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region, and, as might well be expected, the birds are both the 
most numerous and most in evidence of the vertebrates. In the 
open areas hawks are found in great abundance, particularly the 
sparrow hawk, with an occasional sharp-shinned hawk perched 
conspicuously on a dead limb, while high over head the circling 
red-tail may be heard. In the greener ‘ ^ second-growth ’ ’ regions 
ruffed grouse abound in extraordinary numbers, and a lone 
woodcock may upon a rare occasion be flushed from some wet 
thicket. The river attracts its share of the acquatic birds, and 
red-breasted mergansers and mallards are to be found feeding 
among the overhanging vegetation, while sandpipers investigate 
the stony beaches. 
Lake 33 lies in the heart of a very thick ‘ ‘ second growth ’ ’ pine 
{Pinus strohus and P. resinosa) of about twenty-five or more 
years stand. Once beyond the clearing of Kenton, the trip to 
the lake is made through seemingly endless forest, amid a silence 
broken only by the sudden whirr of a partridge, the sweet song 
of the white-throat, the ‘ ^ dee dee dee ’ ’ of flocks of chickadees, or 
the distant hammering of the ‘ ‘ cock-o’-the-woods ”—the north¬ 
ern pileated woodpecker. The path opens before, and closes be¬ 
hind, while overhead the branches of the dense trees interlock so 
closely that only occasionally the blue of the sky may be seen, 
giving to one who is not accustomed to the silence of the north 
woods the sensation of absolute solitude,—which is, in fact, a 
reality. Lake 33 is the largest lake visited by the writer, and is 
approximately two and one half miles long and one mile wide. 
Beyond it on all sides lie lakes of various sizes, shapes, and 
depths, each set in its little valley, and hemmed in by a sphag¬ 
num bog, beyond which rises the encircling, silent, uncompromis¬ 
ing forest. These lakes are for the most part unconnected dur¬ 
ing the greater portion of the year, and all abound in flsh life— 
pike (Esox lucius), perch (Perea flavescens), blue-gills (Lepom- 
is pallidus), and shiners (Notropis cornutus), which evidently 
attract the numerous water birds found. 
The northern peninsula of Michigan is still a fertile field for 
the zoologist, and there is a vast amount of collecting and obser¬ 
ving to be done before anything can be published that will 
savor of a complete catalogue of its fauna. However, it is per¬ 
haps advisable that a beginning be made. The present paper 
adds the following number of species to the published records 
