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swampy tract of woodland, among the hills of Middle Granville, N. Y. 

 I was unable to determine whether the bird had bred in this locality, 

 because the southern migration was well under way at the time. — J. A. 

 Weber, Palisades Park, N. J. 



The Bluebird (Sialia sialis) in Quebec. — A pair of Bluebirds, uttering 

 their usual call notes, flew over me within a few yards at Tadousac on 

 July 4, 1908. The species is so rare on the north shore of the lower St. 

 Lawrence that this occurrence seems worthy of note, for I know of no 

 other record save that of a pair found nesting by Mr. Comeau in July, 

 1880, at Godbout (Merriam, B. N. O. C., VII, 1882, p. 234). 



The birds I saw were traveling westward and were very possibly far 

 from their nesting ground, as no trace of them was found later in the sum- 

 mer, but the cool breezes of the maritime portion of eastern Canada are 

 not to the liking of this species, which reaches its northern limit not far 

 from the southern boundary line. 



Bluebirds occur, sparingly I imagine, about the city of Quebec, although 

 Mr. C. E. Dionne in 'Les Oiseaux de la Province de Quebec' 1906, states 

 that they are there "assez commun." The summer climate of the city 

 and its environs is, however, much warmer than even fifty miles further 

 down the river where the influence of the cold waters of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence begins to be felt. 



As I had spent parts of eighteen summers at Tadousac, the pair of 

 Bluebirds was a great surprise, and I am glad they were not of a species 

 about the identification of which there would be the slightest doubt. — 

 J. Dwight, Jr., New York City. 



Two Michigan Records. — Ardea cserulea. Little Blue Heron. — 

 A short time ago I had the pleasure of examining a mounted specimen of 

 this bird, taken May 2, 1882, in the immediate vicinity of Detroit. It is a 

 full plumaged bird in the normal dark phase and was shot by Mr. Wm. S. 

 Smith of 140 Grand River Ave., in whose possession it now is. Accompany- 

 ing it is a full description written by the taxidermist who mounted it, 

 including colors of fleshy parts while fresh, date, etc. This appears to be 

 the only known Michigan killed specimen now extant, and as such is of 

 some importance. 



Buteo swainsoni. Swainson's Hawk. — About the middle of October 

 a bird of this species appeared in the taxidermist shop of Mr. Arthur Borck 

 of this city. Inquiries elicited the information that it had been killed near 

 Hessel, 18 miles from Mackinaw, Mich., by Mr. Clarence Law. As it was 

 already mounted when first seen the sex could not be ascertained. In 

 plumage it closely approaches the dark phase, the underparts being parti- 

 colored with blotches of fuscous and ochre in about equal proportions, 

 and the back, wing-coverts and head feathers heavily , bordered with 

 ocher. I am informed by Prof. W. B. Barrows that this is the second actual 

 specimen for the State. I succeeded in obtaining the bird for my collec- 

 tion, numbering it 1117. — P. A. Taverner, Highland Park, Mich. 



