28 Bulletin of the 



NOTES ON THE BLACK TERN. 



The following arc extracts from my note book : 



June 17th. 1900 — Mouth of Middle Channel, St. Clair F'ats. I found a 

 nest containing six Black Tern eggs, which could be easily separated into 

 two sets of three, as two distinct types of eggs were represented. My brother 

 took a nest of six eggs from this same island in 1899. This island is about 

 100 by 200 feet. Total nests for island were: Black Tern 14, Pied-billed 

 Grebe 2, Florida Gallinule 2, Common Tern 3, Least Bittern 1, Long-billed 

 Marsh Wren 4. 



June i6tli, 1901 — Mouth of Middle Channel, St. Clair Flats. Took another 

 nest of six Black Tern eggs from this island. These were also the property 

 of two birds, ground color brown in three and remainder greenish, former 

 under size and blunt, latter normal. Remarks: The six of 1900 were far 

 advanced, so did not take them. Sets of four are much rarer than six and 

 the few we have found were undoubtedly deposited by a single bird. 



Detroit, Mich. Walter C. Wood. 



• A LONE FISHER. 



Surprises are always a joy to the bird-student, and especially in the Win- 

 ter, when our local bird fauna is so limited. 



On Jan. 14th of this year I received the greatest surprise of the season 

 in the form of a Belted Kingfisher in the Water Works Park of this city. 

 It semed very funny to see a bird which we associate with a June camp, 

 flying around when the ground was covered with snow and the river with 

 ice. Why he should stay at this dreary place during our long cold winter 

 months is indeed a puzzle to me, the only feeding place which he could find 

 being a small canal into which empties the warm, water from the water works, 

 and therefore does not freeze over. C. F. Freirurger, Jr., 



Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21, 1903. 



PERSONALS 



Leon J. Cole is studying in Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Cole writes that he 

 still considers himself a Michigander, and expects to be with us during 

 our Summer meetings. 



Mr. Herbert E. Sargent has been elected curator of the Kent Museum 

 at Grand Rapids. 



Hon. Chase S. Osborn. of Sault Ste. Marie, is now traveling in Europe. 

 We have confidence in believing that he will upon his return join the ranks 

 of the M. O. C, and give it his cordial support, as heretofore. 



