54 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
nineteenth century a congress or a conclave or a code; and this 
silence of Bubani is the silence, not of foreboding, but of contempt. 
The work of his lifetime is a very notable monument; and it will 
not fall. The time will come, how soon or how late none may know, 
when the demand for Bubani’s Pyrenaea will equal if not exceed 
the supply. 
OUR. BIRDS) EN: MARCH “AND AP RIT: 
By BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 
The remarkably warm weather, from March 16 until April 
22, 1910, brought an unusually large number of migrants in 
March. The total number seen during this month last year 
was only seven. It is doubtful that such a large record of migrants 
will soon be made again. 
Among the rare migrants seen by the writer this year was 
the Prairie Horned Lark. A pair of these birds was found feeding 
on low ground that is used as a garden. The birds were 
tame, and sometimes alighted in trees. Their note is a low 
whistle. 
Another species, seen but once by the writer during his 
observations covering a number of years, was the Tufted Titmouse. 
As soon as he heard its loud, whistling note, he recognized it as 
one that he did not know. 
The Purple Finch was not seen in March or April this year. 
The writer can not account for the absence of this species. The 
bird is conspicuous for its song in spring, and would surely have 
been heard if it were here. 
MARCH. 
Birds seen every day except on the dates after their names: 
Blue Jay, 13, I9. Crow, 28, 29. 
Snowbird, 1, 2, 4, 6. Bluebird, 1, 2, 6. 
Robin) 1) 28) 6, cee Song Sparrow, 1 to 4. 
Purple Grackle, 1 to 5, 13. Meadowlark, 1 to 5, 7, 13. 
