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Polygonello articulata (Linn.) Meisner, Gen. 2 p. 228, (1836-43) 

 Gonopyrum articulatuni (I,inn.) F. and M. 



[Lake Co.] (Hill) ; Tolleston [Lake Co.] (Hill) ; Millers (Umbach) 

 (Bastin) ; [Porter Co.] (Cowles) ; Dune Park (A. Chase); No. 10233, 

 10264, 10264A, 720, Mineral Springs, 720A Tamarack [Laporte Co]. 



Department of Botany, 

 University of Notre Dame, Ind. 



OUR BIRDS IN THE AUTUMN OF 1912. 



BY BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 



August the 2ist is the date from which the records for 

 the season start. The Killdeer was absent 8 days after the 23rd. 

 This species in August, flies about in small flock — ^ probably 

 families — and may occur in certain locality only occasionally. 

 In September there were 10 records of this species; in October, 

 12; in November none. What was said of the Killdeer in August 

 is substantially true of the species during the rest of its stay in 

 autumn. 



The Kingfisher was recorded 3 times in August, 5 times in 

 September, 3 times in October and not once in November. These 

 records indicate that this species is uncommon after August 29th. 

 During autumn the Kingfisher must move from one place to another 

 until it finally disappears altogether. 



Records of the House Wren become rare after August 15th. 

 In August there were 4; in September i; in October i. The 

 scarcity of observations is due to the fact that the species usually 

 stays in brush heaps or wood piles in autumn, and unless such 

 places are visited in numbers, the observer may fail to find the 

 Wren. 



Like the Wren, the Catbird and Brown Thrasher are partial 

 to certain places in autumn. They stay in thickets which 

 border roadsides, and are very quiet, seldom uttering even a 

 call-note. Sometimes they may be seen in the road feeding. In 

 August there were 2 records for the Catbird; in September, 8. 

 The Brown Thrasher was observed twice in August and the same 

 in September. 



For the Flicker in August there were 3 records; in September, 



