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ter-thrushes, six male Maryland yellow- 

 throats, ten Wilson's, male and female, and 

 five redstarts. The other species present 

 were a yellow-billed cuckoo in song, four 

 swifts, a kingbird, a wood pewee, a least 

 flycatcher, a blue jay, two purple finches, 

 eleven white-throated sparrows, a Lincoln's 

 sparrow, two female towhees, a scarlet 

 tanager in song, a red-eyed vireo, a blue- 

 headed vireo, thirteen catbirds, five brown 

 thrashers, a Wilson's thrush, and an olive- 

 backed thrush. It will be seen that again a 

 blue jay was present, while none had been 

 noted in the four intervening days. This 

 day was very warm, with light westerly 

 winds, and attained a maximum tempera- 

 ture of 82. It followed a fair and warm 

 day of 70 maximum temperature, with 

 light southwesterly winds, conditions most 

 favorable for a large flight of migratory 

 birds. 



The following day, the twentieth, be- 

 came rainy, with somewhat lower temper- 

 ature. Some of the birds of the preceding 

 day had gone, but others had arrived. On 



