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fell, and a brisk south wind blew continuously. In the morning, at the six 

 o'clock start, the ground was well covered with snow, the drifts being several 

 feet deep in favorable places. Before the sun reached the western horizon 

 there was no snow to be seen. Hence, the streams were rushing torrents 

 and the fields soaking wet or covered with water. The soughing wind and 

 rushing water made sight the only sense to be depended upon. The 

 walking was heavy! 



Before a mile of the journey was behind me the records had reached 

 fourteen — and the indispensable lead-pencil had been forgotten! HoW' 

 ever, a farmer's wife graciously supplied the want and I went on my way 

 rejoicing. After passing through a wood in which nearly all the woods 

 birds were recorded, it became evident that the fields or open country 

 would yield larger results than the woods, except the evergreen thicket 

 in the gorge of Chance Creek. But detail is wearisome, let me turn rather 

 to the general results. 



The early morning hours witnessed large numbers of migrating Crows, 

 Bronzed Crackles and Bluebirds. During the last three hours of the 

 afternoon the Crows w^ere continuously passing eastward and the Bronzed 

 Crackles, Rusty and Redwinged Blackbirds westward. There were 

 thousands of each species. Near Lake Erie and on its shore, /locks of 

 Bluebirds were moving westward, or resting in the woods. Some attempt 

 was made to count the Bluebirds, but the number reached five hundred 

 before two o'clock, and after that time flocks were in sight almost con- 

 tinuously, so the attempt was abandoned. Restless flocks of ducks, 

 mostly Pintails, vacillated between the icy lake and the shallow field 

 ponds. 



During the day forty-one species were recorded, thus breaking the 

 previous year's record. For the sake of comparison the list of species is 

 here given. C indicates that the species was common, A that it was 

 abundant. 



American Herring Gull. i. Sharp-shinned Hawk. i. 



Mallard. 6. Red-tailed Hawk. C. 



Pintail. C. Red-shouldered Hawk. C. 



American (iolden-eve. i. Broad-winged Hawk. i. 



Killdeer. (^ Am. Rough-legged Hawk. 2. 



Bob-white, i. Am. Sparrow Hawk. 2. 



Ruffed Grouse i. Barred Owl. 1. 



Mourning Dove. 2. Hairy Woodpecker. C. 



Marsh Hawk. i. Downy Woodpecker. C. 



