DISTRIBUTION OF OUR BIRDS IN SPRING 17) 
this species. For this reason, my own records, I know, are some- 
what incomplete. 
The Flicker was seen on 7 days in March, 1910; but was 
not recorded in that month in any other year. ‘The total for 
April, in four years, was 87 records, with 33 failures; for May, 
80 records, with 44 failures. The average total number of records 
for each spring was 43, and the total for the four seasons was 174 
records. 
In March, 1910, the Vesper Sparrow was seen on g days; 
in the other three years, these were no records for March. April 
totalled 81 records, and May, 91, for four years. Between the 
highest and lowest totals, in four seasons, there was a difference 
of 14 records. The average number of records for each spring was 
about 44, and the total for four years was 177 records. 
The March records for the Mouring Dove totalled, in four 
years, 7; there having been none in 1912. ‘The April records 
were 77; the May, 113; and the difference, 36 records. The 
difference between the highest and lowest totals; in four years, 
was only g records. For the four seasons, the average was nearly 
52 records, and the total was 207 records. 
The Phoebe, in four years, had 10 March records. In 1912, 
there were no records for March, two for April, and one for May. 
Although the totals for April and May, in the other years, were 
respectively 39 and 31 records, yet these figures do not give a 
correct idea of the ‘distribution of the species. Barring 1912, 
April shows the greatest difference in its records to be 13, and 
May, 9. The four springs totalled 80 records. It would be inter- 
esting to determine the relative abundance of the Phoebe and the 
Wood Pewee. ‘The latter being essentially a species of the woods, 
it is easy to record it daily, after its arrival in May. The Phoebe 
‘rrives, sometimes in March; but nests only in favorable places; 
end thus is not so easily recorded. 
The records of the Kingfisher show that the species was most 
abundant in April, the total for four years being 41 records. In 
1910, the April records reached 19, which was almost double 
as many as those of any other year. In May, there was uniformity 
in the number of records for each year, the highest being 9, and the 
total, 25. The species was exceedingly rare in March—only 4 
records having been made in four years. For the four seasons, a 
total of 70 records is shown. 
