THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



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MIGRANTS ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH. 



Plate 

 No. 



October 1 to 10. 



3. Loon.* 



5. Pintail.* 



5. Mallard.* 



5. Canada Goose.* 

 Bronzed Grackle.* 

 Rusty Blackbird.* 

 American Pipit. 

 75. Hermit Thrush. 



Plate 

 No. 



October 10 to 20. 



47. Fox Sparrow.* 



October 20 to 31. 

 34. Horned Lark.f 

 Pine Finch, f 



49. Tree Sparrow, f 



50. Snowflake.f 

 50. RedpolLf 



58. Northern Shrike, f 



NOVEMBER. 



It is an interesting fact that the last migrants, to 

 leave in the fall are the first to arrive in the spring. 



The bird-life of November, when the fall migra- 

 tion is practically concluded, closely resembles, there- 

 fore, that of March, when the spring migration is 

 inaugurated. 



The reason for this similarity is to be found in 

 the fact that both months furnish birds with essen- 

 tially the same kind of food. Thus the Loon, Grebes, 

 Ducks, Geese, and Kingfisher remain until Novem- 

 ber or early December, when the forming of ice de- 

 prives them of food and forces them to seek open 

 water. Woodcock and Snipe linger until they can 

 no longer probe the frost-hardened earth; but the 

 thaws of March will bring all these birds back to us 

 by restoring their food. 



* Transient Visitant passing further south. 

 f Winter Visitant. 



