OUR BIRDS IN THE WINTER OF I914-15 
Ovenbird, 4, 11, 14. 
Redstart, 10 to 15, 17, 20, 22. 
Maryland Yellowthroat, 11, 13, 
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Myrtle Warbler, 1 to 16. 
Yellow Palm Warbler, 1 to 5, 
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Black-throated Green Warbler, 
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Tennessee Warbler, 3, 19. 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 4, 10, 
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Connecticut Warbler, 8, 15, 17. 
Black and White Warbler, 10, 
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Pine Warbler, 11. 
Magnolia Warbler, 13, 18. 
Blackburian Warbler, 16. 
Yellow Warbler, 1 to 5, 10, 
DMT Ay TS 5 13, 
Total number of species‘seen, 74. 
Total number of species seen in spring, 96. 
Black-poll Warbler, 17, 20, 22, 
1H 22.. 2a Vi25 3 120. 
OUR BIRDS IN THE WINTER OF IQ14-15. 
BY ‘BROTHER ALPHONSUS, ¢. S. C. 
The winter of 1914-15 showed an increase in the distribution 
of the Crow, Blue. Jay, Brown Creeper, and Song Sparrow; a 
decrease, for the White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-headed Wood- 
pecker, Downy Woodpecker, Snowbird, Tree Sparrow, and 
Chicakdee. Very mild weather in February—after the 12th— 
brought such species as the Bluebird, Robin, Killdeer, and Herring 
Gull. Species seen last winter, but not this, were: Bronzed Grackle, 
Meadowlark and Snowflake. The total numbers of species recorded 
this winter exceeded that of any previous one. 
The Crow was recorded the greatest number of times in 
December—26. In January this species was found on 22 days; 
in February, on 23 days. The longest interval both in December 
and January, when the bird was not seen, was 2 days; in. February 
the longest absence was 3 days. For the three months the total 
number of records was 71—only 3 more than the total of last 
winter. 
The Blue Jay had 29 records both in December and January, 
and 24 in February, making a total of 82, which was 9 more than 
the previous winter. The longest interval of absence both in 
December and January was 1 day; in February, 2 days. The 
Jay, which had the largest number of records of all the species 
