338 ANNUAL REPORT 



own vines or lulled into quiet repose by the perfumes from the 

 choice flowers, raised by my enthuiastic wife. No, I am not an ex- 

 plorer, and I hope the other gentlemen have done the work. 



KEPOET ON OENITHOLOGY. 

 By J. S. Harris, La Crescent, Minn. 



Dates of the arrival of birds that are not winter residents, at 

 LaCrescent, Houston county, Minn., as observed by J. S. Harris 

 & Son, Gardeners: 



1889. # 



Jan. 30th — Shore Larks. 

 March 5th— 1 Kobin. 



" 11th— 1 pair Blue Birds. 



" 11th — 1 pair Pedee. 



" 12th — Several pairs Blue Birds. 



" 13th — Black Capped Chickadee. 



" 14th — Robins in considerable numbers. 



" 14th — Red winged Blackbirds. 



" 14th— 1 Bald Eagle. 



14th— Small flocks of Mallard Ducks. 



" 15th — Crow Blackbirds in flocks. 



" 15th — Pigeon Hawks. 



" 16th— Red Tailed Hawks. 



" 16th — Sharp Shinned Hawks. 



" 16th — Blue birds are preparing to build nests. 



" 17th— Meadow Larks. 



" 22d —Turtle Doves. 



•' 26th — Flicker or Golden Woodpecker. 



" 30th— Kingletts. 



" 30th— Wood Sparrow. 



" 30th— Fox Sparrow. 



" 30th— Field Sparrow. 



Up to this date the spring birds are not as plenty as usual upon 

 their first arrival. 

 April 5th — Robins are now abundant. 



" 5th — Pheebes have commenced to build. 



" 9th— Sap Suckers and Cheenruks are here in considerable 

 numbers. 



" 10th — House Martins seen. 



" 13th — First Cabbage Butterfly seen. 



■" 19th — Cliff Swallows are here in abundance. 



41 20th — First Brown Thrushes seen. 

 May 4th — First Rose Breasted Grosbeak. 



" 5th — Heard Whippowil. 



" 6th — Baltimore Oriole is seen. 



" 6th — Hermit Thrush is seen. 



11 6th— Cat Bird is seen. 



