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Bird - Lore 



appeared near house; Bewick's Wren 

 again at feeding-box by window. 



January 13. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 16°; day clear and calm. 



January 15. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 36°; maximum, 50°; a perfect day. 



January 16. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 40°; maximum, 52°. A Bewick's Wren 

 and a Mockingbird singing on our grounds. 



January 17. Temperature at 7 a.m., 34°; 

 maximum, 43°. A Fox Sparrow sang today. 



January 18. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 33°, with light, grainy snow or dry sleet 

 till 9 a.m.; maximum, 44°. 



January 19. At 7 A.M., 43°; at 9 p.m., 

 49°; maximum (at 3 p.m.), 52°; gloomy 

 and foggy. 



January 20. At 6 a.m., 45°; at 9 p.m., 

 42°; still dense fog, with water dripping 

 like rain from trees. 



January 22. At 7 A.M., 22°. Some 

 farmers plowing. 



January 24. At 7.30 a.m., 47°, dropping 

 to 35° at 9 P.M. 



January 27. At 7 a.m., 52°; at 10 p.m., 

 53°; maximum, 61°. 



January 28. At 7 a.m., 55°; at i p.m., 

 65°; 10 P.M., 52^°. A Robin on our 

 grounds today. Killdeers clamorous in 

 adjoining field. 



January 29. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 58°; at 9 A.M., 60°, threatening rain; 12 M., 

 57°, drizzling rain; 2 p.m., 4gH°, wind 

 from N. W., still drizzling; 10 p.m., 31°, 

 sleeting. A Robin sang today. 



January 30. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 27°; maximum, 3o>^°; a sleety snow falling 

 at 9 A.M. A flock of Robins visited our 

 grounds in forenoon. 



January 31. Real winter commenced 

 today. Temperature at 8 a.m., 28°, the 

 ground covered with snow and sleet, and 

 still snowing; trees heavily burdened with 

 sleet and snow, some of the large red 

 cedars with branches broken; stopped 

 snowing at 11.30 a.m. (temperature, 32°); 

 maximum temperature, 35°, thawing in 

 afternoon. 



February i. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 24°; maximum (1-4 p.m.), 38°; a bright, 

 calm, beautiful day. A Phoebe appeared 

 on our place today. 



February 8. Temperature at 7.30 a.m., 

 16°; maximum, 22°; clear. 



February 10. Temperature at 6 a.m., 

 34°; overcast, later snowing, with wind 

 from N. E., till near n a.m.; at 9.30 p.m., 

 27°. A Fox Sparrow feeding with Juncos 

 and Cardinals near kitchen window. 



February 12. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 20°; at 8.30 p.m., 19°; a driving, fine snow, 

 with wind from N. E., all day. A Western 

 Tree Sparrow joined the birds feeding 

 outside kitchen window. (Easily dis- 

 tinguished from the common eastern 

 form, with several of which it was feed- 

 ing, by its conspicuously lighter color, 

 broader wing-bars and back stripes and 

 longer tail.) 



February 13. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 20°, dropping to i6yi° at 4.30 p.m.; still 

 snowing hard from N. E. 



February 14. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 ioj4°, but bright, clear, and calm; maxi- 

 mum (at 1.30 P.M.), 26°. A Bronzed 

 Crackle and a Mourning Dove feeding 

 near house. 



February 16. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 8°; at 2.30 P.M., i9>^°. 



February 17. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 24°; maximum (at 3 p.m.), 46°; a light 

 rain all afternoon and evening. 



February 18. Temperature at 7 a.m. 

 and I p.m., 41°; at 6 p.m., 38°; rain all day. 



February 19. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 30°; a driving snow from N.E. from about 

 8 to 9 A.M. 



February 21. Temperature at 6.45 

 A.M., 18°; maximum (at 2.30 p.m.), 37°. 

 A Mockingbird singing on our place, and 

 Killdeers crying on nearby pasture. 



February 22. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 38°; at II A.M., 42°, dropping to 25° at 

 4.45 P.M.; a cold wind from N. E. Six 

 Mourning Doves, two Robins, and a 

 Towhee near house today. 



February 23. Temperature at 7 a.m., 

 15°, with strong wind from N.E. through- 

 out previous night; at 12.30 p.m., i6>^°, 

 with light snow and wind less strong, 

 more northerly. 



February 24. The coldest day; tempera- 

 ture at 7 A.M., 6°*; maximum (at 3.30 



*The Weather Bureau record was 2°. 



