152 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 84. 



SOME LAKE ERIE SUMMER NOTES. 



Studies of the feeding of Bestlings in a dozen different nests of 

 nine different species proved that all of the birds fed May-flies to 

 their young in larger proportion man any other food. The May- 

 flies were by far the most numerous insects in the vicinity of Lalie- 

 side, Ottawa county, where the studies were carried on. 



In the woods north of the Marblehead lighthouse, a White- 

 throated Sparrow was found breeding. One was found breeding at 

 Cedar Point in 1911. 



In the marshes in the vicinity of Sandusky, the Black Terns 

 built their nests upon floating boards or other timber, almost with- 

 out exception. This may have been due to the b^gh water. 



