28 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATITRALIST 



4 to 4:30 p. in. — Jays calling. Meadovvlarks singing loudly. 

 Killdeer note. Call-note of Robins; one seen. 



September 24, 19 12. 



6:30 a. m. — Swifts flying high. 



9:15 to 10 a. m. — Jays calling. Call-note of Robin; saw two. 

 Song Sparrow in song; saw many in a vegetable garden. Killdeer 

 note. Note of White-breasted Nuthatch. Yellow -billed Cuckoo 

 sitting in a mulberry tree. 



3:45 to 4:30 — Jays making a variety of noises. A few Swifts 

 seen. 



September ^25, 1912. 



6:30 a. m. — Swifts seen. 



8 to 8:30 a. m. — Jays seen and heard. Note of Song Sparrow 

 repeated. One Grackle in the top of a poplar. Killdeer note in 

 several places; saw one bird. Notes of old and young Goldfinches. 

 A Phoebe in a birch tree; first seen since July 30 — an absence of 

 56 days. 



3:45 to 4:30 p.m. — Jays calling. Notes of Grackle, Killdeer. 

 Cowbirds perched on dead branches of a poplar, utteringTa^thin 

 note, and changing their position frequently. Call-note of 

 Goldfinch. 



September 26, 1912. 



II to 1 1 :45 a. m. — Jay-note. 



4 to 4:45 p. m. — Passed the poplar where Cowbirds are seen, 

 but none were in the tree. When I returned a number were on the 

 dead branches, and, as usual, moving and uttering a low thin 

 note. Heard Grackles here too. Note of Meadowlark, Downy 

 Woodpecker. Call-note of Song Sparrow. White-throated Sparrow 

 arrived — 5 days earlier than last autumn. 



September 27, 1912. 



1 1 to 1 1 130 a. m. — Two Jays flying. Call-notes of Song Sparrow 

 and Goldfinch. Note of Meadowlark. 



3:45 to 4:30 — Many Jays flying about along a country road 

 lined with trees. Killdeer note. Saw Meadowlarks — in song. Cow- 

 birds absent at 3:45; present in the poplar at 4:30; Grackles 

 heard here also. Saw Goldfinches and heard their call-note. A 

 note of the Flicker. White-throated Sjiarrows plentiful in low 

 land covered with bushes; heard their call-note. Caw of Crows. 



