88 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



II. 



Date— April 14, 1900. 



Chaiacter of the Day — Cloudy, with an occa.sional siirinkle. Minimum 

 temiJerature 50°, at 5:00 a. m.; maximum, 63°, at 4:00 p. m.; wind south; 

 maximum velocity, 14 miles. 



Character of the Previous Day — Clear. Maximum temperature 66°, in 

 afternoon. Wind northwest; maximum velocity, 14 miles. 



Route — Bank of Salt Creek, from Branson's Farm to Wagner's and 

 again from the bend north of the next section line to the end of the 

 first wooded bend below. 



Territory' — Continuous timber along- the creek, except for a short 

 strip where the creek was bordered by a few scattering trees and by 

 an extensive tract of shrubbery and young oaks. 



Time — 6:30 a. m. to 10 a. m. 



Width of Strip— About 100 yards. 



Distance — Two miles. 



No. of llatio 



birds seen per mile 



Bronzed Graclde 16 S . 



Phoebe 2 1.0 



Chickadee 12 6.0 



Field Sparrow 1 0.5 



llobin 9 4.5 



Yellow-shafted Flicker 13 6.5 



Crow 10 5.0 



Common Junco (flock) 19 9.5 



Downy Woodpecker 2 1.0 



Song Sparrow 7 3.5 



Cowbird 10 5.0 



Chewink 10 5.0 



Blue-winged Teal (pair ) 2 1.0 



White-breasted Nuthatc-h 2 1.0 



Fox Sparrow (scattered flock) 15 7.5 



Bluebird 2 1.0 



Harris's Spari-ow (flock, estimated) 50 25.0 



The meteorolog'lcal data in each case are from the official records of 

 the weather office here. To compare the two tables the ratio in the 

 first should be divided by 2, or those in the second multiplied by the 

 same figure. The two present a sharp contrast in the character of 

 the localities. It is believed that the maximum value could be derived 

 from a series of daily records secured from the covering of the same 

 strip each day. 



It has become evident from the writer's experience the past season 

 that the jjractical application of this scheme is only advisable in case 

 the person using it is familiar with the birds of his locality, and ac- 

 customed to habits of close observation. Even to such the work is 

 laborious, and only practice can lead to results which approximate 

 accuracy, but a limited number of observers Avho can and would apply 

 the method suggested could secure data which it seems would be of 

 such gTeat valiie as to justify the time spent in obtaining them. 



Since the object of the scheme referred to above is to secure the ut- 

 most accuracy in the recording of migration records it has seemed 



