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ted Sandpiper, 1; Green Heron, 1; Yellow-legs, 1; Kingfnsher, 1; 

 Baltimore Oriole, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; White-throated Spar- 

 row, 1; White-crowned Sparrow, 1; Hermit Thrush, 2; Ruby- 

 throated Hummer, 1; Blue Jay, 3; Barn Swallow, 1; Broad-winged 

 Hawk, 1; Cowbird, 4; Purple Grackle, 2; Whippoorwill, 2; Black- 

 burnian Warbler, 11; Cerulean Warbler, 2; Scarlet Tanager, 10. 



SOME FURTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR BIRD STUDY. 



BY LYNDS JONES. 



We may keep plainly in view two main objects of "All 

 Day " studies, such as Christmas, New Year, May, and July. 

 The first object, as it lies in the writer's mind, is to stimulate 

 interest in outdoor studies. The second is to determine, as far 

 as possible, what birds inhabit the given region at the time of 

 the study. The first object is certainly a worthy one, and the 

 second is the beginning of the carefully prepared local list. It 

 is the oft repeated and firm conviction of the writer that a 

 conservative local list, whether it cover but a small area sur- 

 rounding some village, or more ambitious, covers a whole 

 county, is one of the most valuable helps for the beginner in 

 bird study. It reduces the liability to gross mistakes in the 

 almost universal expectation, shall I say, of the marvelous in 

 bird life. If the local list is prepared by some person who 

 knows what birds should be found in that locality a list of the 

 species which have not been found up to the preparation of the 

 list, but which should be found there may well be appended. 

 Such a list is certain to stimulate interest in the local study. 

 Who shall be first to add one and another of these species to 

 the real list? These points have all along been given more 

 emphasis than any others because it has been assumed that 

 most of the members of The Wilson Ornithological Club have 

 not yet attained to the degree of knowledge where special 

 studies can profitably be undertaken. There are, however, not 

 a few members who are capable and ready to undertake special 

 work, and it is to such persons that I wish to speak further. 



There is a great deal of work that needs to be done before 

 we know anywhere near all about the birds, some of it out of 

 reach of the average person who knows birds well, some of it 

 within the reach of every person. Mention has many times 



