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Dear Sir 



The Siaha brought in by Lt. A. is, I think, the "Western Blue 

 Bird ", but we cannot yet identify the partridge with anything in 

 your book. It is decidedly a dove colored bird, slightly tinged 

 with brown, a longer tail than our quail and full as large. He saw 

 many of them and brought in six skins. Peale * is disposed to 

 think it new. He saw the skins in the hands of Pollard, 2 who 

 was employed to put them up. I have advised Lt. A. to describe 

 this bird without delay. 



Yrs. 



J. J. Abert. 



28 April '47. 

 J. J. Audubon Esq. 



SOME NEW AND RARE BIRD RECORDS FOR 

 MICHIGAN. 



BY NORMAN A. WOOD. 

 [University Museum, University of Michigan.] 



During the summer of 1904 these records were made by 

 Messrs. A. G. Ruthven, Otto McCreary, W. A. Maclean, Max M. 

 Peet and the writer, while members of the Museum Expedition to 

 the Porcupine Mountains and Isle Royale. A detailed report on 

 the ornithological results will be published later. 



Prof. W. B. Barrows of the Michigan Agricultural College is 

 preparing a volume on the birds of Michigan, which he expects to 

 publish at an early date. At his suggestion the following records 

 are published in advance of the regular report, in order that they 

 may be incorporated in his forthcoming volume. 



No attempt will be made to prove that all of these are "breed- 

 Titian Ramsey Peale, born 1800, died March 13, 1885. He accompanied 

 the South Sea Exploring Expedition in 1838-42, under Lieut. Charles Wilkes. 

 as Naturalist. 



2 Pollard. An assistant in taxidermical work under Titian R. Peale. 



