380 MICHIGAN SURVEY, 1908. 



Rocky Mountains and sub Arctic districts, and wintering in the Gulf 

 States, Mexico and Central America. Accidental in Europe. 



Station : AYashington Harbor, clearings, I, '04. 



Migration : September 18 on. 



Large flocks of the American Pipit appeared in the first clearing at 

 Washington Harbor on September 19. More also came on the next two 

 succeeding days and probably continued to come, but on the 21st I left 

 the island for the south. They came in flocks numbering from 30 to 

 150 and 200. The grassy clearing was preferred to the plowed area, 

 possibly because it ofl'ered many more insects at this time of year. 

 Small seeds, probably of the wild grasses, were found in some of the 

 stomachs. The birds as a rule were not shy, even flying around one's 

 head and alighting within a few feet after being shot at. Wlie<n in 

 the long grass it was sometimes difficult at a distance to distinguish 

 them from Palm Warblers, as the latter has mu^h the same colored 

 back, and often resorted to the same places to feed. On the open 

 ground of course there was no such difficulty. Even when in the field 

 the exceedingly long hind toe nail is very conspicuous. The Pipits 

 Avere very nervous in their actions, only feeding in the same place a 

 few moments at a time and then rising up in a scattered flock they drew 

 close together into one compact mass of whirling birds and flying a 

 short distance would wheel around and return to the same location. 



101. Oaleoscoptes earolinensis (704). Catbird. 



Range : Eastern United States and British Provinces west to and 

 including the Rocky Mountains; occasional on the Pacific coast, from 

 British Columbia south to Central California. Breeds from the 

 Gulf States northward to the Saskatchewan. Winters in the southern 

 states, Cuba, and Middle America to Panama, Bermuda, resident. Ac- 

 cidental in Europe. 



Stations : Washington Harbor, forest near river, II, 1. 



Migration : September 12. 



Only one individual of this species was seen during the two years 

 of work here. Late in the afternoon of September 12 I took a single 

 specimen as it was passing through a dense thicket of mixed alder, 

 birch and balsam on the steep banks near the river. 

 . 102. OlbiorchiJus liicnMiJis (722). Winter Wren. 



Range: Eastern Korth America generally, breeding from the north- 

 ern parts of the United States northward, and in the Alleghanies south 

 to North Carolina, and wintering from about its southern breeding 

 limit southward. 



Stations: Rock Harbor, Tamarack and Arbor Yitae swamps, I, 4; 

 III, 5; burned clearing near I, 1; thick undergrowth 

 along Benson Brook, II. 1 ; Tamarack and spruce forest, 

 II, 2, 5. 

 Siskowit Bay, forest, Y, 4. 

 Washington Harbor, forest near river, II, '04. 



Resident: July 13 to September 18. 



Tlipse little birds were very partial to the tamarack and cedar swamps 

 where they would be heard singing from the very tops of the tallest 

 trees. They were often found in a small tamarack swamp (II, 2) at 

 the west end of Rock Harbor and in the tamarack swamps around Sum- 



