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with that of the preceding April, but the time of departure was 2 
days earlier.—By April 9, 1914, Sapsuckers were plentiful. 
The Golden Crowned Kinglet was recorded on 13 days in. 
April, 1914 and on 6 days the April before. The date of leaving 
in 1914 was April 22, and the longest absence before that was 
from the 1st to the 6th of the month.—April 14, 1914.—Golden- 
crowned Kinglets in oak trees. Both species of Kinglets show a 
preference for these trees. 
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet was observed on 5 days in April 
1914, and on g days in April 1913. There was a long interval of 
absence from the rst to the 17th of April, 1914; and from the 1st 
to the 16th in 1913—both before the species arrived.—Ruby- 
crowns may be distinguished from Golden-crown by their ALAS 
less quickly. 
In the Phoebe we have a species that show great irregularity 
in its distribution between April 1912 and April 1913 and 1914, 
the first year having but 2 records and the other two together, 
30 records. Five days was the longest absence in April, 1914— 
before the 6th of the month.—April 25, 1914.—A Phoebe building 
in a grotto. 
The Towhee shows similarity in its records for April 1914 and 
1913, the former having 11 and the latter 15 records. Six days 
absent in April 1914, and 5 in 1913, were the lenges intervals for 
this species. 
The few April records of the Hermit Thursh for the years 
I912, 1913, 1914, indicate that this species may not appear fre- 
quently in this month. It is remarkable that the total number 
of records for April, 1911 exceeded the total of the three follow- 
ing Aprils, which had only 12 records. 
The Brown Thrasher is a species that is quite regular in its 
April records. For three years—1912, 1913, 1914 there were 
respectively 12, 16 and 14 records. The longest absence in 1914 
was before the date of arrival on April roth.. 
The Barn Swallow always appears in April, but the few 
records of the last three years—-which together totalled only 14— 
show that the species is not plentiful in this month, or that the 
observer must resort to the vicinity of barns to find this swallow 
regularly. 
The Myrtle Warbler is the only one of this family that arrives 
early enough in April to be counted among the species that are 
