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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



Migrants. 



Tlat6 



No. 



Appearing ivhen the Ice 

 leaves the Bays and Rivers. 

 1. Loon* 

 5. Pintail.* 

 5. Mallard.* 

 5. Green-winged Teal.* 

 5. Bliie-winged Teal.* 

 5. Canada Goose.* 



31 arch 1 to 10. 

 37. Purple Grackle. 

 82. Red-winged Blackbird. 



Rusty Blackbird.* 

 89. Robin. 



Plate 

 No. 



March 10 to 20. 



76. Woodcock. 

 33. PhcEbe. 



39. Meadowlark. 



40. Cowbird. 



47. Fox Sparrow.* 



March 20 to SI. 



9. Wilson's Snipe.* 

 23. Kingfisher. 

 13. Mourning Dove. 

 42. Swamp Sparrow. 

 46. White-throated Sparrow.^ 



March 1 to 15. 

 31. Barred Owl. 



Birds Nesting. 



March 15 to 31. 

 Duck Hawk. 

 Carolina Wren. 



April. 



In early A])ril, the developments in the vegetable 

 world, which the most casual observer cannot fail to 

 see, are accompanied by corresponding, but less no- 

 ticed, activities in the world of birds. The appear- 

 ance of the skunk cabbage, the blossoming of the 

 pussywillow and early wild flowers soon become 

 common knowledge; but the arrival of the Vesper, 

 Field, and Chipping Sparrows; of Tree Swallows, 

 Myrtle "Warblers, and Hermit Thrushes, is 

 known to comparatively few. Still, to the bird- 

 lover, the return of these feathered friends is of even 

 greater interest than the blooming of trees and plants. 



* Transient Visitant passing further north. 



