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willing to take for granted that work and study at such a time is too 

 unprofitable to be indulged in. It may not be wholly out of place here 

 to show briefly what a class of twelve students has been able to accom- 

 plish during a summer term of eight weeks, just closed. 



There were one hundred and eight hours of field work required, eighty- 

 eight of which was done under the personal supervision of the teacher. 

 Eighteen trips, including two all day trips, made up the eighty-eight 

 hours. All times of day, from four o'clock in the morning to* eight at 

 night and all temperatures between 48° and 96° in the shade, are rep- 

 resented in this work. 



During these eighty-eight hours ninety-two species were recorded 

 and 734 records made. Of these ninety-two species the highest number 

 recorded was sixty-nine during an all day trip on July 24, and the lowest 

 number was nineteen, in the face of a thunderstorm on the evening of 

 August 3, the average record being forty-one species. 



The following species were recorded on each of the eighteen trips : 

 Chimney Swift, Mourning Dove, Red-headed Woodpecker, Kingbird, 

 Crow, Blue Jay, Meadowlark, Goldfinch, Song, Field, Vesper and 

 Chipping Sparrows, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, House Wren and 

 Robin ; and the following species were recorded but once : Common 

 Tern, American Bittern, Sora, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Nighthawk, 

 Traill's Flycatcher, Lark Sparrow, Dickcissel and Blue-winged Warbler. 

 Only six of the remaining eighty-three were not well seen and easily 

 studied. It is interesting to note that thus far in 1899 but ninety-eight 

 species have been recorded as breeding within the county, so that the 

 summer's work is nearly complete. 



During the all day trip of July 24, when about thirty-five miles of 

 country roads were covered, a careful count was made of the number 

 of individuals of twenty-one species seen from the wagon. The day was 

 one of the warmest of the year, with but a light breeze from the south, 

 and a cloudless sky. The list follows: 



Common Tern, 3. Flicker, 15. 



Green Heron, i. Chimney Swift, 48. 



Spotted Sandpiper, 2. Crow, 16. 



Killdeer, 4. Meadowlark, 75. 



Mourning Dove, 16. Song Sparrow, 48. 



Cooper's Hawk, i. Grasshopper Sparrow, i. 



Sparrow Hawk, 5. . Field Sparrow, 20. 



Belted Kingfisher, 3. Loggerhead Shrike, 3. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, 35. Purple Martin, 22. 



