. 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 ... . orthern limit in the state, and it is a singularfact that, although Mr. White states that itwas common there in bushy country and thathe took many specimens between August 10and September 6 in 1889, 1890 and 1891, itdid not appear to be nesting there, and it hasnot been found there since by any one \h)reover, among the thousands of warblerskilled on
. 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 ... . orthern limit in the state, and it is a singularfact that, although Mr. White states that itwas common there in bushy country and thathe took many specimens between August 10and September 6 in 1889, 1890 and 1891, itdid not appear to be nesting there, and it hasnot been found there since by any one \h)reover, among the thousands of warblerskilled on Spectacle Reef Light, within eighteen ^ or twenty miles of Mackinac Island, not a single rig. i40. Prairie Wurijier. From f ,1 ,, • • -.^T , 1 1 1 (ouesKey, .5th (■(!., 190:J. Dana specimen ot the riaine vVaihler has ever been Estes & The name Prairie Warbler is simply a misnomer, since the bird israrely seen on the open prairie, and is not known to nest anywhere inthe prairie regions of Indiana, Illinois or southern Michigan. On thecontrary the bird appears to prefer bushy pastures, recently cleared lands,and sciaibby woods. For this reason the name Red-backed Waibicr oreven Pasture Warbler would be j)referal) LAND BIRDS. 627 Our records are not numerous enough to give much idea of its migration,but Mr. Norman A. Wood has noted it at Ann Arbor seven times duringthe last thirty years, the earhest record being May 2, 1905, and the otherrecords May 11, 1880, May 18, 1900, May 10, 1902, May 9, 1903, and May13 and 14, 1907. There is one record for Port Huron, St. Clair county,a specimen taken by P. A. Taverner, May 20, 1900; N. A. Wood found afew migrants on Charity Island August 22 and 24, 1910; a single specimenwas seen at the Agricultural College May 11, 1900; Mr. Swales states thatit was found nesting near Detroit by W. A. Davidson May 27, 1894, butthe bird was not secured; Taverner took three specimens near the samecity. May 10, 1907. Other collectors in t
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