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too early. September 1 to .>, 1000, tbey were unusually abundant for 

 this time ,,r the year. October 29, 1905, they were still coininon and 

 more uniformly distributed Hum we have seen them at other times. 

 11* I. I'nwn-ulHtt ttamlirirlH-iixis savanna. Savanna Sparrow. 



A common migrant, and likely a sparse breeder, as it nests more 

 or less commonly along the Canadian side of the St. Clair Flats and, 

 to a lesser extent, in the neighboring territory of Michigan. It is 

 most commonly found along the top of the dunes of the east shore 

 where, May 13, 1905, and again September 11 and 12 of the same 

 year, we found a number. October 29, none were seen, though the 

 whole of the east shore was tramped over, and they had evidently 

 left. In 1906, we saw none in May or during the first three days of 

 September; but in neither of these visits was much attention paid 

 to the east shore where they were most likely to be found. On the 

 return visit, from the 15th to the 22d of September, the species was 

 present on its accustomed grounds and we found them in great num- 

 bers distributed all over the marsh the 19th. October 15 they were 

 still common. None were noted in 1907 on any of our visits, May 30 

 to June 1, and August 24 to September 6. During the latter trip, 

 however, we did not work the marshes and, though we did not find 

 them about its edges as usual, we are unable to state that they were 

 not in its interior. 

 125. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. Grasshopper Sparrow. 



Some years ago this species was more common and of more gen- 

 eral distribution in this locality than it is now. Personally we have 

 not met with it on the Point, though, we have found a few pairs scat- 

 tered over the fields in the neighborhood of Anihurstburg, at the 

 mouth of the Detroit River. Saunders says (Auk iv, 1887, -p. 248). 

 "The Grasshopper Sparrow breeds in Southwestern Ontario, where 

 I have found it in different localities, notably at Pt. Pelee, where I 

 heard it singing in early June and was comparatively common. . . . 

 In June, 1884, there were numbers of pairs breeding in the cultivated 

 meadows and fields." The status of the bird has certainly changed 

 since the above observations were made, together with that of two 

 other species of somewhat like habitat, namely, the Lark Sparrow 

 and the Dickcissel, of which more under their respective headings. 

 We have looked diligently for the Grasshopper Sparrow in all likely 

 places and it is not probable that it has been overlooked. 

 12G. Ammodramus henslowii. Henslow's Sparrow. 



May 24, 190G, Saunders saw and heard several near the east base 

 of the Point, in the damp meadows bordering the marsh. May 30, 

 1907, in going over the same grounds we listened and looked care- 

 fully for them, but either it was during one of their periods of si- 

 lence, such as the species is given to, or else they were not there this 



