82 HoNTWiLL, Birds of Cass and Crow Wing Counties, Minn. [jan. 



ADDITIONS TO "NOTES ON SOME SUMMER AND FALL 



BIRDS OF THE CROOKED LAKE REGION, CASS 



AND CROW WING COUNTIES, MINN." 



BY ALBERT W. HONYWILL, JR. 



Under the above title I gave a list which appeared in ' The Auk ' 

 for April, 1911, pp. 229 to 237. As the result of two more sum- 

 mers spent in the region mentioned I desire to add the following 

 notes and list of eleven additional species. 



The time covered was from July 29 to September 15, 1911, and 

 from July 20 to September 6, 1912. During this time I made two 

 trips of two days each, on August 18 and 19, 1911, and again on the 

 24th and 25th of the same month, to a part of the region which 

 I had visited on only one previous occasion. I made three further 

 trips to this region on July 29 and August 22 and 24, 1912. The 

 observations made on these trips and likewise in the region pre- 

 viously described led me to add the following notes. Two years 

 time has brought about several noticeable changes and no doubt 

 the bird life of this region will undergo still further change as the 

 country is opened up to farming. The advance in civilization is 

 already making itself felt upon the bird life of this particular region 

 and it is believed for this reason that these notes will prove of 

 interest a few years hence. 



The region above mentioned is located about two miles north- 

 east from the head of Crooked Lake and contains two small shallow 

 lakes and numerous sloughs. The first lake encountered on a walk 

 from Crooked is known as Stake Lake and is the larger of the two 

 mentioned. The name is derived from the fact that the course 

 of an old lumber road, used during the winter season several years 

 previous, was marked across the lake by several stakes, two of 

 which still remain. This lake is perhaps a half mile in extent and 

 is surrounded by a number of acres of meadow land which extend 

 back from the water from a dozen to two or three hundred feet. 

 During some years this is largely marsh land but the last two 

 years were unusually dry. A walk around the lake revealed a 

 Loon's nest only a few inches above the water and on a side of 



