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The list of bird arrivals in the spring was headed by the Crows who 

 came March 9th. 



March 12th I saw and heard a Bluebird. 



March 13th Robin Redbreast appeared, followed on the 14th by a 

 flock of Crow Blackbirds. 



On March 20th, a flock of about one hundred Robins were seen in 

 the field. I think I saw a Sparrow the same day. 



March 28th I found a small bird, partly eaten, spitted on a bush, 

 probably by a Shrike. 



April 19th I saw a Tree Swallow. The 20th I think I saw a Barn 

 Swallow, but did not stop to identify it. 



April 27th the first Robin's nest of the season was found. It was in 

 a spruce tree and contained one egg. The nest was near a path over 

 which people were passing daily, and was deserted by the Robins after 

 three eggs were laid. 



May 3rd, I discovered a Robin's nest in a hole in a birch tree, it con- 

 tained four eggs. When I called on the 16th the eggs had hatched. 

 May 21st, when I next visited the nest I found the young birds dead. 

 There were blood stains on the nest but the young birds seemed to 

 have no external injury. Probably a squirrel had killed the mother 

 and they had died of cold as they had no feathers. 



May 4th I observed a pair of Flickers or Golden-winged Woodpeck- 

 ers. The next day (May 5th) I saw their hole in an old apple tree. 



Later when I visited the tree I could hear the young birds but the 

 hole was too deep for me to see them. 



May 17th I saw three Eave Swallows and heard a Bob-o'link. On 

 the 24th I observed a Kingbird. 



May 25th another Robin's nest was found, on the 26th it contained 

 one egg. Ten days later it had been robbed. 



May 30th I spent some time afield. I saw a flock of Cedar Birds 

 and one of Gold Finches. I found a Robin's egg lying on the grass in 

 a pasture, no nest being near. While going through the orchard I saw 

 a female Ruby-throated Humming Bird. Later I was out in the old 

 orchard and observed a small hole in a limb of a dead tree. I tried to 

 climb the tree to see if there was a nest in the hole but the tree was 

 too much decayed. I rapped on the limb and as nothing came out I, 

 supposing the hole to be empty, pulled the limb off. On looking into 

 the hole I was greatly surprised to see two young birds; they had 

 fallen from the nest and lay just within the opening. As they did not 

 have their eyes open and were covered only with gray down I could 

 not tell to what species they belonged. I replaced the limb as well as 

 I could and sat down near by to await the return of the parent birds. 



