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A. B. Ghere, Frankfort, Ind., reports them extinct. 



Jesse Earll, Greencastle, Ind., notes first one seen February 22; next, 

 March 2. Decidedly scarce this summer. 



Alexander Black, of the same place, says they have not appeared this year. 

 He has not seen a dozen pairs all told. 



Dr. Vernon Gould, Rochester, Ind. One reported March 19. One or two re- 

 ported later. Have not seen or heard one this summer. 



Mrs. Jane L. Hine, Sedan, Ind. First seen were two, March 29; next, April 

 2. Very rare. The whole country must report a loss of Bluebirds. Once in a 

 great while one is seen. In a ride of twenty miles you may see none, or at best 

 only one or two. 



T. S. Palmer, Acting Ornithologist U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, informs me they received many reports of the unusual scarcity of 

 Bluebirds last spring. 



L. A. and C. D. Test, Lafayette, Ind., report one, the first, March 9; the 

 next March 10. Strangely uncommon. Seemed very rare after the cold spell 

 during the first half of March. 



Clyde L. Hine, Waterloo, Ind. .First seen, one, March 3; next, March 29; 

 next, April 14. Very rare this spring. 



Prof. A. L. Treadwell, Oxford, Ohio. Two seen January 1 ; next seen Jan- 

 uary 3, which was last one noted. 



Prof. E. L. Moseley, Sandusky, Ohio. One, the first, seen February 22; next 

 seen March 24. Not common this year. 



E. M. Kindle, Franklin, Ind., says: The Bluebird seemed very scarce in 

 Orange, Martin and Dubois counties, Indiana, this summer (1895). 



B. T. Gault, Glen Ellyn, 111., reported seeing but three at that place. 

 Ruthven Deane, Chicago, 111., informs me he saw one at English Lake, Ind., 

 but was not near enough to certainly identify it. He says all reports from this 

 section show its extreme scarcity. 



E. J. Chansler, Bicknell, Knox County, Ind., in a letter last spring, writes: 

 Has been a resident until this spring, but has disappeared. Have not seen one 

 the entire spring. Saw a dead one during the cold spell last winter. The past 

 autumn he wrote : Have not been seen here since last February until about Octo- 

 ber 21. I have made numerous inquiries in regard to them, but can not learn of 

 their breeding here this season. 



T. L. Hankison, Agricultural College, Michigan : Heard one March 27. 1 

 have not seen a Bluebird this year, and know of only one other being seen. 



