TAVERNER AND SWALES, ON BIRDS OF POINT PELEE. 39 



to the locality, by the writer, upon which the bulk of the work 

 rests. 



May 13, 1905, W. E. Saunders, B. H. Swales and P. A. 

 Taverner tramped out the east shore, camped in the red cedar 

 belt on the opposite side and beyond the end of the marsh and 

 returned along the west side road the next day. 



Sept. 5 to 17, 1905, A. B. Klugh and Taverner formed a 

 camp about the same place as before, from which point they 

 \\", rki-d all localities of interest carefully. Sept. 8 they were 

 joined by Swales, who remained until the 13th. Camp was 

 broken the 17th. 



October 29, 1905, Taverner made a survey of the east shore. 



May 20, 1906, J. H. Fleming, Swales and Taverner 

 drove out to the old camping grounds, worked the end of the 

 Point and a bit of the east shore, returning the next day along 

 the mad on the west side. 



Sept. 1, 1906, Swales and Taverner worked the country 

 around the end of the marsh and towards the end of the 

 IN )int and returned Sept. 3. 



Sept. 15-22, 1906, Saunders, Swales and Taverner camped 

 in the usual place and worked the end of the Point thoroughly 

 and spent considerable time on the marsh and ponds. 



Oct. 14, 1906, Swales and Tav'Crner covered the end of the 

 Point, returning the next day along the east beach, working 

 the Lake Pond on the way. 



.March 9, 1907, the same two put in two days about the end 

 of the Point. 



May 31, 1907 r Saunders and Taverner tramped out the 'east 

 beach and camped on the old grounds, worked the end of the 

 Point and the beaches, returning June 1. 



PHYSICAL AND ECCOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION. 



Point Pelee is near the western end of Lake Erie, projecting 

 into those waters some nine miles or so from the northern or 

 Ontario shore. It is the most southern point of the mainland 

 of the Canadian Dominion and offers many features of 

 peculiar interest to the student of ornithological distribution. 

 In shape it resembles a large "V with concave amis flaring 



