62 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 
a bad name. Really, I believe their bad ways are largely individual and, 
after all, it seems to me we cannot get along without at least a few Crows. 
When the woods and fields are silent and seem deserted, he imparts a 
little life, as it were, by his calls. 
The departure of the Wood Thrush ushered in the presence of the 
Hermit Thrush, though the latter did not really appear until October 6, 
the last one being seen on the 13th. Sapsuckers were seen and heard 
from September 25 to October 13. September 25 a Solitary Sandpiper, 
Kingfisher, Cedar Waxwings and Myrtle Warblers were recorded. A 
large flight of White-throated Sparrows took place October 3, and the 
same afternoon one was heard singing in the back yard. October 8 at 
the Aberdeen place they were present, together with Field, Vespers and 
Juncos. 
Numbers of Myrtles were there also, and the same day Mr. A. had 
recorded a single Lincoln’s Finch on his place. October 9 the writer 
heard a Meadowlark, two Song Sparrows and a Robin singing. Novem- 
ber 5 several Purple Finches came to a drinking-pool near the sanctuary, 
several highly colored males among them. The same afternoon a butter- 
fly was seen there, the well-known hibernating species seen on warm days 
in March and on similar days in late Fall. A Winter Wren was noted 
October 13 and on the 21st a Phoebe and Chipping Sparrow. ‘The last 
Kingfisher was seen at the park lake October 31. “Iwo Grebes were on 
the lake, bearing a resemblance to juvenile Horned, which drop around 
occasionally. 
‘The writer’s great interest this Fall seemed to have been centered on a 
number of shorebirds that visited the lake. Some of them had been there a 
good part of the Summer, as Mr. Aberdeen informed me, and he spoke of 
seeing one Semipalmated Plover, which rarely comes out from Lake Michi- 
gan this far. Owing to the dry Summer and the lowering of the lake, a 
good-sized mud-flat was formed along the west shore, and on this the 
water-birds congregated. “There were many Yellow-legs of both species, 
Killdeer and several smaller Sandpipers with which he was not familiar. 
On my return from the north some of the waders were'present. Octo- 
ber 18 both species of Yellow-legs came to the flat, but remained one day. 
Killdeer and Wilson Snipe had been there from the time of my arrival, 
September 18. The Killdeer and Wilson Snipe fraternized on the flat 
from that time on until October 21, when the Killdeer left, the Snipe 
continuing until the 24th, when high-water apparently forced them away 
by submerging the flat. “The Snipe never numbered more than four or 
five, the number changing different days. 
It was interesting to note how the Snipe availed themselves of pro- 
tective coloration when they saw they were being watched; how they 
would stand quietly with bills pointing downward at an angle of 45 
degrees. At times they would wade out into comparatively deep water, 
breast high, submerging their bills and head up to the eyes and lower, 
