. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . young in Iosco county the last of June, F. H. Chapin has seen it in Emmet, Cheboygan and Charlevoix countiesin August and September, while on the other hand Mr. Otto Widmann,during a two weeks residence in Emmet county in July, failed to find thebird, and the writer, who spent June, July and August 1904 in Emmetand Charlevoix counties, did not ob
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . young in Iosco county the last of June, F. H. Chapin has seen it in Emmet, Cheboygan and Charlevoix countiesin August and September, while on the other hand Mr. Otto Widmann,during a two weeks residence in Emmet county in July, failed to find thebird, and the writer, who spent June, July and August 1904 in Emmetand Charlevoix counties, did not obtain the slightest evidence of its is a single lighthouse record, a specimen having been killed onSpectacle Reef Light, Lake Huron, ]\Iay 21, 1885, and Brewster and Dwighttook specimens near Cadillac, Wexford county, and Oden, Emmet county,in May 1888. Dr. W. H. Dunham states that in Kalkaska county hehas found several nests of this species every year, and says: In fact, Ibelieve they breed here as abundantly as in Wayne county, Oaklandcounty or Ottawa county (August 1906). The records from the Upper Peninsula are less satisfactory, 3^et it seemshardly possible that all observers who report this species can be entirely. PhitelLXIX. Wood Thrush. Reprinted from Chapmans Bird Life. By courtesy of D. Appleton & Co. LAND BIRDS. 711 mistaken. Major Boies states that on Neebish Island, St. Marys River,it is occasionally seen during the summer and probably breeds. Kneelandincludes it in his list of the birds of Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior(1856-57), and Miss Flora L. Mowbray of Marquette states that it is quitecommon there and nests; she also states that Dr. Elliott R. Downing ofthe State Normal School has found the bird in that vicinity. Mr. ThomasB. Wyman of Negaunee, also states that it is a common summer residentin hardwood lands in that vicinity. On the other hand, Mr. 0. B. Warrenof Palmer, Marquette county, who formerly recorded the species fromthat region, state
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