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Bird - Lore 



May 2. Temperature at 5 a.m., 46°, 

 clear. Red-flowered horse-chestnut, flow- 

 ering dogwood, may apple {Podophyllum), 

 dwarf larkspur, bladder-nut {Slaphylea 

 Irifolia), Phlox subulata, and narrow- 

 leaved crab apple {Mains lancijolia) in 

 bloom, the first somewhat faded. 



May 3. Temperature at 1.30 p.m., 71°; 

 at s P.M., 70°; at 9 P.M., 67°. First White- 

 crowned Sparrow seen, feeding with 

 White-throats. Hyla versicolor croaking. 

 Tradescaniia brevicaulis and Scnecio aureus 

 in bloom. Bechtel's double-flowered crab 

 with buds nearly ready to open. A fine 

 king snake {Ophibolus getidus sayi) seen 

 on Bird Haven. 



May 4. SpircBa Van Houttei in bloom. 

 Nighthawk arrived. Three Dickcissels 

 passed over field (feel sure I heard this 

 species on April 25). 



May 5. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeak, and Solitary Sand- 

 piper first seen. Young Robins out of 

 nest (seen several days ago by a neighbor). 

 Sweet shrub {Calycanthus floridus), C. 

 Icsvigatus, and Deutzia gracilis in bloom. 

 Thunder storm, with hail, about 9.30 

 to 10 A.M. 



May 7. Temperature at 9.45 a.m., 52°, 

 with cool N. W. wind. White-crowned 

 Sparrows numerous and tuneful; White- 

 throats silent and few remain. 



May 8. Temperature at 8.30 a.m., 53°, 

 with cool N. W. wind; maximum (4 p.m.), 

 54°. A few White-throated Sparrows, but 

 none singing. Bechtel's crab in full 

 bloom. 



May 10. Coral honeysuckle commenc- 

 ing to bloom. 



May 12. Rosa rugosa alba in bloom; 

 Philadelphns grandiflorus commencing to 

 bloom. Temperature at 8 p.m., 49!^°. 



May 13. A beautiful, fuU-plumaged 

 adult (male?) Harris's Sparrow feeding 

 with White-crowns and White-throats 

 near kitchen window — the first example 

 of the species I ever saw in life! 



May 16. Bobolinks heard passing over. 

 The Harris's Sparrow again at feeding 

 place; a few White-throats still here, but 

 White-crowns apparently all gone. First 

 Carmine Pillar rose open,. 



May 17. Last visit from Harris's Spar- 

 row; White-throats all gone. First fire- 

 flies ("lightning bugs") seen. Iris, "Mme. 

 Chereau" in bloom. 



May 18. Black locust {Robinia pseuda- 

 cacia) and rose acacia (/?. hispida) in 

 full bloom. 



May 19. Spircea splendens in bloom. 

 May 20. First flowers of Iris pseud- 

 acorus open. 



May 23. No rain since the 7th. 

 May 24. Coral lily {Lilium tenuifolium), 

 old-fashioned blush rose, and deutzia, 

 "Pride of Rochester," commencing to 

 bloom. 



May 26. Iris hexagona (cultivated) in 

 bloom; also climbing rose, "Debutante." 



May 28. Iris cuprea {fulva), cultivated, 

 in bloom. Maximum temperature today 

 and yesterday, 89°. 



May 29. First Spanish iris and Crimson 

 Rambler rose in bloom. Maximum tem- 

 perature 87)4°, with great humidity. 



May 30. Yellow day lily {Hemerocallis 

 flava) and common privet in bloom. 

 Dorothy Perkins and Tausendschon roses 

 commencing to bloom; Catalpa speciosa 

 past full bloom (flowers dropping). 



May 31. Onagra biennis grandiflora in 

 bloom. (Rainfall for May, 0.77 of an 

 inch!) 



June 4. Catalpa catalpa in full bloom. 

 June 5. A light drizzle from about 6.15 

 to 6.30 P.M., the first trace of rain since 

 May 7. Opuntia vulgaris in bloom; first 

 trumpet flower {Tecoma radicans) open, 

 much later than usual. 



June 6. Ilea virginica and New Jersey 

 tea {Ceanothus americanus) in bloom. One 

 of the small Thrushes (either the Veery, 

 Gray-cheeked, or Olive-backed) sang 

 many times in our Pinus ponderosa tree, 

 but I could not see it, and hence could 

 not make identification certain. (I am 

 not sufficiently familiar with the songs of 

 the three species to be able to distinguish 

 them, many years having passed since I 

 last heard them. The bird above men- 

 tioned was not heard afterward.) 



June 7. First flowers open on prairie 

 rose {Rosa setigera). 



June 8. Spircea (omentosa and common 



