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Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



dozen to thirty or forty. They become 

 very fat in the fall, often feeding on the 

 same grounds with the Wilson's Snipe. 

 They are excellent eating when well 

 cooked. 



44-242. T. minutilla Vieill. Least 

 Sandpiper. Common in spring and fall. 



45-243a. T. alpina pacifica (Cones). 

 Red-backed Sandpiper. Frequently seen 

 on the south and east shores of the Island 

 in the fall. 



46-248. Calidris arenaria (Linn.). 

 Sanderling. Observed on the east shore 

 of the Island in the spring of 1893. 



4Y-254. Totanus melanoleucus 

 (Gmel.). Greater Yellow-legs. Com- 

 mon in spring and fall. 



48-255. T. flavipes {Gmel.). Yellow- 

 legs. Also common in spring and fall. 

 Found in the same localities as the larger 

 species. 



49-263. Actitis macularia (Linn.). 

 Spotted Sandpiper. Very common ; 

 breeds. I found a number of nests on 

 Crescent Key, and also on Two-tree Island 

 and Mud Lake. 



50-272. Charadrius dominicus 

 American Golden Plover. Quite com- 

 mon in pairs or small flocks, in spring and 

 fall. An excellent table bird. 



51-273. jSUgialitis vocifera (Linn.). 

 Killdeer. A common bird along the 

 shores and inland ; breeds. 



52-274. M. semipalmata Bona/p. 

 Semipalmated Plover. A much smaller 

 species. Two or three are usually seen 

 together ; never very common. 



53-283. Arenaria interpres (Linn,). 

 Turnstone. I killed a number of these 

 birds in the fall of 1894, on the eastern 

 shore of the Island ; also saw them quite 

 plentiful on Crescent Key, on the west 

 side. I found them very agreeable eating, 

 as they were very fat. 



54-298. Dendragapus canadensis 

 {Linn.). Canada Grouse. The first of 

 these birds that I secured was in October, 

 1894, which 1 shot near the interior of the 

 Island. It was a male in excellent 

 plumage. I mounted it in good form, and 

 it is now one of my finest specimens. 

 There are a few on the Island, but I do 

 not call them common by any means. On 

 the mainland on both sides of the St. 

 Mary's River they are reported as very 

 common, and many of them are annually 

 killed for the market. 



55-300. Bonasa umbellus (Linn.). 

 Ruffed Grouse. Very common through- 

 out the Island. 



56-315. Ectopistes migratorms 

 (Linn.). Wild Pigeon. Engineer Balch, 

 of the U. S. Survey, repartee! to me that 

 he saw one on the mainland opposite the 

 Island, in October, 1894. 



57-316. Zenaidura macroura(Z^Vm.). 

 Mourning Dove. Occasionally seen in 

 the summer. No nests were found, but I 

 presume it breeds sparingly. 



[to be continued.] 



Mr. Norman A. Wood records the capture of a 

 Swainson's Hawk {Buteo Szvainsonis) by himself, in 

 Chebovgan Co., Mich., in Oct. 1883.— "The Auk," 

 April, 1897. 



Mr. James B. Purdy of Plymouth, Mich., also 

 gives, in April, "The Auk," a very interesting 

 account of the taking of a nest of Henslow's Bunting 

 [Ammodramus benslozvi) on July 27, 1893. The bird 

 was secured to make certain the identification, and 

 presented to the United States National Museum 

 (accession No. 30409). 



Mr. Gerard Abbott of Hillsdale, has an interesting 

 note on the Least Bittern in "The Nidologist" for 

 April. 



To Good To Keep. 



Brother Members, 



I have something which is too good to keep, to tell 

 you, (that is if our Editor-in-Chief, does not get hold 

 of it.) The fact is that our Editor-in-Chief, drove 

 to my home for the express purpose of robbing a 

 Great Horned OwPs nest which I had previously 

 located, and as he arrived rather late in the afternoon 

 we made all possible haste for the forest, and before 

 getting to our tree had to wade or jump, or both, 

 several swampy streams and pools. Coupled with 

 this there were ominous flashes of lightning and heavy 

 peals of thunder and it began to rain, all of which 

 rather unnerved our Chief. We arrived at the tree, 

 which was three feet through and forty feet to a limb, 

 and as (we all knew) defeat would break his heart, 

 he at once began the climb, but as I said, his grit 

 was oozing — Mrs. Owl was surely trembling in her 

 claws. He kept going up until he was about fifteen 

 feet from the ground, when casting one eye to the 

 threatening west, 'mid the gathering gloom and 

 rushing water, grit, grip and all were gone and he 

 dropped. The shock must have been great. He did 

 not say anything, nor I either, but I guess he does 

 not like bark very well, as he was spitting out great 

 chunks of it which he had bitten out in coming 

 down. Those Owl's eggs are still in a state of incu- 

 bation and Mrs. Owl is trembling no more. 



GEO. J. FRIEDEICH. 



Hazel Valley Farm, Brooklyn. 



What a calamity it is to be in charge of a paper 

 which belongs to its patrons and not to its editor. 

 BUT — No one twitted me on that occasion of being 

 "up a stump.'' — Ed. 



