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THE OOLOGIST 



Comparison of the Arrival of Birds at Port Hope, Ontario 

 During 1911 and 1912. 



1911 1912 



Grey Screech Owl January 15th February 6th 



Chickadee January 27th January 17th 



Red-breasted Nuthatch January 28th January 6th 



Slate Colored Junco February 3d March 14th 



Tree Sparrow February 3d None seen 



Evening Grosbeak February 4th None seen 



Downy Woodpecker February 10th January 21st 



Whistler Duck February 18th January 18th 



Pine Grosbeak February 17th January 7th 



February 19, 1911, found a mouse and a Chickadee impaled upon thorns, by 

 a Shrike. 



1911 1912 



Crow February 26th March 3d 



Horned Lark February 25th April 8th 



Broad Winged Hawk March 2d April 5th 



Swallow-tailed Kite March 4th April 10th 



(Do these birds ever come so far north in the spring? I am sure that is 



what they are, as their plumage and manners refer exactly to the bird book.) 



1911 1912 



Redpoll March 4th March 4th 



Canada Geese March 9th March 30th 



Robin March 13th March 30th 



Song Sparrow March 14th March 20th 



Bluebird March 15th April 5th 



1911 1912 



Pine Finch March 25th April 17th 



Meadowlark March 25th April 5th 



Purple Grackle March 29th April 9th 



Kildeer March 31st March 30th 



Vesper Sparrow April 1st April 12th 



Rusty Blackbird April 1st April 10th 



Wood duck, male and female April 1st None seen 



White-rumped Shrike April 1st May 1, 2 nests 



Hooded Merganser April 8th None seen 



Phoebe April 8th April 13th 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet April 10th May 1st 



Wood Pewee April 10th None seen 



Fox Sparrow April 12th None seen 



Mourning Dove April 16th None seen 



Red-winged Blackbirds April 16th March 30th 



Flicker April 16th April 30th 



Brown Creeper April 17th May 2d 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker April 18th April 15th 



Tree Swallow April 18th None seen 



Purple Martin April 19th April 6th 



Barn Swallow April 19th May 2d 



Gulls, flying over in the dark April 20th April 16th 



Veery April 25th None seen 



Black and White Warbler April 26th None seen 



Spotted Sandpiper April 29th April 30th 



Chimney Swift May 1st May 3d 



White Crowned and White Throated Sparrow . . . May 2d None seen 



Brown Thrasher May 6th 



Norman Haultain, 

 Port Hope, Ontario. 



