Notrs on the liinls. 397 



results, of courso. sd lie liunuMl l.adv iiiid siirxcycil hiiiisclf ii^jaiii. He 

 grew tiuito excited jind lutilcd liis IVal hcis as he looked at I In- liird in the 

 glass. Thou lie would look behind Hie silass a;iaiu and a;iaiu. each trip 

 seeming more hurried than I lu' one h(doi-e, as if lie were liiiui<iiig he might, 

 Ity liurryiug. get (here helore (he o| her liird could get away. Well. 1 

 watclu'd that Kohiu long enough to eoiivinre me ilial il had some reasoning 

 faculty. Don't you tlnid< ii liadV 



Some times robins gather up in greal nuudiers and roosi together at night 

 in some selected place, lu the fall ( f issT (1 think it was: my note.s were 

 lost in the Indiana State Xormal ScIkpoI lire of .March s. 1.S.S8), thousands 

 of robins roosted for several nights in a groNc of pine trees near Cataract, 

 Owen County. Just before dusk robins in great numheis were seen coming 

 in from all directions, to spend the night in the-c trees. .Inst when and 

 in what manner they left 1 had no opportuinly to deieriuine, 



A few definite dates for the vari<ius (•ouidi<'s follow: 



Carroll County: January 25. 1N7!>. a few seen: they acteil as if lost; 

 March o. one seen. June 10, 1882, nest with two fresh eggs. May 24, 1883, 

 nest with four fresh eggs. February 5, 1884. saw two near John T. St. 

 John's on Wild Cat Creek. Democrat Township. The weather had been very 

 cold since December until February :]. ami during the night of February 4-ri 

 rain had fallen almost continuously : February 2.".. saw several in Camden. 

 I think they had come from the north, the weather having been quite cold 

 for the last few days: April 10. saw a pair building a nest in a pine tree 

 in A. A. McKinney's yard in Camden: ^lay 4. this nest contained young 

 birds; May 5. saw a nest on eave of Baptist church in Camden. March S. 

 1885. first of season seen at Burlington: March 11-1.".. eomnifm ; April 20. 

 found first nest, with four fresh eg,gs. in a cedar tree in my yard in Camden. 

 February 7, 1908, one seen in oreliard in r.urlington. Wlule this is the only 

 one I saw. I was told that several remained all winter along the small 

 stream which runs tlirongh the village. Miss Evermaun saw three at 

 Kokomo March 3, 1020. and several next day. 



Monroe County: May .".. 1SS2. set of four eggs slightly incubated. A few 

 (five or six) seen February 10. 1883, and a great numl)er. perhaps 500. six 

 days later. Full sets of eggs found May 5. 



Viffo County: February 2:5. 1888. one seen; others noted March :'. : Janu- 

 ary 18, 1890, three seen on Honey Creek south of Terre Haute. 



An albino was taken at Terre Haute many years ago by the late Dr. J. T. 

 Scovell. 



237. SiALi.\ si.\LTS si.M.is (IJunanis). bt.vkbihi). (700) 



Formerly an abundant summer resident, now much reduced in numbei-s as 

 a result of the clearing up of the land with the consequent destruction of 

 favorable nesting places, and of persecutions of various kinds. 



With us the Bluebird is always associated with the robin. These are the 

 two birds that were most familiar and be-:t known to country boys and girls 

 in Indiana 30 to 50 years ago. They returned from the south about the 

 .same time each si>ring. fretpiented the same parts of the farm, were equally 

 familiar and confiding, built their nests close about the homes and. in the 

 fall, departed for the south at abf)ut the same time. Their coming in the 



