240 General Notes. [£}j& 



stomachs previously collected, but did not publish, due to delays in the 

 Geological Survey, until 1883, when T. C. Chamberlain's 'Geology of 

 Wisconsin/ Vol. 1, came off the press. 



It thus appears that King's work began before that of Dr. Forbes, but 

 was delayed in publication until some years after Dr. Forbes published his 

 first and second researches. While Prof. Aughey had studied ninety differ- 

 ent bird species representing 630 stomachs and Dr. Forbes some 40 species 

 representing 460 stomachs (combining figures of all three papers of 1876, 

 1880 and 1883), Professor King studied 83 species representing over 1800 

 stomachs, 1600 of these being reported. 



The University of Wisconsin has been slow to recognize the great value 

 of Professor King's researches along this line and the noteworthy character 

 of his work. We should take some steps to make generally available the 

 statistical data of the paper as published in the ponderous volumes of the 

 early 80's. 



In view of these facts, a partial bibliography of Professor King's writings 

 concerning birds may be recorded here. 



1883. Economic Relations of our Birds. — Geol. of Wis., Vol. 1, pp. 441- 

 610 (1886). Reproduced in Trans. Wis. Sta. Agric. Soc. for 1886, 

 vol. XXIV, pp. 372-480. 



1884. The Industrial Relations of Our Birds. — Trans. Wis. Sta. Agric. 

 Soc. for 1882-3, vol. XXI, pp. 261-271. 



1892. The Migration and Usefulness of Our Birds. — [Arbor Day Circular, 

 Wisconsin. 



1893. The Robin.— Arbor and Bird Day Annual, Wisconsin, pp. 32-4. 



1896. (Mar. 19) The Ruffed Grouse.— Arbor Day Annual, May 1, 1896, 

 Wisconsin, pp. 23-5. 



1897. (March 24) The Blue-eyed Yellow Warbler.— Arbor and Bird Day 

 Annual, April 30, 1897, Wisconsin, pp. 8-10. 



1899. (March 13) The Migration and Usefulness of Our Birds.— Arbor 

 and Bird Day Annual, May 12, 1899, pp. 34-7. (A reprint of 

 1892 circ, out of print.) 

 1911. (Bird Migration at Hong Kong Island) Farmers of Forty Centuries, 

 p. 62.— Pub. at Madison, Wis., by Mrs. F. H. King.— A. C. Bur- 

 rill, Madison, Wis. 



Morning Awakening Notes at Jefferson Highland, N. H. — Mr. 



Francis H.' Allen in his general note in ' The Auk,' January, 1915, p. 110, 

 again calls in question the"genuineness of the early songs which precede the 

 singing of the Robin as morning songs given in response to the break of day, 

 still regarding them as songs of night. Others may share in some measure 

 his incredulity. I desire, therefore, that my records obtained at Jefferson 

 Highland, N. H., should remove this doubt, for they show conclusively 

 season by season that there not only do Song Sparrows and Chipping 

 Sparrows habitually sing several times before the Robin, but that Wood 

 Pewee and Alder Flycatcher are always much earlier singers, and that 



