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figures for purposes of comparison with Mr. Wright's, in order to 

 allow for the earlier sunrise at that latitude and longitude, than at 

 Jefferson, X. H., just as five minutes should be subtracted from my 

 records made in the neighborhood of Boston to allow for the later 

 sunrise there. 



Another early-rising warbler, which Mr. Wright has not recorded, 

 is the Yellow Warbler (Dendroica oestiva oestiva). My average of 

 five records is 3.24. 1 It will be seen that I cannot from my own 

 experience endorse Mr. Wright's conclusions as to the late awaken- 

 ing habits of the Warblers as a family. 



These remarks of mine are not to be taken as in criticism of Mr. 

 Wright's admirable paper, which he clearly states to be the result 

 only of his own records and individual experience in a single locality. 

 They are intended, rather, to be supplementary to his records and 

 conclusions, and they may serve to emphasize the fact that more 

 observations from a number of different localities are needed in 

 order to enable us to generalize with safety upon this subject of 

 the Morning Awakening. For myself, I will simple say in recapi- 

 tulation that, so far as my own observations show, the Song and 

 Chipping Sparrows are much later risers than the Robin, the King- 

 bird is one of the very earliest of the early birds, the Tree Swallow 

 is still earlier and may be the earliest of them all, the Crow is not 

 a late riser, and neither are the Warblers as a family. 



1 Dr. Townsend has a record of 3.10 for June 13, 1908, at Ipswich, Mass., five 

 minutes before the Song Sparrow and twelve minutes before the Chipping Sparrow. 



