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Ammodramus henslowi. Henslow's Sparrow. — Covert gives 

 this sparrow as "A very rare summer visitor." There is a speci- 

 men in the Museum labelled "Ann Arbor, May 26, 1894, ad. female, 

 collected by A. B. Covert." Since that time the species was not 

 recorded from this locality until April 18, 1909, when a fine adult 

 male was found dead at Ypsilanti. On May 1, 1909, Mr. Wood was 

 fortunate enough to secure a female just east of Ann Arbor, and on 

 May 31, 1909, a singing male was found in a partially drained marsh 

 west of Ann Arbor. Diligent search was made for a nest of the 

 latter but none could be found, although the bird gave every evi- 

 dence of having one in the vicinity, and seemed loath to leave the 

 locality. More extended field work may show the species to be 

 more common than seems to be the case at present. 



Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. — In Cook's list (1893), we 

 find the statement by Dr. Steere "never seen at Ann Arbor," and 

 it is not given in Covert's list of 1881. The first record that we 

 have of its occurrence here is on June 14, 1884. On May 24, 

 1903, a nest with one egg was found near Ann Arbor, and since that 

 year the species has gradually gained a foothold, until at the present 

 time it may be said to be a permanent resident. The Cardinal is 

 one of those species that has apparently gradually extended its 

 range from the south, and will in the future become more common 

 where it has heretofore only been known as an accidental visitant. 

 Other breeding records were secured in May, 1905, and on May 8, 

 1909. 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough-winged Swallow. — Co- 

 vert does not mention this swallow in his list, but since that time 

 the species seems to have been gaining a foothold in the County, 

 although still rare as a migrant and summer resident. Our earli- 

 est spring record is that of April 23, 1906. On May 13, 1905, 

 Wood found a pair nesting with a colony of Bank Swallows and 

 secured the male. In 1906, it was first recorded on April 23, and 

 in May was found breeding alone in a small gravel-pit near Ann 

 Arbor. On May 10, 1907, a pair was found nesting in the same 

 pit as above. During the spring migration of 1908 the species was 

 fairly abundant from April 29 to May 15. On May 1, 1909, Wood 

 noted a flock of twelve down the Huron River, and from that date 

 to the middle of May it was fairly abundant, apparently being held 



