Bird-Life in Southern Illinois 



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since about i p.m.; maximum (12.30 p.m.), 

 60°. A Tennessee Warbler (?)* singing 

 in the big apple tree. 



April 7. At 6 A.M., 54°, after a steady 

 rain during pre%dous night; at 2 p.m., 41°, 

 still raining; at 9 p.m., 39°. 



April 8. At 6 a.m., 30°, overcast, with 

 strong X. to N. E. wind; at 10 a.m., 28°; 

 maximum (3 p.m.), 33^2°- 



April 9. Temperature at 5.30 a.m., 

 27°, beautifully clear, calm; at 9 p.m., 36°; 

 maximum (4.30 p.m.), 42}^°. European 

 larch in full bloom. Took a pair of Screech 

 Owls and their three eggs out of squirrel 

 box in big pin oak. 



April 10. At 6 A.M., 34°, light frost; 

 9 P.M., 48°, overcast; maximum (4.30 p.m.), 

 51°; fors3'thias still in full bloom. Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet here. 



April 12. At 6 A.M., 44° at 7 a.m., 

 39>2°; at 10 P.M., 47°; maximum (i p.m.), 

 51°. A Bewick's Wren, with mouthful of 

 chicken feathers, building in nearby barn. 



April 13. At 7 A.M., 46°, a beautiful, 

 clear, calm morning, with very heavy 

 dew; Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing; at 

 9 P.M., 55°; maximum (3.30 p.m.), 62>^°. 

 First Purple Martin seen (about two 

 weeks late). 



April 15. At 7 A.M., 52°, overcast; at 

 9 P.M., 57°; maximum (4 p.m.), 66>2°. 

 Acris gryllus (?) piping at night, but 

 Rana areolata silent. Bridal-wreath spirea 

 commencing to bloom. 



April 16. Temperature at 7 a.m., 52°, 

 very heavy dew; at 9 p.m., b2j4°\ maxi- 

 mum (4.30 P.M.), 71°. Erythroniiim 

 albidtim and E. americanum, Dutchman's 

 breeches and bloodroot blooming (on 

 Bird Haven). Bachman's Sparrow sing- 

 ing (on Bird Haven); first Barn Swallow 

 seen; first Purple Martin inspected box. 

 Norway and sugar maples in bloom, also 

 some peach, plum, and pear trees. 



*If the identification is correct, the date 

 is an exceptionally early one. The bird was 

 not well seen, but was a small, plainly col- 

 ored Warbler, and I do not know of any other 

 species whose song at all resembles that of 

 the Tennessee; moreover, the date would be 

 equally unusual for any other member of 

 the family, except, perhaps, the Black-and- 

 white Warbler {Mniotilta varia) or the Red- 

 start, and most certainly it was neither of 

 these. 



April 17. Temperature at 6 p.m., 6oK°; 

 at 10 P.M., 68°; maximum (at 2 p.m.), 77°. 

 First Chimney Swift seen. Everything 

 coming out, either in leaf or flower. 

 Cherry, peach, Kiefler pear, and plum 

 trees in full bloom. 



April 18. At 9 a.m., 71°; at 7 p.m., 

 7o>^°; maximum (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 74°; 

 a strong south wind all day. Western 

 House Wren, Kingbird, and Yellow- 

 throated Vireo arrived. 



April 19. xVt 7 A.M., 55°, clearing after 

 rain during night; at 6 p.m., 42^°; 

 maximum (at noon), 57^°; a disagreeable, 

 March-like day. White-throated Spar- 

 rows singing. 



April 21. At 7 A.M., 46°; at 10 p.m., 

 60°; maximum (at 4.30 p.m.), 70^°. Red 

 Crossbills and a Red-breasted' Nuthatch 

 on place. 



April 24. Temperature at 5.30 a.m., 

 6i>2°, overcast; at 6 p.m., 74^°; maximum 

 (at4P.M.), 75>^°. Catbird, Warbling Vireo, 

 Red-eyed Vireo, and Maryland Yellow- 

 throat arrived. Some lilacs in bloom. 



April 25. Temperature at 7 a.m., 693^°; 

 at noon, 70°, with Kght rain; at 3 p.m., 

 67°. Crested Flycatcher and Yellow 

 Warbler arrived. Apple trees, Neviusia 

 alahamensis , double-flowered kerria, lilacs 

 (both purple and white). Mains river si, 

 and Lonicera saccata in bloom. 



April 26. At 8 A.M., 65°, thinly over- 

 cast, with excessively heavy dew; at 

 12.30 P.M., 74/^°. Lonicera graiidiflora 

 rosea in bloom. 



April 27. At 6 A.M., 66°; at 12 m., 73°, 

 raining. Wood Pewee and Indigo Bird 

 arrived. 



April 28. Temperature at 7 A.M., 68}4°, 

 overcast; at 12 m., 74>^°. Alder Fly- 

 catcher arrived. Quince trees in bloom. 

 First morels found. 



May I. Temperature at 7 a.m., 50°, 

 clear, very heavy dew; at 10.30 a.m., 53°; 

 maximum (6 p.m.), 59^°- First flower of 

 German iris open; red-bud bloom fading 

 and dropping— at best a week ago; 

 paw-paw, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Polemonium 

 reptans, and Trillium recurvalum in bloom; 

 trees mostly in nearly full leaf. White- 

 throated Sparrows still here. 



