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Morton Park, Illinois, May 8. Day warm and cloudy with slight 

 showers. Wind southerly. 5 a. m. to 1 p. m. Orpheus M. Schantz 



Rock Island, Illinois, May 14. Morning overcoat, cold, warming 

 about noon. No wind. 5 a. m. to 7 p. m. About twelve miles south 

 of Rock Island, 111., including a drive to Milan. A cultivated region, 

 with woods, thickets, fields and streams. Burtis H. Wilson. 



A TWO-DAY CENSUS. 



Northern New Jersey. 6:15 p. m. May 6th to 4:55 p. m. May 8th. 



May 6tb. Station to house by wagon; 6^2 miles; Ifo hours; 6:15 to 

 7:45. Weather mostly cloudy. 10 species, all seen later. 



May 7th. Weather cloudy. 12 species heard from room before 

 leaving it, all seen later. 



5.05 a. m. to 8:05 a. m Weather partly cloudy; 60 degrees at re- 

 turn. Partly in woods, partly along road past fields and a few houses. 

 41 species, including Yellow-throated Vireo and Chestnut sided and 

 Black throated Green Warblers, not seer later 



8:55 a. m. to 6:40 p. m. Weather partly cloudy. I walked up a 

 creek till it dwindled to a brook, came back by road, and spent some 

 time in higher woods. The hunt included low and high woods, fields, 

 a creek, and a village. 54 species (59 for the day). 



May 8th. 4:50 a. m. to 9:00 a. m. Weather, first half, foggy; 

 second half, mostly fine. Entirely a road hunt: through fields and 

 past farmhouses, a village, and an occasional small wood. 39 species, 

 including Sparrow Fawk (1), Orchard Oriole (2), Scarlet Tanager (2), 

 Red-eyed Vireo (4), House Wren (1), and White-breasted Nuthatch (4) 

 not mentioned before. 



9:50 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Weather fine; 72 degrees at start, 77 de- 

 grees at return. Like the long hunt of preceding day, but not so 

 extended. 38 species, none seen this hunt only, except Hairy Wood- 

 pecker (2.) 



50 minutes spent near house, beginning at 2:30 p. m. yielded six 

 species. 35 of these minutes were in woods, where we saw only several 

 Swifts. 



House to station, mostly by wagon; 4 miles; 3:35 to 4:35. 22 spe- 

 cies, including Heron, species unknown (1), Mourning Dove, Bob-white 

 (1 pair), and Bank Swallow not seen before, making me 68 species for 

 the two days. 



I was alone until Saturday night, (the 7th), when Mr. G. E. Hix 

 joined me, and we were together from then on. He had hunied that 

 afternoon, seeing Marsh Hawk and Cliff' Swallow, the only ones seen. 



The most striking thing about these hunts is the scarcity of mi- 

 grants. The Warbler swarms which should have been met with every 

 little way in the woods were almost entirely absent on Saturday and 

 wholly so on Sunday. Charles H. Rogers. 



West Chester County, N. Y., May 6. Temperature 75. Clear. 

 5 a. m. to 7 :30 p. m. Frederick C. Hubel. 



Cupola, Chester County, Penn., May 8. Weather clear and warm. 

 Peach and cherry trees in full bloom, apple buds just bursting. 5 a. 

 m. till dark. A 200 acre farm, with a creek and woods, carefully 

 worked. Chreswell J. Hunt. 



