The troops under Major Hoffman embarked in a steamer for Detroit.  Also Major Whiting, the U.S.  Paymaster, and Mr. Edmonds, my adjuncts in official labor.

Oct. 17th. Old friends from Middlebury, Vermont, came up in a steamer bound to Green Bay, among whom I was happy to recognize Mrs. Henshaw, mother of the bishop of that name of Rhode Island.

18th.  Alfred Schoolcraft, who had commenced the study of ornithology with decided ability, hands me the following list of birds, which have been observed to extend their visits to this island and the basin of Lake Huron.

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Brown Thrush       |Passeres  |Canori       |Turdus     |T.  Rufus. 
Cedar Bird         |    "     |Sericati     |Bonelycilla|B.  Carolinensis. 
Canada Jay         |    "     |Gregarii     |Corvus     |C.  Canadensis. 
Crow               |    "     |   "         |   "       |C.  Corone. 
House Wren         |    "     |   "         |Trylodites |T.  Edom. 
Blue Jay           |    "     |   "         |Corvus     |C.  Vociferus. 
Raven              |    "     |   "         |   "       |C.  Corax. 
Snow Bird          |    "     |Passerini    |Fringilla  |F.  Hyemalis. 
Sing Cicily        |    "     |   "         |   "       |F.  Melodia. 
Robin              |    "     |Canori       |Turdus     |T.  Migratoria.
|    "     |Passerini    |Loxia      |L.  Corvurostra. 
Red Winged Starling|    "     |Gregarii     |Icterus    |I.  Phoenicus. 
Goldfinch          |    "     |Passerini    |Fringilla  |F.  Tristis. 
Little Owl         |Accipetres|Stapaces     |Stryx      |S. 
Sparrow Hawk       |    "     |   "         |Falco      |F.  Sparverius. 
Golden Plover      |Gralle    |Pressirostre |Charadrus  |C.  Plurailis. 
Woodcock           |    "     |Semicole     |Scolipax   |S.  Minor. 
Green Winged Teal  |          |Lamelasodenta|Anas       |Anas Crecca. 
Wood Duck          |          |   "         |   "       |A.  Sponsa. 
Golden Eyed Duck   |          |   "         |Fatigula   |F.  Clengula. 
Hooping Crane      |          |Herodii      |Grus       |G.  Americana. 
Kingfisher         |Passeres  |Augubrostres |Alcedo     |A.  Alcyon. 
Loon               |          |Pygopodes    |Colymbus   |C.  Glacialis. 
Partridge          |          |Galinacia    |Perdix     |P.  Virginiana.

Of their habits he appends the following remarks:—­

“The Canada Jay (C.  Canadensis) preys upon smaller birds of the sparrow kind.  This fact has been related to me by persons of undoubted veracity, and I have myself seen one of them in pursuit of small birds.