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curred throughout the sand region. Nests were onl^' found in the 

 burned clearings on Sand Point. On June 16, the writer flushed two 

 birds from the ground on the top of one of the burned over ridges 

 near camp on Sand Point, that evidently had a nest nearb}'. On 

 August 3, a female was flushed in a burning, which immediately fell 

 to the ground, fluttering along as though wounded. On searching 

 closely a very j^oung bird in the down was found. Ten of these birds 

 were seen flying over the camp at Rush Lake, on August 9. 



54. Chaetura pelagica. Chimney swift. — Michigan: Common 

 summer resident, breeding throughout the state. 



The swift was not commonly observed in the sand country-, but 

 was more abundant about Rush Lake and on Stony Island. Only 

 one nest was found at Sand Point. This was built on the inside of 

 the north gable of the fish house and was firmly glued to the rough 

 boards. At Rush Lake the species was not uncommon and was seen 

 nearly every day. On Stony Island. July 15, a nest which contained 

 four young birds was found in an old chimney, and on July 16 another 

 nest with four eggs was found on the inside of- an old ice house. On 

 July 14, at Stony Island, a flock of about thirty was seen flying over 

 the woods. 



55. Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated hummingbird. — Michi- 

 gan: Common summer resident, breeding throughout the state. 



Observed occasionally throughout the sand country and on Stony 

 Island, but less commonly on Sand Point. No nests were found on 

 Sand Point, although the species no doubt bred there. At Rush 

 Lake two nests were found. One of these (found on August 14) was 

 not completed, and the female was at w^ork covering it with lichens. 

 But two birds were seen on Stony Island. 



56. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — Michigan: Common sum- 

 mer resident, breeding throughout the state. 



Commonly observed in the sand country and on Stony Island. 

 The kingbird was a common breeder both in the sand and clay 

 regions; in the former nesting in the scrub oaks as well as in the jack 

 pines. On Sand Point, two nests were found on July 1, one contain- 

 ing three eggs and the other two young, and, on July 4, a set of three 

 fresh eggs was found. Another found on Jul\' 10 had two \^oung 

 that were nearly fledged. At Rush Lake, on July 29, a nest was 

 found on a low swampy island about five hundred yards from the 

 shore. The three birds in this nest were nearly fledged. On Stony 

 Island, the birds were most common about the clearings. It is re- 

 markable that all of the nests found by our party contained only two 

 or three eggs with one exception, a set of four, 'for at Ann Arbor the 

 usual complement seems to be four or five. 



