234 Allex, Morning Awakening. [April 



his voice short intervals of rest till 4.08, when he flew off and im- 

 mediately started up the continuous performance again; and I 

 left him still at it." When one considers that not only the voice 

 but the wings are in constant use thus for over three quarters of an 

 hour at a time, one can only marvel at the wonderful energy and 

 endurance of the little bird. 



Mr. Wright calls the Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhyn- 

 chos) "a comparatively late riser" and gives the average time of 

 his first call from fourteen records as 3.44. My average of thirteen 

 records is 3.33, and I suspect that the wildness and comparative 

 scarcity of the Crow in the White Mountain region, as contrasted 

 with its abundance and familiarity in the country about Boston, 

 may account for this difference. 



W 7 ith the exception of the Oven-bird, of which I have only four 

 records, and the Redstart, Black-throated Blue, and Blackburnian, 

 of which I have none, my Warbler observations indicate earlier 

 rising than do Mr. Wright's. For the Maryland Yellow-throat 

 (Geothlypis trichas trichas) my six records average 3.44 as against 

 Mr. Wright's five at 3.51. For the Black and White Warbler 

 (Mniotilta varia) I have two records averaging 4.03, while Mr. 

 Wright's single one was at 4.04. Three records for the Black- 

 throated Green Warbler (Dendroica vircns) give an average of 3.3S, 

 as against Mr. Wright's average of 4.13 for the same number. 

 For three other species I have only single records made at Hurd 

 Pond, near Mt. Katahdin, Maine, June 27, 1897. These are rather 

 surprisingly early. They are : Myrtle Warbler (Dendroica coronata), 

 3.03 (Mr. Wright's average of three is 4.25); Nashville Warbler 

 (ycrmivora rubricapilla rubricapilla), 3.04 (Mr. Wright's aver- 

 age of two is 3.53); and Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia), 

 3.09 (Mr. Wright's average of seven is 3.55). This morning at 

 Hurd Pond was fine and calm ; the light first showed in the east at 

 2.15, and the rays of the sun struck the farther shore of the pond 

 at 3.58. 1 About 13 minutes should be added to the Hurd Pond 



1 It may be of interest to record the other awakenings noted at Hurd Pond on 

 this date. In the order heard they were: Olive-backed Thrush (Hylocichla 

 ustulata swainsoni), 2.52; White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), 2.52; 

 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), calling, 2.57; Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttall- 

 ornis borealis), calling, 3.05; Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa satrapa), 

 3.54. 



