1910] The Ottawa Naturalist, 39 



March 6, 1910 Chickadees numerous, heard notes "sweet- 

 sugar"; Prairie Horned Larks noted abund- 

 antly in pairs; Crows numerous, saw upwards 

 of 200. 



Owing to the very mild weather this winter one might have 

 expected to see something unusual in bird life, or at least an 

 early spring arrival ; but, as the foregoing list will show, not even 

 a Crow has remained in this district, whilst conditions in the 

 north were evidently favourable enough to retain most of our 

 winter visitors, such as the Redpoll and Grosbeak, leaving us 

 with only a few stragglers of the later migrants. 



The following is a list of the birds observed in Compton 

 County : 



December 5th to 20th, 1908. 



Can. Ruffed Grouse These birds are fairly common in this 

 district, but presumably on account of dark, stormy weather 

 in December they keep well hidden, only coming out at 

 dusk to feed in the birch tops. 



Downy Woodpecker Common, noted daily. 



Hairy Woodpecker Common, noted daily. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker Several seen. 



Pileated Woodpecker Two heard. 



Canada Jay One seen. 



Blue Jay A few noted almost daily. 



Redpoll Common. 



Pine Siskin Numerous. 



Snowbird Several small flocks. 



Am. Crossbill Several flocks. 



Pine Grosbeak Common ; noted daily ; one flock of 20 with 

 several bright males. 



Brown Creeper Several. 



White-breasted Nuthatch Three seen. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch Common; noted dail3^ 



B. C. Chickadee noted daily. 



Golden C. Kinglet Several small flocks seen. 



December 2nd to 15th, 1909. 



Goshawk Examined one immature bird. 



Pigeon Hawk One seen in flight. 



Barred Owl Found remains of one in woods. 



Downy Woodpecker A few seen. 



Hairy Woodpecker Common. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker One or two seen almost daily. 



Pileated Woodpecker Noted on four occasions. 



Blue Jay Common ; seen daily. 



