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Spring morning, and then may not be 
heard again for a day or two thereafter. 
No doubt in several instances I did not 
hear the first notes, and so did not record the 
bird until he had been present several days. 
In Bird-Lore for April, 1899, Dr. A. K. 
Fisher gives the Baltimore Oriole among the 
birds to be expected at Sing Sing, N. Y., 
from May ist to5th, and in the same maga- 
zine for April, 1900, Mr. John H, Sage says 
that the Baltimore Oriole may be looked for 
at Portland, Conn., from May Ist to Ioth, 
The Staten Island records are as follows :— 
May 2nd, 1880, May 2nd. 1894 
ee roth, 1885, a 7th, 1895. 
ce oth, 1886. April 3oth, 1896 
se 6th, 1887, May 7th, 1897 
ee 7th, 1888. s6 roth, 1898 
“ 7th 1889. ie 8th, 1899 
me Ist, 18g0. es 4th, 1900 
sth, 1891. f Tith,  Igot 
Bh Rth;) 1892. = 6th, 1902 
a 6th, 1893. 
The date of April 30th, 1896 was during a 
period of a warm wave. when the barn swal- 
lows also arrived somewhat earlier than 
usual, 
The Baltimore Oriole is usually silent dur- 
ing all of the month of July. About the roth 
of August they commence calling again, and 
make their presence known until their depar- 
ture for the South in September, I have heard 
them as late as the 26th of that month 
SPECIMENS EXHIBITED, 
Mr. Davis exhibited cakes of fused sand. 
caused by the burning of a haystack ona_ 
sand dune at Old Place. 
Mr. A. B. Skinner exhibited a number of 
specimens Of indian implements and parts of 
deer antlers, the result of recent collecting at 
several localities on the Island, notably at 
Mariner’s Harbor. 
