364 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
90. Troglodytes edon.....Be. cess House Wren....... os sed pone ae C 
91. Cistothorus palustris............ Marsh Wrea......3 4. kee2 os 8b a ahr ae C 
92. Parus atricupillus........+....- Chickadee... : 4.45 )20 20 Jae eeeeeeee R 
93. Polioptila coerulea. .........0.00. Gnat-catcher....././.2 - dele san ee R 
94. Merula migratoria.............. RODIN, « ..- -0'ep\ha'sig gale tisie A 
Oo, Sidhe nas .3.03 0 ori Ges Bluebird. . ...:; 02). cgeu'ies ep cae C 
Note: The letters at the right are todenote whether the species named are common 
abundant. or rare. 
REPORT ON ORNITHOLOGY, 
BURTON T. WILCOX, HASTINGS. 
In submitting a short report on ornithology, I beg leave to call your 
attention to my observations taken during the spring and summer of 1891. 
On referring to my note book, I find that the unusually open winter with 
its warm days brought some of our feathered friends back from their south- 
ern home as early as the 7th of January. However, they did not make 
their appearance again until about the first of February: I am not pre- 
pared to say whether they came to stay, or simply flew northward during 
a few days of warm weather, which existed about that time. 
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 different kinds they embrace: 
Jan. 30. American Robin, Turdus migratorius, Linn. 
** 31. Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, Briime. 
Feb. 11. Cedar Bird, Ampelis cedrorum, Baird. 
** 13. Wood Duck, Aiz sponsa, Linn. 
‘* 24. First Shore Lark seen. 
“ 26. Flock of Evening Grosbeak seen. 
‘* 28. Found nest of Great Horned Owl containing three fresh eggs. 
Mar. 10. Cooper’s Hawk, Accipiter cooperii, Bonap. 
“11. American Crow, Corvus americanus, Aud. 
** 13. Red-tail Hawk, Buteo borealis, Vieill. 
** 13. Mallard, Anas boschas, Linn. 
** 16. Shore Larks quite plentiful. 
** 18. Robins quite plentiful. 
** 20. Pigeon Hawks, Falco columbarius, Linn. 
‘* 24. Small flocks of Mallard Ducks. 
‘* 24. Blue Bird, Sialia sialis, Baird. 
** 29. Blue Birds in considerable numbers. 
Killdeer Plover, Agialites vocifera, Linn. 
Meadow Lark, Sturnella magna, Sw. 
Teal Duck, Querquedula discors, Linn. 
Phoebe Bird, Sayornis fuscus, Linn. 
Purple Grackle, Quiscalus purpureus, Bart. 
Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius pheeniceus, Linn. 
Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, Linn. 
Blue Birds building nests. 
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