and September. The chart, as it stands today, has a record 

 for 154 species which, of course, does not represent the full 

 number for our vicinity ; it does, however, represent all those 

 for which I can vouch. Some facts which it records may be 

 of interest. 



I have noticed that in years like this one when I had the 

 early record of March 7 for the song sparrow and March 10 

 for the bluebird, I had correspondingly early dates for their 

 departure— November 10 and 13. Two years ago I had a fall 

 record of the song sparrow November 24, the spring date 

 being March 24. After a ten years' record I find that the 

 Baltimore oriole and white-crowned sparrow have never 

 varied more than two days from May 10 and May 12 — the 

 last date for the oriole being almost as constant, averaging 

 to be August 27. You will doubtless be surprised when I tell 

 you that I saw the white-crowned sparrow for the first time 

 this year in its fall migration, the date being October 8. Many 

 get early dates for the chipping sparrow, but April 16 is the 

 approximate date as far as I have been able to observe. Dur- 

 ing the year 1909, I observed the yellow-bellied sapsucker in 

 every month except January. 



I have a single record for the Lapland longspur in January, 

 the red crossbill in November, the Bohemian waxwing in 

 March. I have seen the horned lark most frequently in 

 March or October, the prairie horned lark in July or August. 

 Last year a pied-billed grebe was taken in February, nearly 

 two months earlier than it is usually seen in our section, and 

 this year for the first time the rough-legged or black hawk was 

 taken November 17. The little green heron and black- 

 crowned night heron have been very abundant this year, the 

 pileated woodpecker has been reported much more common, 

 there have been several reports of the red-headed, and one of 

 the Arctic three-toed woodpecker. Among the uncommon 

 sandpipers I have the pectoral (September), semi-palmated 

 (May and September), white-rumped (May and September). 



The water birds that doubtless follow along the Connecti- 

 cut River during the migratory season, I have studied the 

 least, and it is along this line that I hope to add to the chart. 

 The work now embodied in it represents the results of ten 

 years' study, and in another decade I know that it will need 

 revising and enlarging. The preparing of it has served as 



