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Some did not get their full numbers before June, a month 

 later than usually, noticeable among them the Red7eyed \'ireo 

 and Orchard Oriole. Kingbirds seem rarer than in other 

 years ; also Hummingbirds, though there are plenty of bloom- 

 ing plants, some early plants retaining their flowers much 

 longer than in other springs, for instance. Spring-beauties, 

 Violets and Phlox, also Fire-bush and Snowball, open flowers 

 of which are still tO' be seen. 



Swainson's and Alice's Thrushes came in their usual 

 abundance and kept nearly their regular time, remaining only 

 a few days longer, to June 4th. Hermit Thrushes came 

 early and staid late, from March 33rd to May 1st. A\'ilson's 

 Thrushes came late and were here only six days, from May 

 14th to 19th, inclusive. 



Never did we have such an opportunity to admire the 

 beauty of northern Warblers as this year. Not only did they 

 remain long and in larger numbers than ever, but they were 

 remarkably tame and frequented the lower branches of trees 

 and slirubs, where they could be seen easily on account of the 

 thin cover which trees and shrubs afiforded throughout the 

 month of May. 



The most numerous of all Wa'rblers w^as the Black-poll. 

 The first came May 3rd and the last is not gone yet, two 

 females being seen this morning (Jime Gth). From May 

 Kith to June 3rd whole flocks of males and females were met 

 with wherever we went, but unlike other years, their song 

 was seldom heard. 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler vvas first seen May 9th and 

 daily in numbers, males and females together, from Kith to 

 22nd, and only slightly less abundantly to June 3rd. 



The Magnolia Warbler came May^ 12th in little troops, both 

 sexes, and remained plentiful to May 22nd, but smaller num- 

 bers were daily seen HU June 3rd. 



It might be stated that most of the Warblers came about a 

 week later and remained from one to two weeks longer than 

 in most other years. 



Northern W^aterthrushes were common most of the time 



