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Jtme, 1922. 



The deficit in precipitation during the twelve months prior 

 to June, 1922, must have been made up during this month. 

 Tempestuous electric storms and torrential rains prevailed over 

 a large part of New England. 



Storms destroy Young Birds. — Destructive hailstorms also 

 occurred. These elemental disturbances were fatal to many- 

 eggs; some young birds were destroyed by rain and wind, others 

 w^ere drowned by floods. The continuous rains in some sections 

 made it difficult for the parent birds to obtain food for their 

 young, which in consequence starved. 



Quite a number of Loons were noted on the coast, and in at 

 least two cases young birds were seen with them. Many Red- 

 breasted Mergansers and a few Old-squaws and Holboell's 

 Grebes were reported from Cape Cod, and a few Bonaparte's 

 Gulls along the New England coast. Black-breasted Plovers, 

 both species of Yellows-legs, Knots and Least and Semipalmated 

 Sandpipers were noted locally throughout most of the month 

 in New England. Four Brown Pelicans were reported June 7 

 in Essex County, Massachusetts. A male Gallinule was seen 

 from May 30 to June 10 in Connecticut. On the latter date 

 a Blue Grosbeak was recorded in Norfolk County, Massachu- 

 setts. On June 12 a Lark Sparrow was seen on Long Island. 

 On the 13th a Cerulean Warbler was seen in Franklin County, 

 Massachusetts. A nest of this species was found in New York 

 State. Two pairs of Slate-colored Juncos were reported breed- 

 ing in Connecticut. Notwithstanding the fact that the latter 

 part of May was favorable to migration, some land birds were 

 not reported from some localities until from the 1st to the 

 20th of June. 



July, 1922. 



There was less precipitation in July than in June, but the 

 rainfall still was excessive. Along the seacoast of eastern Maine 

 and in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the rains of the first 

 part of the month were even heavier and more continuous than 

 in June. Fogs prevailed there for many days. The storms and 

 cold in that region caused practically a total loss of young 

 terns in some places and local Chimney Swifts disappeared. 



Early Migration. — Southward migration began early. On 



