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having been but cursory sigbt identifications made by various mem- 

 bers of our parties under not very favorable conditions, and unaware 

 of the scarcity of the species in this particular locality. May 14, 

 1905, we listed three, September 1-2, 190G, several, and August 29, 

 1907, one. 



155. *Virco solitarius. Blue-headed Vireo. 



May 14, 1905, this was a common bird on the Point and we were 

 seldom out of sight or hearing of one or more during our whole 

 tramp from the camp to the base of the Point. That fall one was 

 taken September 13, which was likely the first of the migrants. 

 The next year (1906) we noted none in May; the 20-21st being 

 rather late for them in a normal year. That fall (190G) one and 

 two were detected September 18 and 19. The spring of 1907 being 

 phenomenally late, one bird was seen May 31 and another June 1. 

 For the fall migrations of that year we have but one date and one 

 individual, August 31, which is, according to our experience, un- 

 usually early. The white eye ring and loral stripe, standing out 

 from the clear gray of the head, make a field recognition mark not 

 easy to mistake. 



156. *Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. 



May 14, 1905, a practically normal spring, but two were noted. 

 The following year, May 20-21, was too late for them and none were 

 observed, but the spring of 1907, which was remarkable for its late- 

 ness, we saw five, May 31. A few were noted May 3 and 4, 1908. 

 It has been present and more or less common during all our fall 

 dates, except those of October. In 1905, a few were seen from Sep- 

 tember 4 to 8, after which none were observed until the 13th, when 

 a large flight arrived, and they were common for the day, but left 

 that night and but three were noted the next morning. In 1906 

 nothing worthy of note was observed either in number or fluctua- 

 tions of number during our two trips to the Point, though they were 

 considerably more numerous on the first than on the later visits. 

 They were already present on our arrival August 24, 1907, and re- 

 mained in fairly constant numbers until we left, September 6. 



157. *Hclminthophila pinus. Blue-winged Warbler. 



September 2, 1906, Taverner had the pleasure not only of adding 

 this species to the Pelee list, but of making a primal record for the 

 Dominion when he took a juvenile of indeterminate sex in a grape 

 vine tangle near the east shore at the end of the Cross Road. The 

 specimen is numbered No. 662 in his collection. The next day he 

 shot what he thought was another, but was unable to find it in the 

 dense shrubbery. 



