. The Wilson bulletin . of the pen-insula to its base. One island was occupied entirely by the CommonTern, another by the Ring-billed Gull, and the third by the HerringGull. In view of these two known localities in Lake Huron wherethe birds nest in considerable numbers and the strong probabilitythat it is equally abundant on other islands, one is forced to the con-clusion that the reason why tliis bird is not more frequently record-ed is the great difficulty in identification by sight. On both of theoccurrences referred to I made the attempt to separate the birds asthey sailed around, but fail
. The Wilson bulletin . of the pen-insula to its base. One island was occupied entirely by the CommonTern, another by the Ring-billed Gull, and the third by the HerringGull. In view of these two known localities in Lake Huron wherethe birds nest in considerable numbers and the strong probabilitythat it is equally abundant on other islands, one is forced to the con-clusion that the reason why tliis bird is not more frequently record-ed is the great difficulty in identification by sight. On both of theoccurrences referred to I made the attempt to separate the birds asthey sailed around, but failed absolutely. I did succeed in learningthat the note of the Ring-billed is pitched in a higher key than thatof the Herring Gull and was able to separate them in that my experiences in the nesting of this bird on Lake Huron Iwould judge that it is equally as common as the Herring Gull andthat the only reason why records are not made a bit more frequentlyis that it is so difficult to identify. W. E. THE FIRST BIRDSKIX OF ELLIOT COUES. THE WILSON BULLETIN NO. 60. A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY VOL. XIX. SEPTEMBER, 1907. NO. 3 .THE FIRST RIRDSKIN OF ELLIOTT COUES. (a bit of history.) by dr. r. w. shufeldt. What I am about to relate must have taken place alongsome time in the early 80s, but as to the exact year, or themonth and much less the day of the month, Fve quite for-gotten. However, to the best of my recollection it was in thesummer of 1882, as that year I was on duty in the SurgeonGenerals office at Washington. In those days Doctor Coues was in his prime, both in thematter of physical health, as well as in literary occupied Professor Bairds old desk in a room of thenorth tower of the Smithsonian Institution, and was princi-pally engaged in driving away at the second edition of theKey to North American Birds, that subsequently appeared in1884. The room adjoining his was occupied by Doctor Gilland Henry W. Elliott, while the present writ
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