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Others found such victims later when removing? piles of brush 

 under which stormbound birds had sought shelter. Bhiebirds^ 

 Juncos, Tree Sparrows, Fox Sparrows and Robins were picked 

 up, some dead, others in a weakened condition. Many were 

 caught by cats, some were eaten by hungry crows and others 

 were killed by flying against buildings in the storm; but the 

 great majority came through alive. Gradually with warmer 

 weather the chill produced by melting snows passed away and 

 by the 5th migrants were again moving northward. 



Birds Rush Northward. — On the 9th there was a touch of 

 summer in the air, and on the 10th this terminated in Massa- 

 chusetts with a mid-day temperature of from 80 to 88 degrees.. 

 During that week the birds rushed northward. Barn Swallows 

 were reported April 9 on Long Island, and after that date 

 became common there. From the 9th to the 12th they were 

 recorded in Maine and Ontario. On the 8th Chipping Sparrows 

 in small numbers began to appear on Long Island and in 

 southern Massachusetts. On the 9th this species was seen on 

 Prince Edward Island. From the 14th to the 19th a few Brown 

 Thrashers and House Wrens were heard from in southern 

 Connecticut. A few Thrashers and Catbirds were reported here 

 and there throughout the month. Probably some of these had 

 wintered in southern New England. A cold wave beginning 

 on the 19th reached its climax on the morning of the 21st. 

 Many severe frosts occurred throughout New England follow- 

 ing a "blizzard," which reached northern New York on the 

 20th, and brought a little snow to most of New England. On 

 the 24th and 25th another brief warm wave started migration 

 again, but the month closed with cold northerly winds and night 

 frosts. No early northward flight of Cedar Waxwings was 

 reported. This species had been very rare in Massachusetts 

 throughout the winter. There was an unusual flight of Winter 

 Wrens which at one time were reported throughout the Atlantic 

 coast region from South Carolina to northern Ontario. Broods 

 of Black Ducks were hatched in Massachusetts by or before 

 May 1. 



Maij, 1922. 



May was a disappointing month to the student of birds. 

 During the first half of the month there was much cool weather 

 and migration seemed to be somewhat delayed. Although 

 most of the species due at that time appeared, they were in 



