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land Co., the second county back from the river, and we examined 

 it in his shop. On the 15th, Mr. Swales observed another on the 

 river under similar circumstances to those above described, and 

 about the same time Mr. Eppinger mounted another local specimen. 

 Mr. Campion has an adult mounted bird in his window, taken 

 several years ago, and informs us that he receives several every 

 year from the local shooters. We regard these records as amply 

 substantiating our claim that this species is a regular migrant on 

 the Detroit River. It occasionally remains during mild winters. 



Gelochelidon nilotica. Gull-billed Tern. — Reported from 

 the Flats, but the observer now repudiates the record, and as there 

 is no other substantiating data, it will have to be thrown out. 



Sterna caspia. Caspian Tern. — We have no absolute data 

 for this bird on the Detroit River, though Mr. Campion states 

 that about October, 1901, he saw two flying up the river just out 

 of gun range, and Mr. Fleming informs us that Mr. Maughn of 

 Toronto has had three from the Ste. Anne's Gun Club, on the 

 Canadian side of the Flats. At Point Pelee, at the west end of 

 Lake Erie, in company with Mr. W. E. Saunders, May 13, 1905, 

 we saw several beating up and down the shores with Common 

 Terns under much the same circumstances as described under the 

 head of Ring-billed Gull; their superior size but like coloration 

 to their companions, made identification practically certain. On 

 September 8, of the same year Mr. Swales observed two, in nearly 

 the same locality, as they flew by just out of gun range. 



Sterna forsteri. Forster's Tern. — We have but one record 

 of this species, a juvenile taken on the lower Detroit River Sept. 

 10, 1890, by J. C. Wood. This bird was identified by Mr. Robt. 

 Ridgway and is in Mr. Swales's collection. 



Sterna antillarum. Least Tern. — We have no evidence 

 whatever of the occurrence of this bird in the vicinity. It is inter- 

 esting to note (Auk, XXIII, pp. 452-453) that all the so-called 

 specimens of this species that Mr. Fleming has examined from the 

 adjoining Province have proved to be immature Black Terns. 

 This confusion may well be the basis of our local records. 



Phalacrocorax dilophus. Double-crested Cormorant. — Dur- 

 ing 1906 we have examined three specimens in the local taxider- 

 mist's shops. One, taken in April, has the breast nearly white 



