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THE YOUNG OOLUGIST, 



to exceed three pages, folded once, and 

 signed, giving Town, County and State, in 



full. , 



These will then be forwarded to me, and 

 from them I select the spiciest and most in- 

 teresting for publication. Let them be 

 consise and to the point, with no attempt to 

 expand by use of unnecessary words. 

 Hoping to receive the reports June 1st, 



I remain. 



Fraternally, 



Jose R. Curtis, 



Chief Secretary. 



From Wisconsin. 



I am observer at station fifty-three, Pro- 

 fessor W. W. Cooke, Moorhead, Minn., 

 superintendent. I enclose a few notes of 

 arrivals to fill out some vacant corner. 



This has been a cold backward spring 

 and some of the little birds have had a 

 hard time of it, hut the majority of them 

 have made their appearance at last, and the 

 air is filled with their songs. 



April 1 . A flock of about a dozen robins 

 lighted on a tree near the house, and after 

 resting a few minutes continued their 

 journey towards the north. 



A number of Hawks, single in pairs, 

 sailing towards the porth. 



April 2. Black Snowbird and Fox- 

 colored Sparrow, Wood Duck, Mallard. 



4. Jilourning Dove. 



5. Meadow Larks, singing. One pair of 

 Chipping Sparrows, Kingfisher; heard a 

 few faint croaks from the frogs: found a 

 stupid Mud Turtle and Water Snake, they 

 both seemed to have just crawled out of 

 the mud. 



6. Purple Grackle, Chipmunk. Grass 



Finch. 



9. Redpoll Linnet, last seen. 



14. White-throated Sparrow, Am. Bit- 

 tern, Osprey sent in from Wabashaw. 



16. Pair of Blue Jays, commenced 

 gathering Plum twigs for nest. White 

 Rumped Shrike. 



18. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet. 



19. Bees commenced carrying in loads 

 of pollen. 



.50. Yellow Shafted Flicker. Yellow- 

 rumped Warbler. Coot. 



21. Water thrush, quite common and 

 quite sharp when you want to shoot them. 

 First toad. 



Chewink, Whipporwill, Brown Thrush, 

 the last of the Snow birds and Fox-tailed 

 Sparrow, that gives them a stay here of 

 about three weeks. 



28. Hermit Thrush. 



29. Purple Martin, Bank Swallow. 



30. Had an old "resident " of an Am. 

 Bittern brought in, he had a pickerel in his 

 throat eia:ht inches long by the rule, be- 

 sides some small fry and weeds, no wonder 

 they make a splashing in the water when 

 they fly up. 



:May 2. A man brought in two Double- 

 crested Cormorants, which he had killed at 

 one shot as they were sitting on an old 

 stump. 



5. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Killdeer. 



6. Storm of rain and snow, with falling 

 temperature. One of the merchants in 

 town caught a little Yellow-breasted 

 Warbler that was cold and hungry, and 

 took it into the store and fed it on some 

 pieces of meat, but it got lost behind some 

 of the boxes the next day. 



7. Twenty-eight degrees at 7 A. M., 

 ground covered with snow, froze one-half 

 Inch last night, snow squalls all day. I 

 went out in the morning and found the 

 little birds all rufflled up and hunting all 

 over the ground and everywhere for some- 

 thine to eat. Shot five Golden-Crowned 

 Thrushes, all males ; two Hermit Thrnshes 

 and about a dozen Black-and-white 

 Creepers, Yellow-rumps, and some not yet 

 identified. The Black-and-AVhite Creepers 

 seemed to suffer the most with the cold 

 and hunger ; had several brought in that 

 were found dead. Found iny first set of 

 four Blue Jay's eggs. 



8. Wilson's Thrush. Spotted Sand- 

 piper. Oriole. Barn Swallow, found dead 

 in a barn; Bank Swallow and Striped 

 Creeper found dead ; Black-throated War- 



