no NATURE'S CALENDAR 



May 24 



CALENDAR FOR MAY 



MAMMALS 



Nearly all mammals complete the spring 

 molt. 



Moles. — Produce young underground. 



Varying Hare. — Summer coat renewed ; 

 young born. 



IVoodcJmcks. — Produce young in burrows. 



Beavers. — VxoAwQ.^ young in bank burrows. 



Porcupines. — Produce young in dens. 



Wolves. — Produce six to ten puppies. 



Fishers. — Breed in their forest dens. 



BIRDS 



Terns and Petrels. — Arrive. 



Sheldrakes, Mergansers. — Pass northward. 



Brants. — Depart northward first fortnight. 



Sora, or Carolina Rails. — Pass northward. 



Phalaropes. — Pass northward, 



Doivitchers. — Pass northward. 



Some bay-l)irds linger on their way North. 



Boh White. — Nesting fourth week, on the 

 ground in stubble-fields. 



Ruffed Grouse. — Nesting second week, 

 beside some fallen log in the woods. 



Sharp-shin. — Nests fourth week, on trees and 

 cliffs. 



Cooper s Hazuk. — Nests first week; tall trees. 



Pigeon Haiuks. — Pass North first fortnight. 



Sparrow Hawk. — Nests first fortnight; old 

 woodpecker holes and other tree-hollows. 



Fish Hawk. — Nests first week ; big trees. 



Cuckoos. — Arrive from South second week. 



