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these three being records by just a few days, the most being six in 

 the case of the Song Sparrow. 



On the twenty-second another surprise came, a Marsh Hawk and 

 Meadowlark being seen on that day, both of these records curi- 

 ously enough being twenty days ahead of time, the previous earliest 

 being April 11, 1917, in the case of the former, and April 11, 1915, 

 in that of the latter. Bronzed Grackles and Red-shouldered Hawks 

 were also seen on this date, and the day following a Junco and Red- 

 winged Blackbird, and a Migrant Shrike on the thirty-first, but 

 none of these call for any special notice. 



Phcebes, Tree Sparrows, Goldfinches, Savannah and Vesper 

 Sparrows as well as a Sharp-shinned Hawk were seen between 

 April the first and sixth, and on the seventh I obtained my first 

 spring record for Fox Sparrows, having only seen them in the fall 

 previously. Another surprise came on the eighth, a Flicker being 

 noted ten days ahead of previous records, and on the twenty-fourth 

 I found a Migrant Shrike's nest with five eggs, my previous earliest 

 being May 10, 1916, for a full set. 



The month of May was responsible for many interesting items, 

 not the least being the abundance of many of the Warblers, espe- 

 cially the Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, 

 and Canada, as well as a fair sprinkling of the Nashville and a few 

 Northern Parulas. The Tennessee, Pine, Yellow Palm and Wilson's 

 Warblers, however, did not put in an appearance, or at least if they 

 did I failed to detect them, although they were all recorded in the 

 fall migration. It may be interesting in passing to compare ray 

 experience with that of Mr. Robert Barbour and others as recorded 

 in 'The Auk,' Vol. XXXV, 1918, No. 4, pp. 484-485; wherein it is 

 complained of the general scarcity of birds this year and especially 

 of the Warblers both at Montclair, New Jersey, and also in Central 

 Park, New York. 



Cowbirds were again scarce, and no instance came under my 

 notice of any W r arbler or other species having been victimized. 

 W'hite-crowned Sparrows reverted to the old order of things and 

 were scarce this spring, the only one seen being on the fourteenth 

 in my garden, although in the fall they appeared (for them) in 

 goodly numbers again. 



On the twenty-fourth one male Indigo Bunting was seen about 



