MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB oN 
ROUGH WINGED SWALLOW. 
May 7 Mr. B. H. Swales and myself discovered a small colony of about six 
individuals of Rough-winged Swallows excavating the banks of the Huron 
River, in Wayne County. Mr. Saunders, of London, Ont., tells us that this 
species is really not as rare as is generally supposed in his locality, and that 
nearly every colony of Bank Swallows has a few Rough-wings amongst them. 
It is quite possible that this species may prove the same way here. In life it 
is so difficult to separate the two species that the Rough-wings are very 
apt to escape notice. It is a good idea to scrutinize all flocks of Bank Swal- 
lows closely. The Rough-winged Swallow is a little larger than the other. 
It is said also that the entrance to its nest is round instead of being oval like 
that of the Bank Swallow. P. A. TAVERNER. 
PINE SESKIN- IN WEELINGITON COUNTY, ONT: 
May 7th, 1905. Have just taken a nest of Pine Siskins from a tall balsam 
in a grove near this city. Nest contained two eggs of Siskin and two of 
Cowbird. It was placed in the little clump of small branches and twigs at 
the end of a horizontal limb about twenty-five feet from the ground. This 
is the first nest of this species that I know of from this locality. 
Guelph, Ont. F. NorMAN BEATTIE. 
Mr. A. B. Klugh, of Guelph, informs me that he has seen several pairs of 
Siskins in same locality as above carrying nesting material and thinks it 
probable that a number are breeding there. P. A. TAVERNER. 
KIRTEAND’S WARBLER: 
Early in the morning of May 6 Mr. R. A. Brown and Mr. Wood were 
at the “Overflow,” along the Huron River, whe to their surprise they heard 
the song of this bird, with which both were familiar. Mr. Brown entered the 
willow swamp in search of the singer, and approached near enough to identify 
it as an adult male of Kirtland’s Warbler. Both observers are familiar with 
the bird in its summer home, so that there can be no doubt as to the identity 
of the bird. This is the second male and the fifth bird recorded from the 
vicinity of Ann Arbor, and eight days earlier than the previous records. 
Ann Arbor, Mich. N. A. Woon. 
PERSONAL NOTES. 
The Great Lakes region will be represented at the International Orni- 
thologists’ Congress to be held early this summer in England, by Mr. 
J. H. Fleming, of London, Ont. Mr. Fleming sails in company with Dr. 
Jonathan Dwight, Jr., May 26th, on one of the new turbine steamers, via 
Gulf of St. Lawrence, which at this season of the year is unrivaled for 
observing water birds—fog permitting. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chapman are 
scheduled to leave on the 13th, together with Otto Widmann and wife. Among 
the treats not on the official programme which Mr. Fleming is to-enjoy is a 
visit to Bowlder Sharpe’s country place in the vicinity of Selbourne—the 
Selbourne made classical by White and his best beloved o fnatural histories. 
