NOTES. 



Tt is not yet too late for the planting of spriiiii; bulbs, as crocus, 

 hyacinth, narcissus and others. Our Quarterly No. 2 contains 

 directions for the work. A reprint of these directions can be had 

 by making application for it. 



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The autunni colors and tlie mode of falling of leaves are sugges- 

 tive topics for nature-study in the late fall. 



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The autumn is a season of activity with birds. They are flocking 

 and preparing for their southern journey. Bright plumage is not 

 so often seen as in the spring. A large proportion of the indi- 

 viduals are young and they lack the rich colors of the adults, or 

 they have the sober dress of the female. Some of the old birds, as 

 the male bobolink and scarlet tanas^er, have donned more incon- 

 spicuous garbs and are less visible to their enemies while on their 

 southern journeys. The autumn has many kinds of l)irds. Besides 

 our permanent residents like the chickadee, nuthatch, bol)-white and 

 other species which remain at all times, there still linger after the 

 nesting time many migrating sunmier birds to feed on fruits, seeds 

 and grain. Among the migratits are most of our warblers, such 

 small thrushes as the olive- back and hermit, and many sparrows 

 including the sweet- voiced white throat. The great majority of our 

 aquatic birds, and a few birds of prey, are migrants. 



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