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It was taken to the Zoological Department, and in the afternoon 

 was brought alive to the Museum. The bird was very quiet and 

 did not seem to be afraid even when stroked with the hand; it 

 walked quietly about in the shallow box in which it was confined, 

 but was rather droopy. I gave it water in a shallow dish and after 

 I had immersed the bill it raised its head and swallowed; it then 

 drank of its own accord, first dipping its bill in the water, then 

 raising it up in the same manner that a chicken does. The water 

 seemed to revive it, and it appeared to feel quite natural, walking 

 about and pecking at the bottom of the case. It was later fed with 

 small pieces of raw beef which were placed in its bill, but while it 

 swallowed some of these it was not able to pick up food, as the head 

 was injured and the mandibles would not meet. The right eye 

 was also injured, and could not be opened. The bird stepped 

 into the dish of water and acted as though it wished to bathe, but 

 the dish was too small, and I removed it as I did not wish the bird's 

 plumage wet. It was too late and dark to take a photograph, so 

 we waited until about 10 o'clock the following morning, when I 

 placed the bird on a ground nest of the Black-crowned Night 

 Heron and had it photographed. The bird was not as st*mg as 

 on the evening before and could not stand erect. The bird was 

 in "a sitting position with its plumage raised, making it look like a 

 ball of feathers. The bird seemed to be suffering from its injuries 

 and was chloroformed. On skinning it I found a deep cut on the 

 breast, and another across the right eye and side of the head. 

 These injuries were probably caused by the bird striking against 

 wires or buildings while passing through the campus on its migra- 

 tion. 



References. 



1875. Boies, A. H. Catalogue of the Birds Ascertained to Occur in 



Southern Michigan. Hudson, Michigan. 

 1881. Covert, Aiolphe B. Natural History [Michigan]. History of 



Washtenaw County, Michigan, pp. 173-194. Chicago. 

 1879. Gibbs, Dr. Morris. Annotated List of the Birds of Michigan. 



Bull. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., V, pp. 481-497. 

 1890. , . The Yellow Rail, Porzana noveboracensis (Gmel.), in 



Michigan. The Oologist, VII, pp. 230-231. 

 1898. , . Additions to the Avifauna of Kalamazoo County, 



Michigan. Bull. Mich. Ornith. Club, II, p. 7. 



