MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 5 
Ayres; casually east to Massachusetts. 
IVisconsin—Not uncommon—20 records cited and more inferred. 
Indiana—No records. 
Michigan—1 Hillsdale Co.; 1Ann Arbor; 1 Genesee Co.; several Wayne 
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Ontario—3 specimens for Toronto. 
Quebec—A few examples taken. 
AMERICAN MAGPIE. 
Habitat—Northern and Western North America; casually East and South 
to Michigan (accidental in Northern Illinois in winter) and the plains, 
and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Arizona. 
Wisconsin—6 birds recorded. 
Indiana—No records. 
Michigan—Of doubtful occurrence in state—no records. 
Ohio—No records. 
Ontario—1 Port Sidney; several Kingston; - Odessa; common resident 
Copper Cliffs, Lake Superior. 
LECONTE’S SPARROW. 
Habitat—Prairie marshes of Mississippi Valley and Central British Province. 
Breeding from Minnesota (N. and W.), Illinois, South Dakota, etc., to 
Assinaboia and Manitoba; in winter south to Gulf States and Coast of 
South Carolina. 
Wisconsin—Irregularly and locally very common. 
Indiana—A dozen or so in west central Indiana. 
Michigan—One record, Ann Arbor. 
Ohio—No record. 
Ontario—1 Toronto. 
NELSON’S SPARROW. 
Habitat—Manitoba and the Dakotas, Minnesota, western Wisconsin, Ne- 
braska and Iowa and northern Illinois. South in winter to the Gulf 
States. 
Wisconsin—Last 12 years exceedingly abundant about Lake Koshkonong. 
Indiana—Observed in northwestern part of state. 
Michigan—One record for Wayne Co. 
Ohio—One record for extreme northeastern corner of state. 
Ontario—About 10 records for Toronto. 
Pennsylvania—-Common fall migrant, Erie, Presque Isle Co. 
From the above records it will be seen that many of these species are 
more or less common migrants and residents through Wisconsin and northern 
Illinois. Also that northwestern Indiana gets a considerable number and 
northeastern Ohio a few, while the space between these two latter points is 
almost barren of them. The Lower Peninsular of Michigan has very few 
records, and most of them are in the southeastern corner of the state. For 
the Northern Peninsular, as I said before, our records are rather scanty, 
but what we have indicate a dearth of these northwestern forms just 
where we would expect to find them more plentiful. 
{t seems evident then, that these birds do not cross Michigan to reach 
southeastern Ontario, and another route must be sought for. As there is 
