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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
82. Cathartes aura, {Linn.) III. Turkey Buzzard.—A specimen procured 
"by Prof. C. W. Hall, at Grand Marais, in Oct. 1878, is in the University 
Museum. Not noted this year. 
83. Ectopistes migratoria, {Linn.) Sic. Wild Pigeon.—An occasional 
pair noted during the early part of August, and flocks of considerable size 
toward the last of the month. Grand Marais, Aug. 9. 
84. Bonasa umbellus, [Linn.) Steph. Ruffed Grouse.—Several covies 
seen. In the middle of August the young were little more than half grown. 
Devil’s Track Lake, Aug. 16. 
85. [iEgialites vocifera, {Linn.) Bp. Ivilldeer Plover.—Noted at Duluth 
in July, ’77.] 
86. Lobipes hyperboreus, {Linn.) Guv. Northern Phalarope.—A single 
female, taken Aug. 29, by Prof. N. H. Wincliell, a few miles above Beaver- 
hay. It was alone, swimming in the lake, at some distance from the shore. 
87. Ereuntes pusillus, {Linn.) Gass. Semipalmated Sandpiper.—Mouth 
of Devil’s Track river, Aug. 21. 
88. Tringa Minutilla, Vieill. Least Sandpiper.—Common ; frequenting 
in place of the unsuitable shingle beaches, the perfectly bare and smooth 
rocky shore. 
89. Tringa bairdii, Cones. Baird’s Sandpiper.—Two specimens taken at 
Grand Marais, Aug. 22. Together with one or two others of the species and 
several Least Sandpipers, they were feeding on the wet rocks, seeming to 
find abundant food in the path of every retreating wave. 
90. Tringa alpina americana, Cass. Black-bellied Sandpiper.—A single 
individual seen on Aug. 30, near Agate bay. 
91. Totanus flavipes, ( Gm.) Vieill. Lesser Telltale.—Common; in small 
flocks on the beaches. Grand Marais, July 28. 
92. Totanus solitarius, ( Wils.) And. Solitary Sandpiper.—Rather com¬ 
mon. A small shallow pond, full of fallen trees and brush, was their favor¬ 
ite resort at Grand Marais. Grand Marais, July 29. 
93. Tringoides macularius, {Linn.) Gray. Spotted Sandpiper.—Common. 
Seen at Devil’s Track Lake, Aug. 18. Duluth, Sept. 1. 
94. [Botaurus Minor, {Gm.) Boie. American Bittern. Seen at Duluth in 
July, ’77,] and heard of at Grand Marais this year. 
95. Porzana Carolina, {Linn.) Gab. Carolina Rail.—Common, though 
the almost entire absence of marshes forces the species to frequent what 
seem very unsuitable places. For instance, the dense raspberry patches of 
burnt sections, thick brush, a pea patch, the rank grass about abandoned 
habitations, and like curious localities. Once I found three quietly reposing 
several feet from the ground in an evergreen tree standing in a perfectly dry, 
stoney location ; and on another occasion shot a specimen from the smaller 
branches of a tree, where it had alighted upon being flushed from a weed- 
patch on a dry hill side. Grand Marais, Aug. 20. Poplar River, Aug. 5. 
Beaver Bay, Aug. 27. 
97. Anas boschas, Linn. Mallard.—Mouth of Devil’s Track River, Aug. 
20 . 
98. Querquedula discors, {Linn.) Steph. Blue-winged Teal.—Two seen, 
in Grand Marais harbor, Aug. 22. 
99. [Aix sponsa, {Linn.) Boie. Wood Duck.—Flock of six seen in 
Superior Bay, Duluth, July 13, ’77.] 
