OUR BIRDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 348 
Bobolink, on the 30th. The total number of migrants in April, 
1915 was 26. For this month, in 1914, there were 28 migrants. 
Some of the more notable of my observations in April, 1915 
were the following: April 7, loud note of the Phoebe.—April 13, 
Goldfinches in summer plumage.—Field Sparrows in full song.— 
April 16, Mourning Doves building.—April 17, a Brown Thrasher 
singing for ten minutes in the afternoon.—April 19, Vesper Sparrow 
in full song.—April 23, one Snowbird on the ground in a cemetery ; 
the last April record for this species was on the 26th.—April 30, 
Bobolink singing in a tree top at very brief intervals. I heard the 
song some distance away as I approached the bird. This was my 
earliest date for hearing the song of the Bobolink. 
The species recorded in May, 1915 were: Crow, Blue Jay, 
White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-headed Woodpecker, Goldfinch, 
Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, Screech Owl, Snowbird, 
Meadowlark, Bluebird, Robin, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbird, 
Bronzed Grackle, Flicker, Kingfisher, Cowbird, Field Sparrow, 
Towhee, Phoebe, Mourning Dove, Vesper Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, 
Blue-headed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Chipping Sparrow, Ruby- 
crowned Kinglet, Chimney Swift, Myrtle Warbler, White-throated 
Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, House Wren, Baltimore Oriole, 
Warbling Vireo, Pine Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Catbird, Yellow 
Palm Warbler, Kingbird, Bobolink, Screech Owl, Water Thrush, 
Barn Swallow, Black-throated Green Warblér, Orchard Oriole, 
Crested Flycatcher, White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-throated 
Vireo, Indigo Bird, Gnatcatcher, Blackburnian Warbler, Wood 
Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Dickcissel, Greater Yellowlegs, Yellow- 
billed Cuckoo, Alder Flycatcher, Cedarbird, Bay-breasted Warbler, 
Black-throated Blue Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Chestnut- | 
sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak, Redstart, Owenbird, Black and White Warbler, Mary- 
land Yellowthroat, Tennessee Warbler, Least Flycatcher, Scarlet 
Tanager, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bank Swallow, Mourning Warbler, 
Black-poll Warbler, Nighthawk, Canadian Warbler, Wilson 
Warbler. Whip-poor-will, Hummingbird. The total number of 
species seen was 83. 
The rare species in May were: Bay-breasted Warbler, Oven- 
bird, with 9 records; Yellow Palm and Chestnut-sided Warblers, 
with 8; Yellow-billed Cuckoo, White-crowned Sparrow, with 7; 
Barn Swallow, Scarlet Tanager, with 6; Bluebird, Yellow-throated 
