16 THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR, 
MicRanTs, 
Plate Plate 
No. 
Appearing when the Ice March 10 to 20. 
sya Ne Bays and ier "6. Woolcock. 
patents 32. Phebe. 
bir Pebepts 89. Meadowlark. 
5. Mallard.* 40. Cowbird 
5. Green-winged Teal.* ; 47. ie wa 
5. Blue-winged Teal.* ceed seuss 
5. Canada Goose.* March 20 to 81. 
March 1 to 10. 9, Wilson’s Snipe.* 
37. Purple Grackle. 23. Kingfisher. 
82. Red-winged Blackbird. 13. Mourning Dove. 
Rusty Blackbird.* 42. Swamp Sparrow. 
89. Robin. 46. White-throated Sparrow.* 
Birps Nesting. 
March 1 to 16. March 16 to $1. 
21. Barred Owl. 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. 
te 
