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son of Prof. Ross G. Harrison of Yale University, a most competent young 

 field ornithologist, will assist in field work. The following courses will be 

 given : — 



1. Bird-Study and Field Ornithology, as given by Mr. Job at 



Chautauqua Institution (N. Y.) Summer School. 



2. Applied Ornithology, attracting wild birds and propagation of 



game-birds and wild water-fowl. 



3. Nature Photography, both place and motion picture, with field 



demonstrations. 



These courses are designed to be of an interesting and popular nature, 

 and of practical value to bird-lovers, teachers, land-holders, and amateur 

 photographers of wild life. 



Tuition for the Summer School term will be $15, with option of taking 

 any or all of the courses and of attending lectures. The price is put thub 

 low for the initial season to induce bird-lovers to become acquainted with 

 Amston, and merely to cover expenses. Room and board at Amston Inn 

 are at the uniform rate of $2 per day, and $14 per week, and single meals 

 75 cents, these prices being as low as is feasible in these times. Should any 

 students desire to camp, sites at the lake-shore will be assigned at nominal 

 cost. Students or observers of birds who visit Amston other than as Summer 

 School students will be shown everything informally and will be assisted in 

 every possible way. It is suggested that parties or organizations come here 

 for field days or vacation outings. 



Amston is a station on the Air Line Division of the New York, New 

 Haven & Hartford Railroad, between New Haven and Willimantic, 44 miles 

 from the former and 10 miles from the latter. Amston Inn is three minutes' 

 walk from the railway station, the Audubon House just beyond, and the lake 

 and all bird-work within easy walking distance. 



THE COMING OF THE BIRDS. 

 BULLETIN OF INFORMATION— IV. 



As March went out the birds came in. In my last bulletin, issued 

 March 15, it was asserted that fox sparrows might be expected next. In fact, 

 they had arrived already in small nmnbers in Southern Connecticut March 5, 

 and in Eastern Massachusetts March 10. There were very early movements 

 of small birds along the coast, but the first great state-wide bird wave of 

 the spring reached its climax in Massachusetts on March 19, when consider- 

 able numbers of red-winged blackbirds, robins, bluebirds, fox sparrows, 

 song sparrows and meadowlarks and quantities of bronzed grackles were 

 observed locally from the coast to the New York line. During this wave 

 there were noted some early records. A yellow-bellied sapsucker was seen 

 March 19 in the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, and a brown thrasher 

 in Worcester County March 18. A nighthawk was seen at Demarest, N. J., 

 March 20. Two barn swallows were reported from East Marion, Long 



