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edge of Portland where grassy fields, wet thicket, the steep wooded slope 

 of the Western Promenade, old gardens, and a sunnj' old burying ground 

 make admirably diversified territory for birds, bringing us into the midst 

 of spring and fall migrations. 



The other Carolina Wren, a male, was discovered some time in August, 

 1908, at Falmouth, Maine, by Mrs. Ernest Brewer, who observed it through- 

 out the remainder of the summer, until October 3 when Mr. Norton shot 

 it for the Portland Society of Natural History; at whose museum the skins 

 of both these wrens are now kept. 



Records of Mrs. Brewer's Carolina Wren are to be found in ' The Auk,' 

 XXVI, p. 82; and in an article by her in the Journal of the Maine Orni- 

 thological Society, XI, pp. 4-10. — Caroline M. Stevens, Portland, Me. 



Carolina Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovidanus).— On January 

 16, 1911, I heard the familar notes of a Carolina Wren coming from the 

 rear of my home on Grosse Isle, and I soon detected liim perched on my 

 vine-clad ice house, scolding and singing pretty constantly. It was a 

 sharp clear day (11° F.), and the bird was still present when I left for 

 Detroit at 3 i*. m. This was the first Carolina Wren that I had seen or 

 heard of on Grosse Isle. During the summer a Mrs. Donaldson told me 

 that a pair had bred on Hickory Island immediately connecting Grosse 

 Isle on the south, but this I have not been able to verifj' to date. On Sep- 

 tember 3, 1911, I noticed a Wren singing gayly from the top of a shed near 

 my place, and this bird remained around for several days, generally fre- 

 quenting an old chicken shed. I am entertaining hopes that a pair may 

 return here next spring. P. A. Taverner secured a female May 16, 1909, 

 near Rockwood, a few miles further down the river. These instances 

 seem to indicate, together with the Detroit records, that the Carolina Wren 

 is gradually working up into southeastern Michigan as it has in Essex 

 County, Ontario. Here on June 6, 1909, about three miles below Amherst- 

 burg, W. E. Saunders heard one singing, and another about three miles 

 from the base of Point Pelee where it is common, and resident. On Octo- 

 ber 6, 1909, Mr. Jas. S. W^allace saw one on the roof of the Manning House, 

 Windsor, directly across the river from Detroit. North of Detroit there 

 is a mounted specimen in Mr. Samuel Spicer's collection taken at Good- 

 rich, Genesee County, a number of years ago in spring. — B. H. Swales, 

 Grosse Isle, Mich. 



Waterfowl Nearly Drowned. — In the Aviary building of the Chicago 

 Lincoln Park Zoo is a cage about 40 X 15 feet enclosing an island, sur- 

 rounded by water — which is the home of over 200 wild Ducks, Geese, 

 Swans, Pelicans and other birds from different countries, representing 

 60 different species. Mr. Ryan, the assistant keeper, told me of a singu- 

 lar mishap, through which the water birds nearly lost their lives by drown- 

 ing. The pond is 30 inches deep, and once a month the water is run out. 



