THE OOLOGIST. 



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2 Blue-gray Guatcatcher, " M. 



1 White-bellied Nuthatch, " M. 

 Red " " Common. 

 Chickadee, Abundant. B. 



2 Brown Ci'eeper, Rare. M. 

 Brown Thrush, Uncommon. B. 

 House Wren, Common. B. 

 Winter Wren, Common. 

 Horned Lark, Abundant. M. 



,2 Purple Martin, Rare. 



7 Cliff Swallow, Uncommon. 

 'Tree Swallow, Abundant. B. 

 Barn Swallow, Abundant. B. 



3 Bank Swallow, Rare. 



Cedar Waxwing, Abundant. B. 



1 Scarlet Tanager, Rare. 



Black and White Creeper, Common. B. 

 Nashville Warbler, Common. M. 

 Tennessee Warbler, Common. M. 

 Parula Warbler, Uncommon. M. 

 Yellow Warbler, Common. B. 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Com. M. 

 Yellow Rumped Warbler, Common. B. 

 Black and Yellow Warbler, Com. B. 

 Bay-breasted Warbler, Uncommon. M. 

 Black-poll Warbler, Rare. M. 

 Blackburnian Warbler, Common. M. 

 Black-thr. Green Warbler. Abund. B. 



4 Pine-creeping Warbler, Rare. M. 

 Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Common. M. 



2 Prairie Warbler, Rare. M. 

 •Oven Bird, Common. B. 

 Canadian Warbler, Common. 

 Am. Redstart, Common. B. 



2 Blue-winged Yellow Warbler Rare.M. 



3 Wilson's Warbler, Rare. M. 



1 Connecticut Warbler, Rare. M. 

 Red-eyed Vireo, Common. B. 



1 Warbling Vireo, Rare. 

 Purple Finch, Common. B. 

 Am. Cross-bill, Uncommon. M. 

 American Goldfinch, Common. B. 

 Vesper Sparrow, Common. B. 



2 White-crowned Sparrow, Rare. M. 

 White-throated Sparrow, Common. B. 

 Chipping Sparrow, Abundant. B. 



8 Field Sparrow, Uncommon. 

 State-colored Junco, Common. B. 

 Song Sparrow, Uncommon. B. 

 Indigo Bunting, Uncommon. B. 



3 Meadow Lark, Rare. 

 Rusty Grackle, Common. M. 



3 Purple Grackle, Rare. M. 

 Blue Jay, Common. B. 



8 Canada Jay, Uncommon. M. 

 American Crow, Abundant. B. 

 Kingbird, Uncommon, B. 

 Phoebe, Uncommon. B. 

 Wood Pewee, Common. B. 

 1 Acadian Flycatcher, Rare. M. 



4 Least Flycatcher, Rare. 

 Downy Woodpecker, Common. B. 



nieated Woodpecker' Rare. 



2 Red-headed Woodpecker, Rare. 

 Flicker, Common. M. (B.) 

 Whip-poor-will, heard some. 

 Night Hawk, Comnnni. B. 

 Chimney Swift, Uncommon. 



3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rare. 

 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Rare. 



1 Black-!)illed Cuckoo, Rare. 

 3 Kingiisher, Rare. 



Sora; Cartdina Rail, Common. B. 



2 Marsh Harrier, Rare. 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk, Common. 

 5 Cooper's Hawk, Uncommon. 



3 American Goshawk, Rare. 

 7 Broad-winged Hawk, Rare. 

 3 Bald Eagle, Uncommon. 

 Sparrow Hawk, Common. B. 

 American Osprey, Common. 



1 Barred Owl, Rare. 

 Passenger Pigeon, Common. M. 

 Wood Duck, Rare. M. 

 Wilscni's Snipe, Common. M. 



2 American Woodcock, Rare. M. 

 1 Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Rare. 

 Spotted Sandpiper, Common. B. 

 American Herring Gull, Common. M. 

 Ring-billed Gull, Uncommon. M. 



3 Kittiwake Gull, Rare. M. 

 Caspian Tern, Common. M. 

 Royal Tern, Common. M. 

 Great Blue Heron, Rare. M. 



Total, 101 species of which 41 breed 

 and 32 were observed only as migrants. 



Among the Gulls on Isle Royale. 



IsleRoyale,of Lake Superior, is a long- 

 narrow island surrounded by small 

 barren rocks rising seven or eight feet - 

 out of the water. These rocks prove 

 an excellent home for the American 

 Herring Gull and immense numbers 

 come here every summer, to rear their 

 young. As the island is only inhabited 

 by fishermen, the birds are rarely mo- 

 lested; the men gathering only a few 

 eggs for their own use. Although the 

 birds are found all around the island, 

 in more or less numbers, they have two 

 or three places Avhere they form large 

 colonies, such for instance is Gull Is- 

 land, at the north-eastern extremity of 

 of the main island and the Gull Rocks 

 along the northern coast. 



It was my good fortune to make a 

 trip to this island last season and carry 



