Bird-Life in Southern Illinois 



myrtle. (Would have bloomed in July, 

 but first set of flower-buds destroyed by 

 aphides.) 



August 19. Dasystoma (virginica?) in 

 full bloom (in woods) ; a noble and strik- 

 ing plant, some stalks six to eight feet 

 high; flowers numerous, bignonia-like, 

 lemon yellow. 



September 6. Crepe myrtle now in full 

 bloom. 



September 10. First Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak seen. 



September 14. Purple turtle's-head 

 {Chelone ohliqua) in bloom. 



September 20. Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch and Ruby-crowned Kinglet arrived; 

 blue lobelia {L. syphilitica) in bloom. 



September 25. Olive-backed Thrush 

 arrived. 



October i. Red Crossbill and Bay- 

 breasted Warbler arrived. 



October 2. Pine Siskin arrived. 



October 4. Myrtle Warbler arrived. 



October 11. Winter Wren arrived. 



October 18. White-throated Sparrow 

 arrived. 



October 19. Song Sparrow arrived. 



October 24. Brown Creeper first seen. 



October 31. First Purple Finches heard; 

 flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds flying 

 southward; heavy frost (the first of the 

 season) and thin ice (temperature at 6 

 A.M., 30°). 



November i. Coldest morning (tem- 

 perature at 6.30 A.M., 24°), but a beautiful, 

 bright, calm day. 



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November 20 and 21. Maximum tem- 

 perature, 72°. 



November 22. Maximum temperature 

 73°. Caught a garter snake and a tree- 

 toad (Hyla versicolor); grasshoppers and 

 other insects out. 



November 23. Maximum temperature 



75°. 



November 29. Temperature at 7.30 

 A.M., 58°, at 5 P.M., 60°. Sweet violets 

 {V. odorata) in bloom. 



December 5. Temperature at 6.30 A.M., 

 53°. Sweet violets and yellow jessamine 

 {Jasminum nudiflorum) in bloom. 



December 6. Grass still vividly green; 

 California privet and trifoliate orange 

 still in full green leaf. 



December 7. Sudden drop in tempera- 

 ture (27^^° at 4.30 P.M.), with snow 

 flurries and strong wind from N. W. 



December 8. Temperature at 7 a.m., 22°, 

 but a fine, clear day, thawing in the sun. 



December 12 and 13. Beautiful Indian- 

 summer-like weather. 



December 15. Cloudy and excessively 

 damp, with water constantly dripping 

 from trees. 



December 25. Temperature at 6 a.m., 

 33°; ground white with snow, and snowing 

 hard, but ground wet and soft. 



December 27. A Bewick's Wren 

 visited the feeding-box by dining-room 

 window. (Both this species and the 

 Carolina Wren are ver>' fond of cracked 

 nuts, especially hickorynuts and black 

 walnuts.) 



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