OUR BIRDS IN NOVEMBER 145 



J. Nematoda ...-. i No. 5 Towing. 



4. Ceratium longicorne ..672 i. Cypris i 



No. 3 Towing takeyi by pumping. 2. Rotifera 2 



1. Cypris.... 4 3. Bosmina - 28 



2. Diatoms 5 4. Nauplius — - 4 



3. Difflugia^ -.— I 5- Cyclops 7 



4. Ceratium longicorne 10 6. Ceratium longicorne 80 



7. Difflugia^ 3 



No. 6 Towing. No. 7 Towing. 



1. Bosmina 11 i. Nauplius .10 



2. Nauplius ; • 9 2. Bosmina.. 14 



3. Ceratium longicorne 68 ^. Arcella.. — .. 8 



4. Rotifera skeleton i 4. Cylcops... 2 



No. 8 Towing. 5. Vorticella 7 



1. Cypris i 6. Ceraaum longicorne 563 



2. Bosmina i 



3. Nematoda ,1 



Our Birds in November. 



BY BROTHER ALPKONSUS, C- S. C 



November is the month when the last of the summer residents 

 and spring migrants depart for their winter homes. Fox Sparrows, 

 Titlarks and Myrtle Warbles, among the migrants, are the last to 

 leave us. And among the summer residents, the Robin, Kingfisher, 

 Bronzed Grackle, Killdeer, Vesper Sparrow, Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet and Logger-head Shrike are the latest to depart. The 

 species that are most frequently seen in November are the Song 

 Sparrow, Goldfinch, Cardinal, Biue Jay, Crow, Downy Wood- 

 pecker, Redheaded Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Chick- 

 ■kdee, vSnowbird, Purple Finch and Tree Sparrow'. Those that are 

 less frequently observed are the Brown Creeper, Hell Diver., Prairie 

 Horned Lark, and Mourning Dove. 



vSoNG Sparrow 

 Mclospiza melodia 

 This favorite songster is quite hardy, and remains north in 

 small numbers all winter. In November the bird may be heard 

 calling near its summerhaunts along the shores of lakes and streams; 

 and occasionally on bright days, the cheery notes of its song will 

 greet the bird-lover. Not infrequently the pedestrian will startle a 



