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 1920 J Johnson, Birds of Lake Co., Minn. 541 SUMMER BIRD RECORDS FROM LAKE COUNTY, MINNESOTA. BY CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSON. The records here presented were obtained chiefly during the summers of 1912, 1914 and 1915, while conducting expeditions sent out by Mr. James Ford Bell of Minneapolis, for the purpose of collecting specimens and obtaining photographic records of big game and other mammals in the northeastern wilds of Minne- sota. In order to accomplish the main objects of the expeditions only a small part of the time could be devoted to the bird life of the territory visited and therefore the records listed, far from complete, are such as were made as opportunity offered in the course of other work. It had been my intention at another time to make a more thor- ough study of the birds of Lake County before submitting my list for publication. Because of a number of unforeseen developments, however, this plan had to be abandoned and since leaving the Uni- versity of Minnesota I have thought it advisable to submit the list in its present form in the hope that it may perhaps serve as a basis for further work by others who may find opportunity to add to it and carry it nearer to completion. So far as I am aware no list of birds from the region covered by these notes has before been published. The territory concerned may be roughly defined as lying be- tween White Iron Lake on the west and Perent Lake on the east; the Kawishiwi river and its northern fork or North Kawishiwi forming the northern and the Isabelle and Island rivers forming the southern boundary. The names of lakes, rivers, portages and other features are those given on the maps of the Federal and the State Forest Service. The Clear Lake mentioned is the one found in Township 63 N., and Range 10 W., and not the lake of the same name in Township 62 N., and Range 9 W. Effort has been made to designate all localities where records were made with as much accuracy as brevity of description per- mits.