieth of August. Lynds Jones, in the ' Birds of Ohio,' p. 

 185, reports seeing two near Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio, Aug. 28, 1902. I 

 expect these birds the first two weeks in August at Ann Arbor. Mr. J. A. 

 Parmalee writes me that the last Kirtland seen in this colony in 1903 was Aug. 

 20, and the last one seen in 1904 was on Sept. 3. His earliest spring record 

 is May 3, 1904, and the earliest nesting record June 6, 1904, a set of three. 

 Mr. Parmalee says : " The male does not help build the nest, but sits near by 

 and sings constantly." He also states that this colony is much larger than in 

 1903. 



