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Vesper Sparrow — Fairly plentiful; 

 feeding in the road. 



Chipping Sparrow — Common. 



Field Sparrow — Common. 



Song Sparrow — Very plentiful. 



Towhee — Quite abundant. 



Cardinal — Rather scarce. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak — Seen but 

 once; a female. 



Indigo Bunting — Scarce. 



Barn Swallow — Common; seen in 

 small flocks. 



Cedar Waxwing — Rather scarce. 



Red-eyed Vireo — Scarce. 



Golden-winged Warbler — One bird 

 seen. 



Black-and White Warbler — Scarce. 



Yellow Warbler — Rather plentiful. 



Oven-bird — Somewhat scarce. 



Louisiana Water Thrush — Seen but 

 once. 



Kentucky Warbler — Scarce. 



Maryland Yellow-throat — Very plen- 

 tiful; heard and seen all day. 



American Redstart — Scarce. 



Catbird — Very plentiful; found nest- 

 ing. 



Brown Thrasher — Scarce. 



Carolina Wren — Rather common. 



House Wren — Plentiful. 



Tufted Titmouse — Little flocks ob- 

 served. 



Chickadee — Plentiful. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher — Fairly plen- 

 tiful; seen occasionally. 



Wood-thrush — Scarce. 



Robin — Quite abundant. 



In all, forty-eight species were seen, 

 which is not, I think, a bad showing 

 for a hot July day. 



Thomas D. Burleigh. 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 



hunting and fishing trips into the sur- 

 rounding country. 



Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macrou- 

 ra). On Sunday, August 24th, 1913, 

 while spending the day at Silver Is- 

 land, a deserted mining settlement on 

 the north shore of Lake Superior 

 about five miles from Thunder Cape, 

 now used as a Summer resort; my at- 

 tention was attracted by a bird of this 

 species feeding on the trail in front 

 of the cottages, it did not seem in the 

 least disturbed by passers by, only 

 flying out of their way, to resume its 

 feeding after they had passed. I saw 

 it frequently during the day and on 

 one occasion was able to get within 

 a comparatively short distance of it. 

 It was apparently alone and though I 

 have spent a considerable time at this 

 spot during the summer, this was its 

 first appearance. 



Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias). 

 I came across an individual of this 

 species, on Monday September 1, 

 1913, while on a fishing trip to a small 

 lake about 35 miles east of this city 

 (Fort William, Ont). It was first ob- 

 served flying overhead, but I later saw 

 it wading in the shallows of the lake. 



I have frequently seen this bird in 

 the vicinity of Guelph, Ont., but this is 

 the first time I have met with it in 

 this northern country. 



L. S. Dear. 

 Fort William, Ontario, Can. 



Records. 

 The following records may be of in- 

 terest to your readers, as it is the first 

 time I have met these species in this 

 locality, although I have resided here 

 for several years, making numerous 



The Yellow Warbler. 



Since 1909 I have been trying in 

 vain to find a nest of this pretty lit- 

 tle warbler in Mississippi, but my 

 search has been in vain. When I 

 started collecting in 1909 I remember 

 that one of the first nests I ever found 

 was one that I was sure was a Yel- 

 low Warbler's nest. It was in a good 

 place, along the railroad but I never 

 took a setting of eggs from it and 

 thus spoiled what was my only chance 



