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;ind representation of the tlora and fauna with the natural sur- 

 roundings (upland, swamp, creek, ravine, wood, thicket, clear- 

 in^i, meadow, cultivated field, neglected field, orchard, lawn, 

 etc.) of the neighborhood or county. Where it is found impos- 

 sible to unite so diversified an area, separate sections may be 

 mapped out in proportionate blocks. 



2nd. Description of the topography of section studied. 

 The altitude, latitude and h^ngitude. Mean and e.xtremes of 

 temperature for the breeding season. Humidity, etc. 



3rd. Enumeration of the characteristic plants, fruits, 

 ><rain, nuts, insects, fish, reptiles, mammals, etc., indigenous 

 to district, also those introduced by man directly or indirectly, 

 which may be regarded as foods, enimies or competitors of the 

 birds, and which according to their scarcity or abundance might 

 effect the increase or decrease of the avian inhabitants. 



4th. Presence or absence of natural or artificial nesting 

 sites, shelter or cover, in connection with the numerical abund- 

 ance of certain species of birds. 



5th. Enumeration of the number f)f individuals of all species 

 of birds summering or breeding within the specified limits, by 

 means of "horizons", song of males, the location of nests, and 

 any other way possible; verifying records by a careful search 

 for nests after the leaves have fallen, not losing sight of the 

 fact that some species build two or more nests in one season. 



FRANK L. Burns, "Berwvn, Penna. 



MIGRATION NOTES WANTED. 



Last year 1 called for migration records for early May, but 

 the responses were so few that no table for the bird movements 

 of the first five days could be prepared, I again make tne call 

 for migration records for the first five days of May, and earnestly 

 solicit the records of a every reader of this notice. The records 

 of a single year will be acceptable, but I desire such records of 

 as many years as can be given. I particularly wish records of 

 •'first seen," but "next seen" and "common" would also be 

 very acceptable. 



Address, Lynds JONEs, Oherlin, Ohio. 



