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of May until its departure on the 30th. One record was made ol 

 the Wood Thrush — on May 17. The notes of none of these thrushes 

 were heard. 



Five scattered records of the Cedarbird were made after the 

 nth of May, when the species was first observed this spring. I 

 found these birds in the sand dunes near Michigan City, Indiana, 

 while on a trip with members of the Indiana Audubon Society. 

 The Cedarbirds always feed^ in small flocks, and their presence 

 may be readily detected by their weak but oft-repeated note. In 

 fact these birds are usually heard overhead in trees before they are 

 seen. 



The beautiful Indigo Bird was first seen this spring on' May 

 18, which is a late date for the species to arrive. In other years I 

 have found the bird as early as May 4. This spring the Indigo 

 Bird was in song on the first day it appeared. For a long time the 

 song is not full and sweet, as it is in summer. The female of the 

 species is brown and will puzzle beginners who may not know the 

 sharp call-note. Often the 1 irds are together in pairs, and the 

 blue male will afford a hint as to what the brown bird is. There 

 were 13 records of the Indigo Bird in May, and most of them were 

 regular. 



The Myrtle Warbler is our first warbler to appear in spring — 

 arriving this year as early as April 1 1 . For the rest of the month 

 the records were irregular until the 25th, when the species was seen 

 daily. In May there were 22 records, most of them regular up to 

 the 19th, when they again became scattered. The last day the 

 Myrtle Warbler was seen was on June 3, which is my latest spring 

 record for the species. 



The writer having previously published an article in the 

 American Midland Naturalist on our warblers, thought it un- 

 necessary to treat again the various species that were seen this 

 spring. The records of their migration and distribution may be found 

 in the table appended to this article. Suffice it to say that some 

 of the warblers did not leave here until early June, and in a later 

 production the dates of their migration will be given. Tlu se late 

 warblers were: Myrtle Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, RedsUirt, 

 Canada Warbler, Wilson Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, 

 Black-poll Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Northern Parula Warbler, 

 Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, I 

 brested Warbler. 



