[Reprinted from THE WILSON BULLETIN, September, 1908.) 



THE BIRDS OF POINT PELEE. 



BY P. A. TAVERN KK AND 15. II. SWALES. 



(Continued from page 90.) 



184. *Aiithux pensitvanicus. American Pipit. 



Doubtless of regular occurrence on the Point, both spring and fall, 

 but owing to the seasonal occasions of our trips, we have noted i< but 

 once, October 35, 1906, when a few scattered individuals were ob-' 

 served along the top of the eastern sand dunes. 



1S.~>. *.<1///////.v jtolyulollfts. Mockingbird. 



.May L'o, 11)0(5, while Swales and Fleming wore walking in along 

 the road on the west side of the Point, on the homeward trip, a 

 .Mockingbird was flushed opposite a newly planted orchard. Fleming 

 secured the bird, which proved to be a male with well developed 

 testes. It is now in his collection. Search was made for a possible 

 mate, but without avail. (Auk XXIII, 1906, p. 344.) 



186. *Galeoscoptes carol inen sis. Catbird. 



Common, with but one exception, on all May, August and Septem- 

 ber trips. August 15 and 16, 1908, it was surprisingly scarce, but one 

 being noted the latter date. It; was still present in some number^ 

 October 14, 1906. 



187. *Toxostoma, rufum. Brown Thrasher. 



Common on all spring visits except, as would bo expected, that of 

 March, 1907. May 3-3, 3 90S. their combined chorus was one of tin- 

 features of the trip. This, despite low temperature and a heavy fall 

 of snow, combined with a bitter gale blowing in oft" the lake. 



The Brown Thrasher is considerable of a mimic, and on the Point 

 has acquired some of the call notes of the Yellow-breasted Chat, sev- 



