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family and order. From this as a center will radiate the knowledge 

 of other birds, both of individuals and of their relations with one 

 another and with the rest of nature. 



Bird study at Wellesley is, of course, not ideal, either in its 

 methods or in its results. Even when we make allowance for im- 

 provement in the future, by the introduction of other and new ideas, 

 we must remember that the best bird work takes time and a sense 

 of leisure which under present conditions we cannot expect in a 

 college. But though the course is imperfect, it is worth the effort, 

 if only because it brings to so many girls a fresh and a keen delight, 

 and because it opens to them an endless field of pleasure for their 

 after-college days. 



Spring Migration Tables 



GIVING AVERAGE DATES OF ARRIVAL OF BIRDS AT PORTLAND. CONN., AND OBERLIN. O. 



SPRING MIGRATION AT PORTLAND, CONN. 



BY JOHN H. SAGE 



FEBRUARY' 15 to 28 



Woodcock, Purple Grackle, Robin. 



MARCH I tn 10 



Hooded Merganser, Flicker, Phoebe, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow, Fox 



Sparrow. 



MARCH JO to 20 



Black Duck, Canada Goose, Wilson's Snipe, Mourning Dove, Cooper's Hawk, 



Meadowlark, Purple Finch. 



MARCH 20 to ?r 



Wood Duck, American Golden-eye, Buffle-head, Old-squaw, Horned Lark, Cow- 

 bird, Rusty Blackbird. 



APRIL I to 10 



Horned Grebe, Baldpate, Green-winged Teal, American Bittern, Great Blue 

 Heron, Wilson's Snipe, Marsh Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Osprey, Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker, Kingfisher, Vesper Sparrow, Savanna Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field 

 Sparrow, Tree Swallow, Pine Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush. 



APRIL 10 to 20 

 Holbcell's Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Broad-winged Hawk, Swamp Sparrow, Purple 

 Martin, Barn Swallow, Bank Swallow, Yellow Palm Warbler, Louisiana Water Thrush. 



APRIL 20 to 30 



Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Short- 

 eared Owl, Whip-poor-will, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, 

 White-throated Sparrow, Towhee, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated 

 Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Black-throated 

 Green Warbler, American Pipit, Brown Thrasher, House Wren. 



MA V I to 10 



American Coot, Solitary Sandpiper, Bartramian Sandpiper, Pigeon Hawk, Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Crested Flycatcher, 

 Wood Pewee, Bobolink, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Grasshopper Sparrow, Rose- 



