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ANOTHER KIRTLAND'S WARBLER FROM MICHIGAN. 



On the 15th of June, 1903, while on a fishing trip on the Au Sable river, 

 in Oscoda County, Mr. Thomas Gale and I secured a male specimen of 

 Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandi Baird). My attention had been 

 attracted earlier in the day by a strange bird-song, which I found to proceed 

 from a warbler with which I was unfamiliar. At this time I saw two of the 

 birds, apparently both males, but was unable to take either of them. During 

 the morning we drove with Mr. J. A. Parmalee to the north branch of the 

 Au Sable in Crawford County, a distance of seven miles. We heard the 

 song at several places along the road, and at last saw one of the birds singing 

 on a pine stump in a slashing close to the border of Crawford County. Mr. 

 Gale shot the bird, which proved to be a male. This is the only summer 

 specimen recorded from Michigan. The skin is now in the collection of the 

 University of Michigan Museum. Earl H. Frothingham. 



Museum, University of Michigan, Ami Arbor, Mich. 



MINUTES OF CLUB MEETINGS. 



The annual meeting was held March 27 at Ann Arbor in the University 

 of Michigan Museum. About thirty members were present, together with a 

 number of visitors. Business meeting called by Pres. Covert at 11 a. m. Mr. 

 Blain spoke on the aim and purpose of the Bulletin. A general discussion 

 followed as to the cost and plans for our journal. 



P. M. Session called at 1.30. The first paper was by Adolphe B. Covert 

 on "The Life Zones of Michigan.'' This was illustrated by a bas-relief map 

 of the state showing the various zones in reference to their bird-faunas. Dis- 

 cussion followed by Prof. Walter B. Barrow>. 



Chas. C. Adams read a paper entitled "Notes on the Origin and Fauna 

 of Lower Michigan." This was illustrated by many maps. A general discus- 

 sion followed on various bird subjects, which took up most of the afternoon. 

 In the meantime a short recess was taken to allow the committee on Geological 

 Distribution to meet. The committee report was given by Mr. Adams (see 

 page 29, March issue). 



April - J 3rd. — The meeting was held at the Detroit Museum of Art. Owing 

 to the weather the meeting adjourned as a quorum was not present. 



May 1. — Meeting held at the Detroit Museum of Art. Fourteen members 

 present. President Covert in the chair. J. Claire Wood read a paper en- 

 titled the "Blue-jay in Autum," which illustrated many of the characters of 

 this interesting bird. A. W. Blain, Jr., read a paper on "Five Days of Ob- 

 servation on the Birds of Elmwood" (a Detroit Cemetery) [April 27, 28, 29, 

 30, May 1] in which he gave the arrival dates of many species as well as many 

 other notes of interest. Among others he recorded the capture of a male and 

 female Palm Warbler — one of the rarest of local warblers. This was fol- 

 lowed by notes by J. Claire Wood on birds noted during the same time in the 

 western part of Wayne County. "Bird Observation" by Dr. Morris Gibbs 

 was read by Mr. Blain in the absence of its author. Discussion followed by 

 Messrs. Covert, Wood, Blain and Swales. 



Bradshaw H. Swales. 



Secretary. 



