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Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



Mr. W. A Davidson and read by Mr. 

 Mulliken, was the first paper. Mr. 

 Davidson gave the Grebe as a common 

 summer resident near Detroit, where it 

 breeds abundantly. He says that they 

 are very shy, and that he has never found 

 the parent bird on the nest. He tried an 

 experiment with some young birds to 

 prove a statement which he had heard, 

 that they would sink under the water 

 backwards. The birds he had persisted 

 in going head lirst. In the discussion that 

 followed, Mr. Durfee and Mr. Laraway 

 said they had seen Grebes sink slowly 

 down till only their bills were above the 

 water. 



Following this was a paper by Mr. 

 Norman A. Wood, who gave many 

 practical hints as to what could yet be 

 accomplished in the study of the birds of 

 Michigan. 



The program was concluded by a paper 

 entitled, "Nesting Habits of the House 

 Wren," by Mr. A. B. Durfee. Many 

 peculiar nesting places of the Wren Avere 

 mentioned, one of the most interesting of 

 which was a nest in a ball of twine which 

 had been used from the middle, leaving a 

 sort of hollow sphere. After a general 

 talk on Wrens the meeting adjourned. 



Leon J. Cole, 



Secretary. 



Officers and Committees 



OF THE 

 MICHIGAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



1897. 



President, A. B. DURFEE. 

 Vice-President, W. A. DAVIDSON. 

 Secretary, LEON J. COLE. 

 Treasurer, ESTELLE O. KELSEY. 

 Librarian, BURTON R. LARAWAY. 



PROGRAMME COMMITTEE. 



B. Hall Swales, Chairman, Lotan C. Reed, 



C. Morton Ay res. 



COLLECTION COMMITTEE. 



C. A. Whittemore, Chairman, Percy Selons, 



Horace F. Jones. 



MIGRATION COMMITTEE. 



L. Whitney Watkins, Chairman, 



W. Earle Mulliken, Thos. L. Hankinson, 



Mark B. Mills, Chase S. Osborn. 



Membership Roll. 



February, 1897. 

 (Unless otherwise given, the residence is in Michigan.) 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



" x "*Barrows, Prof. W. B., Mich. Agricultural College. 

 * Boies, Maj. A. H., Hudson. 



"Cook, Prof. A. J., Pomona Coll., Claremont, Cala. 

 Covert, Adolphe B., U. of M. Museum, Ann Arbor. 

 Gibbs, Dr. Morris, Kalamazoo. 

 Miles, Dr. Manly, Lansing. 

 Pokagon, Chief Simon, Hartford. 

 "Steere, Dr. J. B., Ann Arbor. 



ACTIVE MEEBERS. 



Ayres, C. Morton, Sault Ste. Marie. 



Baker, Henry B. , Jr. , 726 Ottawa St. , Lansing. 



Bancher, Edward, Jackson. 



Barlow, Claud, Greenville. 



Bessmer, Gottlieb, Hastings. 



Cass, Chas. L., Hillsdale. 



"Cole, Leon J., 27 Lake St , Grand Rapids. 



Davidson, W. A., 383 Morrell St., Detroit, 



Drake, L. M., Maiden, Mass. 



Durfee, A. B. , 759 Wealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. 



t Fitch, Roy G., Grand Rapids. 



Hankinson, T. L., Michigan Agricultural College. 



Hayden, Wm. A., Jackson. 



Jones, A. H., Greenville. 



Jones, H. F. , 275J Lyon St. , Grand Rapids. 



Karshner, Clyde, Big Rapids. 



Kelsey, Mrs. Estelle O., Holmcroft. Grosse He. 



Laraway, .Burton R., 50 S. Union St., Grand Rapids. 



Mills, Mark B., Register of Deeds Office, Adrian. 



Mulliken, W. E., 191 First Ave., Grand Rapids. 



Newton, Robert R., 152 Charles St., Grand Rapids. 



"-"Osborn, Chase S., Sault Ste. Marie. 



Pieters, Mrs. H. M., Washington, D. C. 



" :: "Purdy, James B., Plymouth. 



Read, Lotan C , Michigan Soldiers' Home P. O. 



Selous, Percy, Greenville. 



" x Steere, Judge Joseph H., Sault Ste. Marie. 



Stockman, A. H, Arcadia. 



Swales, B. Hall, S. A. E. House, Ann Arbor. 



Walker, Bryant, 18 Moffat Bid., Detroit. 



Watkins, L. D., Manchester. 



" ;f Watkins, L. Whitney, Manchester. 



White, T. Gilbert, 2 Waverly Place, Grand Rapids. 



Whittemore, Prof. C. A., 656 Madison Ave., Grand 



Rapids. 

 Whiting, Clarence K., 224 School St., Grand Rapids. 

 Wolcott, Dr. Robt. H., Univ. of Neb., Lincoln, Neb. 

 Wood, Norman A., Univ. of Mich. Museum, Ann 



Arbor. 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 



Alexander, Robert C, Plymouth. 



Bracket!, Lewis. Big Rapids. 



Clarkson, Mrs. Emma S., 13 S. 5th Ave., Ann Arbor. 



Durfee, E. W., Lordsburg, N. Mex. 



Fredricks, Geo. J., Brooklyn. 



Hay, Chas. V., 1807 Texas Ave., Houston, Tex. 



Hunt, Lynn B., 1109 E. Porter St., Albion. 



Clones, Lynds, Oberlin Coll. Museum, Oberlin, O. 



Joslin, Roy. Big Rapids. 



Lewis, D. J., Ganges. 



Rath, Henry, Ludington. 



Stuart, Friant, 3639 Vincennes Ave. , Chicago, 111. 



Stuart, Harold, 3639 Vincennes Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Stuart, W. H, 3639 Vincenues Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Walker, Geo, H. Belvidere, 111. 



AVatkins, Harry C, 14 Williams St., Ann Arbor. 



*Member of the American Ornithologists 1 Union. 

 **Active member A. O. U. 

 tDied July 18, 1895. 



