64 Bird -Lore 



Flycatcher, Kingbird, Bobolink, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Indigo Bunting, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-throated 

 Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Magnolia 

 Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Blackburnian 

 Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Chat, Water Thrush, Wilson's Thrush; 10-20, 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Cape May 

 Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Wilson's Blackcap, Canadian 

 Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Olive-backed Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



APRIL AND MAY BIRD-LIFE NEAR OBERLIN. OHIO 



By Lynds Jones 



April weather is a very uncertain quantity, yet the first few days are 

 frequently pleasant and enticing to the more venturesome birds. In the 

 last five years the first week has four times witnessed a decided wave of 

 northward migrants which sweeps the Northern Shrike and the Rough - 

 legged Hawk away. This mild weather is likely to be followed by a de- 

 cidedly wintry week, with snow or at least freezing nights. It is not until 

 the beginning of the third week that any other marked movement occurs, 

 when such birds as Lapland Longspur, Tree Sparrow and Horned Lark 

 leave us. During the last ten days the spring-like weather brings the 

 greatest movement of the year, carrying northward Junco, Golden -crowned 

 Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Horned Grebe, and, usually, 

 Ruddy Duck. 



With the arrival of May the later migrants crowd in, even should the 

 nights be frosty, as they sometimes are until the middle of the month. The 

 May weather is rarely too inclement for the eager birds. During the first 

 five days we lose Wilson's Snipe, Rusty Blackbird and Pectoral Sandpiper; 

 then there is a lull of five days when none depart ; but during the third 

 five days — lOth to 15th — we lose Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Myrtle Warbler, 

 Black-and-white Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Winter Wren, and some- 

 times Palm Warbler. From the 15th to the 20th we lose American 

 Crossbill, White-throated Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Solitary Sandpiper, Water Thrush, Ten- 

 nessee Warbler, White -crowned Sparrow and American Pipit. The last 

 ten days of the month witness the departure of practically all other mi- 

 grants, including Nashville Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburn- 

 ian Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Least Flycatcher and Olive-backed 

 Thrush, leaving us with only the summer resident species. Such ducks 

 as Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Blue-winged Teal and Bald- 

 pate are likely to tarry well into May. 



BIRDS OF THE SEASON 



For permanent residents and winter visitants, see Bird Lore, Dec. 1900, p. 186. 

 April Migrants. — April i-io. Pied-billed Grebe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Chipping Spar- 



