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MARCH (Continued). 



30 NW 15 46 clear 



partly 

 9 32 cloudy 



26 34 cloudy 

 E 22 36 clear 



7 SE 21 39 cloudy 

 11 SW 13 38 cloudy 



12 NW 24 36 cloudy 



14 NW 28 28 clear 



15 S 20 36 cloudy 



partly 



16 NW 24 38 cloudy 



17 E 11 36 cloudy 



18 E 12 36 cloudy 



19 NE 8 37 clear 



20 NE 13 38 clear 



21 SW 17 45 clear 



22 SW 16 54 clear 



Temperature suddenly fell to 28, mak- 

 ing beginning of cold spell, lasting 

 till April 20. First Purple Fincb. 

 APRIL. 



Thin ice on rivers and ponds. Frogs 

 croaking. Marsh Hawks c, Grass- 

 hopper (ScMstoces americana). Les- 

 ser Scaups ab. First Least Efittern, 

 Herring Gulls, c. Practically no mi- 

 gration from April 1-20. 



Flicker nesting. Mallards c. 



Woodcock's nest. First Red-breasted 



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Rains *all day. First Bonaparte Gull. 



Ash-flowers out. Young leaves of 

 cherry and goose-berry nipped by 

 cold of past few days. Four Rob- 

 ins' nests. Red-breasted Mergansers, 

 common. Continue so till May 3. 

 More Bonaparte Gulls. A warm rain. 



Snow-storm. 1% in. of snow. First 

 Horned Grebes. Last Mallards. 



Cold — ice % in. Second Hermit 

 Thrushes. 



Pied-billed Grebes common. 



Red-breasted Mergansers flying rest- 

 lessly about in the high N. W. wind. 

 First Virginia Rail, Sora Rail, and 

 Shoveller. 



Bonaparte Gulls T. C. First Yellow- 

 legs, and Purple Martins. 



First Savannah Sparrow and Am. Bit- 

 tern. 



Prairie Chickens booming at Glen El- 

 lyn (B. T. G.). First Pine Warbler. 



Many Red-breasted Mergansers disap- 

 pear during warm weather of 20- 

 22. First Black-crowned Night- 

 Heron. 



Dandelions out. 



A beautiful day. Hawthorne and goose- 

 berry leafing out. Violet plants 

 1 in. high. Red trilliums 2 in. high. 

 Spring beauties abundant. Hepati- 

 cas out. Ruby-crowned Kinglets in 

 full song. Trees and shrubbery 

 still bare. Tree Swallows and Bank 

 Swallows. Crow sitting. 



Forsythia in full bloom. First White- 

 throated Sparrow. 



