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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



Plate 

 No. 



Appearing when the Ice 

 leaves the Says and Rivers. 

 1. Loon.* 



5. Pintail.* 



6. Mallard.* 



5. Green- winged Teal.* 

 5. Blue-winged Teal.* 

 5. Canada Goose.* 



March 1 to 10. 

 37. Purple Grackle. 

 82. Red-winged Blackbird. 



Rusty Blackbird.* 

 89. Robin. 



MIGRANTS. 



Plate 

 No. 



March 10 to SO. 



76. Woodcock. 

 32. Phoabe. 



39. Meadowlark. 



40. Cowbird. 



47. Fox Sparrow.* 



March 20 to 31. 



9. Wilson's Snipe.* 

 23. Kingfisher. 

 13. Mourning Dove. 

 42. Swamp Sparrow. 

 46. White-throated Sparrow.* 



March 1 to 15. 

 21. Barred Owl. 



BIRDS NESTING. 



March 15 to 31. 

 Duck Hawk. 

 Carolina Wren. 



APRIL. 



In early April, the developments in the vegetable 

 world, which the most casual observer cannot fail to 

 see, are accompanied by corresponding, but less no- 

 ticed, activities in the world of birds. The appear- 

 ance of the skunk cabbage, the blossoming of the 

 pussywillow and early wild flowers soon become 

 common knowledge; but the arrival of the Vesper, 

 Field, and Chipping Sparrows; of Tree Swallows, 

 Myrtle Warblers, and Hermit Thrushes, is 

 known to comparatively few. Still, to the bird- 

 lover, the return of these feathered friends is of even 

 greater interest than the blooming of trees and plants. 



* Transient Visitant passing further north. 



