Quiscalus quiscula æneus (Ridgw.). Crow Blackbird. This with the redwings and probably the other blackbirds congregates in very large flocks. Melospiza fasciata (Gmel.). Song Sparrow, common. Pipilo erythropthalmus (Linn.). Towhee. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). Cardinal, one pair. Passerina cyanea (Linn.). Indigo Bunting, very common. Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say.). Eave Swallow. Chelidon erythrogaster (Bodd.). Barn Swallow. Clivicola riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow. The Swallows flock to the beach by thousands after a storm, but are not abundant at other times. Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). Cedar Waxwing. Dendroica aestiva (Gmel.). Yellow Warbler, common, breeds. Icteria virens (Linn.). Yellow-breasted Chat. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.), Catbird, common, breeds. Cistothorus palustris (Wils.). Long-billed Marsh Wren, very common, breeds. Parus atricapillus (Linn.). Chickadee. Merula migratoria (Linn.). American Robin, only one pair, seen only once. Many birds common in most localities are conspicuous by their absence. The blue jay, crow, thrushes, most of the birds of prey, and the woodpeckers, and many of the sparrows, especially the ubiquitous English sparrow, were not observed at all. But the species occurring are present in great numbers, so that the region may be said to be monotonous in its bird life as well as in its other ecological relations. PLANT STUDY AT SANDUSKY BAY. HARRIET G. BURR. To one whose work has not included collecting and study in such surroundings as Sandusky Bay affords, the revelation of even a few days here is worth a great deal. The marshes about Sandusky, the rocky islands, the sand dunes at Cedar Point, the “prairie” in the direction of Castalia, all offer valuable work to the student of ecology. But during the week spent at the Lake Laboratory last August it was in study of the water plants of the Bay that I found the greatest interest. The collecting is after a manner novel to the “land lubber.” The collections, carried back to the Laboratory for study, have the fascination of the unusual, for represented among them are families more or less unfamiliar to general students.