Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



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Brunnick's Murre, Uria I omtia (Linn.)- 



Picked up in a d3'in°; condition on Flat River, near Green- 

 ville, Michigan, by Mr. Percy Selous. 

 See Auk, Vol. XII, No. 4, page 337. 

 Photo from mounted specimen by T. L. Hankinson. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Editor of Bulletin : 



Dear Sir: — Allow me to add another in- 

 stance of the capture of Uria troile to the 

 one given in your January issue. This 

 one is still more remarkable for the reason 

 that it occurred on Lake Erie. 



December 18, 1896, a Murre, Uria troile, 

 was taken on Lake Erie, several miles out 

 from Mentor. Two were seen, but only 

 one taken. The specimen is in the pos- 

 session of Mr. Henry F. Lapham, Paines- 

 ville, Ohio. Does anyone know of another 

 instance of this bird being observed on 

 Lake Erie ? J. M. Keck. 



Mentor, O., March 3, 1897. 



The above specimen has been purchased by 

 Oberlin College Museum, and found by Lynds Jones, 

 curator, to be an immature specimen of Uria lomvia, 

 Brunnick's Murre. (See Bulletin No. 13, Wilson 

 Ornithological Chapter, Agassiz Association.) 



Uria lomvia Again. 



In a letter received from Mr. A. Kay, 

 Port Sydney, Muskoka, Ontario, he 

 reports collecting, Dec. 18, 1896, a speci- 

 men of Uria lomvia, in a dying condition, 



the only one he has ever seen in that part 

 of the country, where he has collected for 

 twelve or fifteen vears. I secured one 

 that was shot in the Detroit river, just 

 below Detroit, on Dec. 19, 1896. I also 

 know of another one being shot on the 

 same date about eight miles below Detroit, 

 which is now in the possession of a French- 

 man who lives near where it was shot. 

 The Detroit river specimens are probably 

 part of the flock observed near Gibralter, 

 Mich., and reported in the Bulletin of 

 January. I cannot account for the Port 

 Sydney specimen, as there are no large 

 lakes or rivers near there. 



Have any others been observed ? 



It would be interesting to trace these 

 rare visitors, if we could. 



W. P. Melville. 



Windsor, Out. 



P. S. I do not notice any change in the 

 numbers of the English Sparrow, P. 

 domesticatus, in this locality, in the 

 five vears I have been here. — M. 



I write to have you make a correction 

 in your April Bulletin. The name of the 

 gentleman who sent the bird is Mr. John 

 Bortle of River Rouge, and the bird is 

 Uria lomvia instead of U. troile. I had 

 no others to compare it with, and really, 

 the only difference is a slight one in regard 

 to length of bill. 



We have finished cataloguing the birds 

 in the Museum and find we have 3,675 

 skins, 1,525 mounted birds, or a total of 

 5,200. Our next work is to label and 

 catalogue the mammals. 



Norm am A. Wood. 



University of Michigan Museum. 



January 9, 1897, Messrs. Cole, Durfee, 

 and n^self took a Song Sparrow at Grand 

 Rapids. It was in a flock of Tree Spar- 

 rows and apparently in good health. 

 Rather unusual. 



W. Earle Mulliken. 



I took a Song Sparrow on Jan. 17, 1894, 

 at the outlet from Watkins Lake. It was 

 hiding among the rushes — was very fat 

 and exceeding shy. — L. W. W. 



The American Goshawk in 

 Jackson Co. 



Mr. Harvey H. Raby of Norvell, killed 

 a fine adult specimen of the Am. Goshawk, 



