. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. 36 Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Chandler's Marsh. (Photo by T. L. Hankinsom) Two Days of Marsh Collecting. LEON J. COLE. The frequent glowing* reports that I received from Mr. T. L. Han kin son of his success collecting, had their inevitable effect upon me, and the night of Friday, May 28, 1897, found me at the Agricultural College near Lansing. We laid our plans for an early start the next morning, but they were rudely upset when Mr. Hankinson found that he would have to take an examination.
. Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. Michigan Ornithological Club; Birds. 36 Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Chandler's Marsh. (Photo by T. L. Hankinsom) Two Days of Marsh Collecting. LEON J. COLE. The frequent glowing* reports that I received from Mr. T. L. Han kin son of his success collecting, had their inevitable effect upon me, and the night of Friday, May 28, 1897, found me at the Agricultural College near Lansing. We laid our plans for an early start the next morning, but they were rudely upset when Mr. Hankinson found that he would have to take an examination. This was a sad disappointment, but it was a decree of fate—and the faculty—so there was no help for it. We hacl our lunch put up, however, and were prepared to go without delay when the time came. About noon we were off at last, and taking the road leading directly north, we walked briskly for about two miles, and came out in full view of Chandler's marsh. For two miles or so straight ahead of us, the road looked like a slender thread dividing the big marsh into two parts, that on the right hand being considerably the larger. The longer axis lies from northeast to south- west. The place, as a whole, is a level tract of land, covered with water for the most part at this season of the year; and the vegetation is low, so that a good view of the whole expanse is had from almost any elevated point around. In that por- tion which is slightly drier,- on the south side and near the road, the ground has been cultivated at some time, but was now covered by rank swamp grass and sedges, and was all flooded by a few inches of water, except a knoll now and then that rose a little above the surrounding level. There are other parts a good deal the same, but wThich have never been disturbed by the plow. Here and there, and espe- cially along the north side, where there is a ditch, are patches of willows eight to ten feet high. Occasionally a few straggling poplars attain a considerable hei
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