April, 1901] 
Griggs — Notes on Bird Life. 
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Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.). Crested Flycatcher, breeds. 
Contopus virens (Linn.). Wood Pewee, very common. 
Agelaius phceniceus (Linn.). Red-winged Blackbird, common. 
Icterus galbula (Linn.). Baltimore Oriole, one small flock 
migrating. 
Quiscalus quiscula ;eneus (Ridgw.). Crow Blackbird. This with 
the redwings and probably the other blackbirds congregates in very 
large flocks. 
Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.). Song Sparrow, common. 
Pipilo erythropthalmus (Linn.). Towhee. 
Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal, one pair. 
Passerina cyanea (Linn.). Indigo Bunting, very common. 
Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say.). Eave Swallow. 
Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.j. Barn Swallow. 
Clivicola riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow. 
The Swallows flock to the beach by thousands after a storm, 
but are not abundant at other times. 
Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). Cedar Waxwing. 
Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.). Yellow Warbler, common, breeds- 
Icteria virens (Linn.). Yellow-breasted Chat. 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.), Catbird, common, breeds. 
Cistothorus palustris (Wils.). Long-billed Marsh Wren, very 
common, breeds. 
Parus atricapillus (Linn.). Chickadee. 
Merula migratoria (Linn.). American Robin, only one pair, 
seen only once. 
Many birds common in most localities are conspicuous by their 
absence. The blue jay, crow, thrushes, most of the birds of prey, and 
the woodpeckers, and many of the sparrows, especially the ubiquitous 
English sparrow, were notobserved at all. But the species occurring 
are present in great numbers, so that the region may be said to be 
monotonous in its bird life as well as in its other ecological relations. 
PLANT STUDY AT SANDUSKY BAY*. 
Harriet G. Burr. 
To one whose work has not included collecting and study in such 
surroundings as Sandusky Bay affords, the revelation of even a few 
days here is worth a great deal. The marshes about Sandusky, the 
rocky islands, the sand dunes at Cedar Point, the “prairie” in the 
direction of Castalia, all offer valuable work to the student of 
ecology. 
But during the week spent at the Lake Laboratory last August 
it was in study of the water plants of the Bay that I found the 
