Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



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The result of the trip East of Mr. Norman A. 

 Wood for the purpose of studying the newer methods 

 of preparing and arranging mounted specimens amid 

 natural surroundings, is already productive of grand 

 results in Michigan University Museum. Call and 

 see and perhaps Mr. Wood will give you a button- 

 hole boquet of his own make. 



Hon. Chase S. Osborn, Sault Ste. Marie, State 

 Game and Fish Warden of Michigan, has done 

 valiant service in his untiring energy in the protec- 

 tion of our native fish and game this fall, and thanks 

 are due him from every member of the Club. 



Mr. Geo. H. Walker, Belvidere, 111., has favored 

 the committee on bird migration with very valuable 

 notes on several species continuously for many years, 

 beginning with notes from his grandfather's records. 



Dr. Morris Gibbs, the famous "Scolopax," is now 

 issuing in American Field a series of articles upon 

 Game Birds of the Great Lakes, which alone are worth 

 the subscription to that great weekly exponent of 

 the sportman's interests in America. 



Chief Simon Pokagon of the Pottawattamies has 

 one of his appealingly elqouent and very accurate 

 articles entitled, "The Wild Pigeon of North 

 America," in The Chautauquan, Vol. XXII, No. 2. 



Frank B. Webster Co., Hyde Park. Mass., will 

 give a reward of $10.00 to the party who enables 

 them to procure a Black-capped Petrel. This 

 amount in addition to what they pay for the specimen. 



Mr. Norman A. Wood of Ann Arbor, has several 

 tine specimens of American Rough-legged Hawk, 

 sent him to be sold at $1.00 per skin. They were 

 killed at New Baltimore, Macomb Co. 



If you want an English Setter, and one that will 

 suit you, we suggest that you inquire of Mr. A. B. 

 Covert of Ann Arbor, before you buy one — he some- 

 times has one to spare. 



Mr. E. W. Durfee visited his old home at 

 Plymouth, Michigan, during January, and incident- 

 ally called on Messrs. J. B. Purdy and Robert C. 

 Alexander. 



The editor-in-chief acknowledges the generous 

 gift from Mr. L. J. Cole of a fine skin of Baird's 

 Sandpiper ( Tringa Bairdii Coues). It was taken 

 by him Aug. 24th, 1896, at Spring Lake, Ottawa 

 County. Michigan. 



RECORD OF MEETINGS. 



January 8, 1897. — The first regular 

 monthly meeting of the Club for the year 

 was called to order at eight o'clock Avith the 

 President in the chair. The Librarian 

 reported 270 catalogued books and period- 

 icals in the library. Mr. Chas. L. Cass 

 of Hillsdale was elected an active member 

 of the Club. The managing editors of the 

 bulletin reported that it was hoped that 

 they might bring out the first issue of the 

 paper during February. Mr. Mulliken 

 read an invitation from the Cooper Ornith- 



ological Club of California, to be present 

 at their Annual Assembly to be held at 

 San Jose. 



A paper entitled, "A Trip to Grassy 

 Island," by Mr. B. H. Swales, was read 

 by Mr. Read in the absence of the author. 

 Mr. Swales' paper gave a very interesting 

 account of the difficulties connected with 

 collecting the eggs of some of the marsh 

 birds, and gave notes on their nesting 

 habits. Considerable discussion followed 

 as to whether the different species of rails 

 ever lav in the same nest, and final lv it was 

 decided that in all probability they do. 



February 12, 1897. — After the reading of 

 the minutes of the last meeting, the Treas- 

 urer's report was read. Dues for '97 are 

 coming" in, but there are still a few out 

 for '96. 



The Librarian reported the receipt of 

 the following during the past month : 

 "Hawks and Owls from the Standpoint of 

 the Farmer," "The Crow Blackbirds and 

 their Food," "Bird Day in the Schools," 

 "The Osprey" of Oct. and Dec, '96, and 

 Jan., '97, and "A Preliminary List of the 

 Birds of Wayne Co., Ohio," a Bulletin of 

 the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The following were elected members : 

 Honorary, Dr. Manly Miles, Mr. A. H. 

 Boies and Chief Simon Pokagon ; active, 

 Judge J. H. Steere, Sault Ste. Marie, and 

 James B. Purdv, Plvmouth ; and associate, 

 Robt. C. Alexander, Plymouth, and Chas. 

 V. Hay, Houston, Texas. 



Mr. Durfee presented the Club Avith the 

 following sets of eggs : One set of three 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1-4 Cooper's Hawk, 

 1-3 Marsh Hawk. 1-5 Burrowing OavI, 

 1-10 Florida Gallinule, 1-12 Sora, 1-1 

 Cliff SAvalloAv, 1-3 Vesper SparroAv, 1-3 

 Warbling Vireo, 1-3 Traill's Flycatcher, 

 1-3 Acadian Flycatcher, 1-2 Wood Pewee, 

 1-3 Scarlet Tanager, 1—1 Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher, 1-3 Red-headed Woodpecker, 1-6 

 Flicker, 1-3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1-3 

 Baltimore Oriole, 1-5 Chickadee, 1-2 

 Black-billed Cuckoo, 1-2 Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo, 1-3 Indigo Bunting, 1—t Towhee, 

 1-4 Field Sparrow, 1-3 Lark Sparrow, 

 1—t Russet-backed Thrush, 1—t Wilson's 

 Thrush, 1-4 Wood Thrush, 1-2 OA T enbird, 



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Magnolia W arbler 



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Maryland 



Yellow-throat, and 1-3 Prairie Horned 

 Lark. 



"The Pied-billed Grebe,' written by 



