April, 1884.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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graph station and " still we are not happy." 

 Our tobacco is wet and we cannot get it 

 dry. Beans, potatoes, mill;, butter, etc., 

 are luxuries xvnknown. Our flour is ex- 

 hausted. An Indian has been occupying 

 this hut, herding hogs on the mountains. 

 Fortunately our Winchester is in good 

 condition, and when we need meat we can 

 help ourselves. Wild bees are plentiful 

 here. Trees well stored with honey are 

 not hard to find ; hence our diet of pork 

 and honey. We will ornament our bill of 

 fare by adding " bread " thereto, as soon 

 as the storm sufficiently subsides to enable 

 us to go to a store for flour. It is a trifle 

 inconvenient now, but these experiences 

 are pleasant to think of when they be- 

 come matters of the past. During the 

 pleasant days here we had excellent luck 

 with the guu, securing such rare and inter- 

 esting birds as Townsend's Solitaire 

 {Myiadestes Townsendi,) Mountain Chick- 

 adee {Parus montanas,) Townsend's Spar- 

 row (I J asserella iliaca unalascensis,) Gold- 

 en-crowned Sparrow {Z. coronota,) Moun- 

 tain Quail {Oreortyx picta,) etc., etc., but 

 the sj)eciinens have suffered with other 

 things, and nearly all have been ruined be- 

 cause of our inability to keep them dry. 

 Thus has misfortune attended us, but we 



" Cheer up and don't grow weary 

 And will wait till the clouds roll by." 



Although the storm has been raging for 

 over two weeks and there is now no indi- 

 cation of its end being near, we have not 

 even thought of becoming discouraged 

 and shall be all the more energetic and 

 persistent, and we feel that our efforts will 

 yet be rewarded by a large and satisfacto- 

 ry ornithological harvest. — William C 

 Flint, San Francisco, Oal. 



Summer Birds of Locke, Michigan. 



A list of the birds seen or captured in 

 the township of Locke, in June, July and 

 August, 1883. The asterisk ( * ) prefixed 

 to a species, indicates that it has been 

 known to breed either in this or previous 



years. The annotations have reference 

 only to the year and months specified 

 above. This township is situated twenty 

 miles east of Lansing, the capital of the 

 State, lat. 42 deg., 42 min.. N. ; long. 7 

 deg., 16 min. W. of Washington. 



1 * Robin, {Tardus migratorius,) abun- 

 dant. 



2 * Wood Thrush, {Tardus tnustelinus,) 

 rare. 



3 * Catbird, {Mimus carolinensis,) com- 

 mon. 



4 * Brown Thrush, {Harporhyncus ru- 

 fus,) rare. 



5 * Bluebird, {Sialia sialis,) abundant. 



6 Blue-gray Flycatcher, {Polioptila 

 coerulea,) rare. 



7 * Chickadee, {Parus atricapillus,) 

 rare. 



8 * White-bellied Nuthatch, {Sitta caro- 

 linensis,) rather common. 



9 * House Wren, {Troglodytes domesti- 

 cal rather common. 



10 * Homed Lark, {Eremophila alpes- 

 tris,) rather common. 



11 * Black-and-white Creeper, {Mniotilta 

 varia,) rare. 



12 * Yellow Warbler, {Dendrceca cestiva.) 

 rather common. 



13 * Chestnut-sided Warbler, {Dendrceca 

 pennsylvanica,) rare. 



14 * Oolden-crowned Thrush, {Siurus 

 auricapillus,) not common. 



15 * Large-billed Water Thrush, {Slums 

 motacilla,) rare. 



16 * Maryland Yellow throat, ( Geothlypis 

 trichas,) not common. 



17 * Hooded Warbler, {Myiodioctes mi- 

 tratus,) not common. 



18 * Redstart, {Setophaga ruticilla,) rare. 



19 * Scarlet Tanager, {Pyranga rubra,) 

 rather common. 



20 * Barn Swallow, {Hirundo horreo- 

 rum,) abundant. 



21 * White-bellied Swallow, ( Tachycineta 

 bicolor,) rather common. 



22 * Cliff Swallow, {Petrochelidon luni- 

 frons,) rather common. 



