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Bird - Lore 



lined the banks on the grass and sand, which the waves licked clean of snow, 

 and upon which they deposited tens of thousands of this God-given manna. 

 That birds not so fortunate as to find the secret of the lakes perished miserably 

 is evident from the fact that I know of two Robins and a Chipping Sparrow 

 which succumbed in this favorable locality; of a Blue Jay, two Robins, two 

 Chipping Sparrows, a Cowbird and a Savannah Sparrow, which sought and 



MIGRATING SWALLOWS AFTER A SNOWSTORM 



found an asylum inside dwellings, and of three Robins' nests, each with two 

 eggs, the owners of but one of which are now brooding over their eggs. The 

 other nests contained each three eggs, which burst open with freezing. The 

 majority of the Robins have given over housekeeping and are congregating in 

 large flocks, — a remarkable change of habit at twenty-four hours' notice! 



About the lake, the following birds are the most abundant: Red- winged 

 Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Robin, Savannah Sparrow, Tree Swallow. The 

 following are very common: Bronzed Grackle, Song Sparrow, White-throated 

 Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Barn Swallow, Junco, Phoebe, Blue 

 Jay, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Myrtle Warbler, 

 Crow and Sapsucker. 



Strange to say, we saw but few Bluebirds (common during the past months), 

 Cowbirds, Flickers, Chewinks, Chickadees, Vesper Sparrows, Downy or Hairy 

 Woodpeckers, and Nuthatches; and but one each of the Cliff Swallow, 

 Broad-winged Hawk, and Horned Grebe. 



For more than twenty feet, a sheet of ice extended from the shallow margin 

 of the lake; whilst at the center Barn Swallows were catching insects on the 



