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bird disappeared on July 31 and was absent until Sept. 25 — 56 

 days. When the last brood is fledged, the families wander about 

 in field and grove, and thus may be wholly absent from certain 

 localitites until they begin to pass south in force. 



A number of species were recorded but a few times, indicating 

 that they were migrants passing rapidly to the south. Such were: 

 Crested Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Baltimore Oriole, Chipping 

 Sparrow in September; Sapsucker, Yellow Palm Warbler, Hermit 

 Thrush in October; Bluebird, Bronzed Crackle, Canada Goose, 

 Northern Shrike in November; Song and Tree Sparrows, Yellow 

 Rail in December. 



August. 

 Crow, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31. Catbird, 23, 24. 



Blue Jay, 21 to 31. Kingfisher, 21. 



Robin, 21, 22, 23, 25 to 28, 30. Red-headed Woodpecker, 21 to 



3i. 



Song Sparrow, 21 to 31. 

 Bronzed Crackle, 21 to 31. 

 Killdeer, 21, 22, 23. 

 Field Sparrow, 23, 24, 26, 30, 31 

 Mourning Dove, 21, 23, 24, 27 



30. 

 Screech Owl, 25. 

 Kingfisher, 21, 22, 23. 

 House Wren, 21, 26, 28. 

 Chimney vSwift, 21, 23 to 30. 

 Warbling Vireo, 21, 23 to 27 



29. 30, 31- 

 Baltimore Oriole, 21, 24, 25 



27. 31- 

 Indigo Bird, 21, 23, 24, 25, 30,31. 



Total number of species seen, 29. 

 September. 



25. 



Brown Thrasher, 21, 26. 

 Downy Woodpedcker, 2 1 , 



27. 29, 30, 31. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 21, 



26, 30. 31. 

 Goldfinch, 21 to 31. 

 Flicker, 23, 27, 29. 

 Wood Pewee, 21 to 31. 

 Yellowlegs, 21, 24, 29. 

 Bobwhite, 25. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 29, 31. 

 Wilson Warbler, 30. 

 Cedarbird, 29, 30. 



Crow, 7, 8, II. to 15, 18, 23, 



27, 28, 29. 



Blue Jay, i to 16, 18 to 25, 



28, 29. 

 Robin, I, 3, 4 to 11, 13, 14, 



20, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29. 



Bluebird, 12, 18, 20. 



7, 



19, 



Song vSparrow, i to 6, 8. 12, 13, 



17, 21 to 30. 

 Meadowlark, 19, 22, 26, 27, 



28, 29. 

 Bronzed Crackle, i, 2, 4 to 11, 



13 to 16, 18, 20, 22, 25 to 28. 

 Killdeer, 3, 5, 6, 21 to 25, 27. 



