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tieUls and woods with a view to making a careful search for the more 

 uncommon species. 



While the work varied somewhat with the months, yet enough was 

 done in each month of the year to make a fairly complete record. April. 

 May and June have forty-seven trips credited to them, a large proportion 

 of them being trips with the class. Nearly all of the class work was 

 done in these three months, of necessity. A little was carried into July. 



It must not be supposed that the whole work of the year was confined 

 to the trips enumerated. Many valuable records were made during 

 walks to and from work and during a few minutes on the college campus 

 when the warblers were unusually numerous. At least two records were 

 made in Mr Dawson's door-yard which were not duplicated during the 

 vear. Mr. Dawson's weekly appointments at a neighboring country 

 village afforded excellent opportunities for observation. Were these 

 trips counted with the others the number would aggregate more than a 

 hundred for the year. 



The whole number of species recorded for the county during i8g8 is 

 175, there being but twenty which were not seen by both of us. The 

 whole number of species recorded for the county in twenty years is 221. 

 Of this number thirty-nine are casual and accidental, leaving but seven 

 species which might reasonably be expected which we did not see. Of 

 these seven four are irregular in their occurrence. On the other hand, 

 twelve species now considered rare were recorded. These twelve are . 

 Horned Grebe, Greater Yellow-legs, Baird's and Red-backed Sandpipers, 

 Golden Eagle, Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Lincoln's Sparrow, Pine 

 Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Bewick's Wren and Gray-cheeked Thrush 

 Bewick's Wren is the only species new to the county list. 



So much for details. What results, beyond the strengthening of the 

 county list, can we show for the twelve-month of labor ? Four species 

 were added to the writer's list and seven to Mr. Dawson's. Several 

 little known spiecies have been better learned and the songs of those and 

 others heard for the first time. The conviction that usually aimless 

 walks purely for exercise can be turned to pleasurable and profitable 

 account deepened. Better health resulting from a definite plan for every 

 half holiday as well as every whole holiday for open air work with the 

 birds, bringing more and better exercise than any unplanned ramble 

 could. Assurance made doubly sure that birds are creatures of all 

 weathers, and that they are more easily approached and many of their 

 habits better studied during stormy than during fair weather. An 

 aroused public sentiment in faxor of the birds among both citizens and 



