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Ferry, Winter Notes from Southern Illinois. 



TAuk 

 Ljuly 



these favorable conditions. Rain fell continuously on the 23d 

 except for part of the afternoon, and rain or mist were the accom- 

 paniments of a part of about half the days spent. Occasional 

 touches of green in the meadows showed that the grass was beginning 

 to revive. Frogs were heard croaking on the 24th; on the 26th 

 a black and brown caterpillar (Pyrrharctica isabella) was seen, and 

 small winged insects in low bushes on the river banks were seen 

 daily. Through the courtesy of the U. S. Weather Bureau at Cairo, 

 I am able to give the daily condition of the weather. 



Statement of Weather, Cairo, Ills. 



Larus sp? — Gulls flying at a distance from the shore over the Ohio 

 River could not positively be identified as delawarensis or argentatus; 

 but they were undoubtedly one or the other. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (?). Hooded Merganser. — Four ducks, un- 

 doubtedly of this species, passed just out of gun-shot on Horse-shoe Lake 

 on Feb. 28. 



Anas boschas. Mallard.^ — Two Mallards were positively identified 

 on Horse-shoe Lake on February 28, and they doubtless formed a consider- 

 able part of numerous flocks seen flying overhead at a considerable height. 

 Hunters report them common here during the spring migration. 



Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. — Four Shovellers were seen on Horse- 

 shoe Lake on February 28. They were very active, either swimming 

 rapidly about or making short, frequent plunges into the shallow water. 



Dafila acuta. Pintail. — Pintail were probably the most abundant 

 duck at this place. Several flocks were seen flying in a northerly direction 



