340 ANNUAL REPORT 



REPORT ON ORNITHOLOGY. 



By Burton T. Wilcox, of Hastings. 



In submitting a short report on ornithology, I beg leave to call 

 your attention to some observations taken during the summer of 

 1889. The open winter and early spring brought our migratory 

 friends back from their southern journey several days earlier than 

 the preceding year. My notes show the following dates when the 

 first individuals of a few common species were observed, and will 

 give a comparative record of the arrival of the kinds they embrace: 

 March 7th— Red- tailed Hawk. 

 9 th— Wild Goose. 



" 14th — American Robin. 



" 14th— Wild Duck, 



" 16th— Bluebird. 



" 18th— Crow Blackbird. 



" 20th — Song Sparrow. 



" 21st — Meadow Lark. 



" 21st— Phoebe. 



" 23d— Killdeer Plover. 



" 25th — Indigo Bunting. 



" 25th — Chirping Chippy. 



" 25th— -Mourning Dove. 



" 26th — Summer Yellowbird. 

 April 3d — Belted King-fisher. 



" 4th — Golden-winged Woodpecker. 

 5th— Purple Martin. 

 9th— Cocpsr's Hawk. 



" 11th— Chimney Swift. 



" 15th — Brown Thrush. 



" 21st — Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



" 21st — Sparrow Hawk. 



" 23d — Red-headed W T oodpecker. 



" 23d — Barn Swallow. 



" 27th— Cliff Swallow. 



" 27th— White-bellied Swallow. 



" 28th -Marsh Hawk. 



" 28th— Cuckoo. 



" 29th— Bank Swallow. 

 May 3d — House Wren. 



" 4th — Lea's Flycatcher. 



" 5th — Whip-poor-will. 



" 6th — Baltimore Oriole. 

 7th— Wood Thrush. 



" 10th— Wood Peewie. 



" 10th— Night Hawk. 



" 10th— Red-eyed Vireo. 



" 17th— Orchard Oriole. 



" 18th — Great- crested Flycatcher. 



" 23d — Scarlet Tanager. 



