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South, also prompts certain of our Winter Visitants to begin their 

 northward journey, and after March we do not often see Redpolls, 

 Snowtiakes or Northern Shrikes. 



BIRDS OF THE MONTH. 



Permanent Residents, see page S3. 

 Winter Residents, see page 87. 

 Winter Residents leaving for the North. 

 Horned Lark. Snowflake. 



Redpoll. Pine Grosbeak. 



Northern Shrike. 

 Migrants arriving from the South. 

 Appearing when the ice leaves the bays and rivers. 

 Loon. Green-winged Teal. 



Pintail. Blue-winged Teal. 



Mallard. Canada Goose. 



March i to 10. 

 Purple Grackle. Rusty Blackbird. 



Red-winged Blackbird. Robin. 



March 10 to 20. 

 Woodcock. Meadowlark. 



Phoebe. Cowbird. 



Fox Sparrow. 

 March 20 to 31. 

 Wilson's Snipe. Mourning Dove. 



Kingfisher. Swamp Sparrow^. 



White-throated Sparrow. 

 April Bird-Life. — In early April the developments in the vege- 

 table world, which the most casual observer cannot fail to see, are 

 accompanied by corresponding but less noticed activities in the world 

 of birds. The appearance of the skunk-cabbage, the blossoming of the 

 pussy-willow and the early wild flowers soon become common 

 knowledge ; but the arrival of the Vesper, Field and Chipping^ 

 Sparrows, of Tree Swallows, ?\Iyrtle Warblers and Hermit 

 Thrushes, is known to comparatively few. Still, to the bird-lover,, 

 the return of these feathered friends is of even greater interest 

 than the blossoming of trees and plants. 



The migratory movement grows rapidly in strength, and dur- 

 ing the latter part of the month one may expect to see newcomers 

 almost daily. It will be noted that the earlier migrants of the 

 month are all seed-eaters, while the later are certain insectivo- 

 rous birds which catch their prey in the air, for example. Swallows^ 

 Swifts and Nighthawks. 



BIRDS OF THE MONTH. 



Permanent Residents, see page 85, 

 JVtnter Residents, see page 87. 



