210 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST. 
of February is very stormy and winter lingers into March, 
the first robin will not appear until there is a mitigation of 
the elements. 
The March records which I have obtained in six years for 
the first robin are—1919, March 2; 1910, March 1; 1912, 
March 14; 1913, March 9; 1914, March 13; 1920, March 10. 
These dates give as an average, March 8. Between this date 
and the average for February then are fourteen days. As 
only four dates in March occur in the second week, we may 
conclude that normally the first robin will appear either in 
the last week of February or in the first week of March. 
Earlier or later dates are so rare that they may be regarded 
as exceptional or unreliable. As a matter of fact, when I have 
found the first robin later than March 8th, I have heard of 
other observers who made earlier records; and so I have 
concluded that my late dates for the first eee were not the 
correct ones. 
BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C., 
Notre Dame, Indiana. 
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