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NOTES ON SOME SUMMER AND FALL BIRDS OF THE 



CROOKED LAKE REGION, CASS AND CROW 



WING COUNTIES, MINN. 



BY ALBERT W. HONYWILL, JR. 



The birds in the following list were observed during portions of 

 four summers, spent at a camp on Crooked Lake, in what is known 

 as the "Lake Region of Minnesota." The notes cover the follow- 

 ing periods: from July 11 to September 8, 1907; July 11 to August 

 30, 1908; July 17 to August 30, 1909; and July 19 to August 30, 

 1910. 



The list is not presented as a complete list of the summer birds 

 of the region described, but it is hoped that some of the notes may 

 prove of interest as covering an area whose avifauna has changed 

 greatly in the last twenty-five years, and is likely to undergo still 

 further change as it is settled and opened up to farming. 



Many of the birds were observed while on fishing trips and dur- 

 ing walks to Emily, a small town located about four miles south 

 of Crooked Lake. A daily bird record was kept. 



The region described contains a large number of lakes, many of 

 which are of considerable size. Crooked Lake is a long narrow 

 lake about six and a half miles in length. The upper half narrows 

 down until it appears more like a wide river than a lake. Several 

 other lakes empty into Crooked, the largest of which is known as 

 Lawrence Lake, and is perhaps two miles long. 



The land in this region was formerly covered with a thick growth 

 of pine, largely Norway and white pine, but this was steadily cut 

 off until about ten years ago, when the last tract of timber of any 

 size was cut. Most of the land has since grown up to white birch, 

 scrub oak, and poplar. Almost every fall portions of the country 

 are burned over by forest fires, so that although in some places the 

 timber was cut twenty-five years ago, there is no growth of any size 

 save for an occasional patch of original hardwood forest. 



The camp mentioned above is located near the shore, on a cove 

 or bay on the west of Crooked Lake. A small grove of Norway 

 pine, perhaps five acres in extent surrounds the camp. These 



