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marshes, as the writer saw young barely able to fly on July 4, 1907, 

 and at the same time collected fresh eggs. 



3. Calidris leucophsea. Sanderling. — While seen regularly 

 along the shores of Lake Erie, this species is rare inland. On 

 September 24, 1909, I saw a flock of 50 at the Grand Reservoir and 

 shot 6 of them, 4 females and 2 males. A note in the October 

 'Auk,' 1909, shows that it is very rare even in the vicinity of Detroit. 



4. Charadrius dominicus. Golden Plover. — In the fall of 

 1908 I was able to record this species in 'The Auk' as taken at the 

 Loramie Reservoir. On April 19, 1909, I saw a flock of 25 at the 

 Grand Reservoir and on September 24, 1909, shot a large female 

 from a flock of 9 at the same place and again a male on October 16, 

 1909, at the Loramie Reservoir. Hence this species, which 

 seems to be becoming very rare in many localities, is still a regular 

 migrant across this part of Ohio, which is "close to the major axis 

 of its elliptical orbit." 



5. Phalacrocorax auritus. Double-crested Cormorant. — 

 A fine female of this species, in first winter plumage, was shot 

 October 16, 1909, at the Loramie Reservoir and is now in my 

 collection. 



6. Ixobrychus minutus. Least Bittern. — To the breeding 

 places of this species in Ohio, enumerated in Jones's Catalogue of 

 Ohio birds, must now be added the Grand Reservoir, where at one 

 particular locality it is a common breeder. 



7. Rallus elegans. King Rail. — This species, seen in 1908, 

 was found as a breeder at the Grand Reservoir in 1909 on June 5. 

 Six nests were found on this date at a locality which I shall not dis- 

 close. Two sets of 11 eggs were found, the two nests being well out 

 in the cattails, and one of 10 eggs, about 50 feet away from water 

 in plain view in the grass. A fourth nest contained 2 eggs and one 

 young and while looking at the third egg I noticed a small hole and 

 soon had the chance to see a young Rail chick's bill pecking away 

 at its inclosure. The chick kept up a constant pecking and calling 

 with a shrill voice peep peep, till the one half of the egg, the more 

 pointed end, dropped away. The blackish little creature showed 

 some traces of blood and seemed to have a hard time to free itself 

 from the membrane, and it took considerable time till it had extri- 

 cated itself from the other half of the egg, the whole process oc- 



