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ZOOLOGY, 
PHYSIOLOGY, 
GEOLOGY. 
. BARROWS, 
T. MYERS, 
MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND GEOLOGY. 
ORNITHOLOGY, 
CECOLOGY, 
PHY3IOGRAPHY. 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, INGHAM CO„ MICH. 
FREIGHT AND EXPRESS OFFICE, LANSING; P. 0. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
March S, 1907. 
Mr. Walter Deane, 
145 Brattle St., 
C ar.ibr i d ge, Ha s s . 
Dear Mr. Deane: 
In reply to yours of the first inst. I would say that I 
am anxious to get reliable facts a"' 0 ut the presence or absence of 
a considerable number of birds which hare been attributed to Mich¬ 
igan, but which thus far I have not been able to find in the state, 
or else have found restricted to particular parts of the state in¬ 
stead of being generally distributed as claimed. Knowing that Hr. 
Brewster has had collectors in Michigan and has done some field 
work here himself, I thought it possible he could give me facts 
with regard to some of these birds. Among those in which I am most 
interested are the following: wood thrush, olive-backed thrush, 
mockingbird, Hudsonian chickadee, cardinal, lark sparrow, Harris's 
sparrow, white -crowned s parrow, raven, three-toed woodpecker (arcticus), 
red-bellied woodpecker (carolinus), and several of the warblers, 
particularly the prairie warbler, parula warbler, black-poll warbler 
and b ay-bre asted warbler. 
I should also like very much to get data which would help 
to define the southern border of the nesting ground of the junco 
and the white-throated sparrow, and any nesting records for either 
of these species would therefore be acceptable. 
I wonder if Mr. Brewster has any specimens of Bona sa umbellu s 
togata from Michigan, or has ever examined any from this state? I 
have three specimens of Bonasa from the Upper Peninsula, two of 
