. The Wilson bulletin . me way. Themale went with him and by coaxing him a short way at atime soon had the second nestling on the little knoll occupiedby Green. The male busied himself the rest of the day car-ing for these two while the female fed White and Blue inthe nest. The next morning White started away at 7:07 and wascoaxed along by the female for about thirty yards. Blue re-mained alone in the nest until 7 :45, being fed only once inthe interval, though White was fed three times. 7 :45 Blueleft the nest, but no parent bird returned to aid in the journeyas long as the observations were
. The Wilson bulletin . me way. Themale went with him and by coaxing him a short way at atime soon had the second nestling on the little knoll occupiedby Green. The male busied himself the rest of the day car-ing for these two while the female fed White and Blue inthe nest. The next morning White started away at 7:07 and wascoaxed along by the female for about thirty yards. Blue re-mained alone in the nest until 7 :45, being fed only once inthe interval, though White was fed three times. 7 :45 Blueleft the nest, but no parent bird returned to aid in the journeyas long as the observations were continued. At S :15, whenthe observations ceased, Blue was still alone in the grass. 94 The Wilson Bulletin—No. 79. Later all four of the fledgling-s were found in the ravine nearby. They were noticed here several times, July 25 being thelatest date on which they were positively identified. At thistime the strings were still on their legs, but were so fadedthat no particular color could be City, Figure 6. Female inspecting the hea*^. is faintly visible. The white spot on The Avifauna of the Lake Erie Islands. 95 A STl^DY OF THE AVIFAUNA OF THE LAKEERIE ISLANDS. (With Particular Reference to the ^Migration Phenomena.) BY LYNDS JONES.(Continued from page 18.) The summer study on Pelee Island in 1910 began on July16, when two men, accompanied by their wives, landed at thecamping ground on Fishing Point among the red cedars. Ex-cept for one visit of a night and a day to oversee the workon the part of the \\riter, these two men continued the workwithout other assistance for two weeks, at the end of whichtime the remainder of the company reached the island. Theentire company was composed of nine men and two womenand the teacher. The two men and their wives left on Au-gust 26, and on September 2 one of the remaining men wastaken to a hospital in Sandusky. On this same day two othermen came to our camp and remained with us until our finaldeparture on
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