Henntngrr — Sprin'g Migration in Western Ohio. 99 



the truth of the old adage, that " It is the unexpected that 

 happens." - 



SPRING MIGRATION IN MIDDLE WESTERN OHIO. 



BY W. F. HENNINGER. 



This spring in many respects resembled the wet season of 

 1907. Birds that usually appear by the middle of April not 

 showing up till late in May, cold waves driving back to un- 

 known regions some of the earlier migrants, for instance the 

 Chimney Swift came on April 24th, 6 -.30 P. M. and stayed 

 that day till the evening of the 25th, when they disappeared 

 till May 3rd. May Sth and 6th were the only dates on which 

 the more tender birds arrived in great hordes ; the ducks and 

 water-birds seemed to be in no way affected by the weather 

 in their migrations. Some interesting and early records were 

 made. I give the list of 1 iO migrants according to first dates 

 and individuals with some annotations : 



February 20 — Robin 2. 



February 22 — Killdeer 1. 



March 1 — Bewick's Wren 2. Bluebird 2. 



March 5 — Bronzed Grackle 4. 



March 6 — Loramie reservoir — Mallard 5. Red-legged 

 Black Duck 1. 



March 8 — Towhee 2. Phoebe 1. Field Sparrow 2. Red- 

 winged Blackbird 5. (March 9 — Dawson's earliest record, 

 perhaps earliest state record.) Pintail 5 — shot, American 

 Merganser 1, — Loramie reservoir. 



March 16 — At Canal (Miami) — shot. American Golden- 

 eye 7. Shoveller 1. Pi6d-billed Grebe 1. American White 

 Pelican 3 on a ditch in the field five miles west of New Bre- 

 men. (An early record and one of the few spring records in 

 this state). 



March 19 — Vesper Sparrow 3. Turkey Vulture 4. 



March 20^ — Lesser .Scaup Duck 1 — Loramie reservoir — shot. 



