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6. Arrival of resident immature males. 



7. Arrival of resident immature females." 



By the term "vagrants" is meant stray birds of either sex which may have wintered 

 not far south of the locality studied, and which do not properly belong to the host of 

 long-distance migrants whose first appearance is generally two weeks later. 



"Vagrants," if seen, appear in February, but the migrants do not arrive until 

 March. Since the Bobolink is closely related to the Red- winged Blackbird, belonging to 

 the same family group, the observations of Miss Upton become all the more significant 

 in the light of Dr. Allen's authoritative statements which are based on most careful 

 studies.— A. H. W.] 



THE ROBIN 



I'm glad I am a Robin, 



I'm glad that I can sing, 



I'm glad that spring is fresh and sweet, 



I'm glad for everything. 



— Eline Rustin. 



SCHOOL LETTERS FROM LAWNDALE, PA. 



I. ABUNDANCE OF ROBINS IN 1915 



We have been doing a great deal in helping the birds. Nearly all the children 

 in the Lawndale School are making bird-houses. The boys and girls in our room 

 have at least forty-one houses put up. We have a great many Robins here 

 this spring. I think that the Purple Martins are very scarce. In our room we 

 account for the birds we see each day by writing them on the blackboard. 

 We have about ten different kinds on the board to-day. There are a great many 

 Woodpeckers around. Some of the boys and girls in our room formed an 

 Audubon Society. They each received a button with a Robin on it. They are 

 also getting a few pictures of different kinds of birds to color. — Charles 

 Horner. 



[From season to season, the constant observer notes a difference in the numbers of 

 some of the more common and abundant species. The Robin is particularly interesting 

 in this connection, showing, as it is likely to do, considerable variation in abundance, 

 at definite points of observation. How many of our readers have accurate data about 

 this matter?— A. H. W.] 



II. THE STARLING PUSHING SOUTH 



I am writing a few lines about the birds. In our school-room the boys and 

 girls have made forty-one bird-boxes and put them out. There are birds in 

 some of them. This morning when coming to school, I saw two Robins. There 

 are all kinds of birds in Lawndale. 



I will name some of them. They are the Wren, Robin, Meadowlark, Blue- 

 bird, Purple Martin, and Starling. There are many more birds besides these. 

 I am going to join the Audubon Society. — Dorothea K. Petry. 



