46 Bulletin 8 



L. Henry Potter, Clarendon, reports 107 species for his section and 

 about 23,533 individuals, with special observations as follows: "Species 

 common during migration but scarce as summer residents were — white- 

 throated sparrow, night hawk, Canada warbler, Parula warbler, myrtle 

 and Nashville warblers, belted kingfisher. Permanent residents less 

 common in winter were — Red-tailed hawk, goldfinch, crow, white- 

 breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, golden crowned kinglet, brown 

 creeper, and red crossbill. An unusual occurrence was a saw-whet owl 

 seen and heard as late as May 20th in Tinmouth, probably breeding. 

 A male red-headed woodpecker was seen on Sept. 7th — this is my first 

 record of the species in Clarendon. A pair of short-billed marsh wrens 

 built their nest in a small marsh near our house in West Clarendon. 

 The nest was found containing seven white eggs. My first Clarendon 

 record." 



Mrs. Nora A. Scofield, village of Hyde Park, says: "There is a 

 wooded hill just back of my house and an orchard at its foot. This is 

 a favorite haunt for the birds and during the summer of 1913 I saw 

 sixty different species of birds in the orchard and on the hill." Her 

 record gives 86 species, among them, the evening grosbeak and titlark. 



A very interesting and valuable list is furnished by Dr. and Mrs. 

 L. H. Ross, Charles Hitchcock, Mrs. W. H. Bradford, Mrs. T. M. Ayres, 

 Bennington, of 116 species, also a list of 117 species for a series of 7 

 years by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Miller, Bethel. 



Miss Mary E. Jennison, St. Albans, in a list of 52 species records 

 the yellow palm warbler for the first time there. 



Practical Bird Protection in Essex Junction. — The building of a 

 large dam in Essex Junction last spring brought there several hundred 

 workmen, the greater share of whom were ready to prey upon all bird 

 life. Certain people who were interested to save the birds from their 

 depredations appealed to the State Fish and Game Commissioner, Mr. 

 Titcomb, who promptly aided by having posters of cloth printed in 

 English and Italian with the Vermont laws respecting the protection of 

 birds. These posters were placed in conspicuous places and were most 

 carefully studied by the laborers, as was frequently observed by those 

 having the matter in charge. The county game warden and town war- 

 den, dressed in policeman's uniform, ably assisted by posting laws in 

 regard to the restrictions to aliens in carrying firearms and in every 

 way possible saw that the law was obeyed. The fact that the trees on 

 both sides of the river where the dam was built were cut, greatly 



