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three to eight of this form were continually about the village and 

 we counted thirty on the 28th and' aji average of nine a day un- 

 til November 5, when twenty were counted and these followed the 

 large flock of alpcstris. During the earlier part of our stay an 

 occasional flock came to the hill from the south or departed east 

 for the cultivated district near Lake Huron, but the general trend 

 was north to south. 



24. Cyanocitta cristata cristata. — Blue Jay. From two to ten 

 jays were seen daily in the vicinity of Lincoln. The majority of 

 these were single birds and more than a pair was rare. They 

 were all working in a southerly direction until the last few days 

 of our stay, when they appeared to be congregating in the ever- 

 green swamps in flocks of ten to twelve, where they doubtless oc- 

 cur all winter. An average of ten per day passed along the south 

 shore of Hubbard lake and thence up the West Branch. 



25. Corvus 'bracliyrliynclws brachyrhynchos. — Crow. On Octo- 

 ber 7 we saw a flock of nearly fifty flying south about two miles 

 east of " mud pond " ; also, two single birds on the 8th and six 

 on the 10th, going south over the village. Thus ended the migra- 

 tion before it had begun down in Wayne County, and incidentally 

 we wish to state that a flock exceeding one thousand entered the 

 latter county from Ontario on November 18, 1912, and the next 

 day a flock of twenty concluded the autumn migration in that lo- 

 cality or two days less than six weeks later than in Alcona County. 



26. SturneUa magna magna. — Meadowlark. From the car win- 

 dow on October 5 we saw a flock of about twenty at Handy sta- 

 tion fourteen miles south of Lincoln. Four were seen on October 

 13 in " the settlement " while driving to Hubbard lake and three 

 were noted in Mikado village on the 27th. 



27. Euphwgus carolinns. — Rusty Blackbird. We saw three in 

 the village on October 11 and two flocks, or about forty birds, 

 among the dead trees on the West Branch on the 14th. 



28. Quiscalus quiscula ceneus. — Bronzed Grackle. Three were 

 flying northeast over Sec. 6, Harrisville Township, on October 28. 



29. Astragalinus tristis tristis. — Goldfinch. On October 31 we 

 located a flock of twelve in the aspens bordering Brownlee lake. 

 They flew northwest towards the hardwood forest and a single in- 

 dividual was flying over this forest and uttering the characteristic 

 flight note on November 11. 



30. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. — Snow Bunting. The first 

 snowfall occurred on October 23. but the snow melted as it fell. 

 On the 26th a flock of about 100 Snow Buntings passed over the 

 village headed due south and we expected lowering temperature 

 and snow storms, but it continued clear and became warmer. On 

 the 31st a flock of about 150 passed over the village on a course 



