AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. Ill 



March 13. I spent about a quarter of an hour in the Haunt 

 this morning and the usual rush of songs greeted me. Hosts of 

 Robins called, sang and squealed; Chickadees, Creepers and 

 Kinglets gave their varied notes ; Flickers rolled forth their lusty 

 "wick-wick"; Downys rattling note rang out; Crow and Jay 

 called loudly, the Jay giving his bell-like song ; Grackles and 

 Redwings added songs, calls and creaks to the great medley. 

 (This gives some idea of the bird-life of the little place.) 



March 17. I notice that the Winter Friends are becoming less 

 and less in evidence. They have not entered the list at all for 

 three days. Where in winter time their cheery notes greeted me 

 in the morning, I am now welcomed by the carol of Song 

 Sparrows, the liquid "Kong-quer-ee" of Redwings and Flickers 

 many notes. Fox Sparrow appeared in all brightness of coat. 



March 19. I noticed a sort of duet by a pair of Song Spar- 

 rows. The birds were in the maple swamp. The bird at the 

 westerly side ended his song with an unsatisfactory note and the 

 bird on the easterly side repeated the song exactly except for 

 the last note which was given lower and of a satisfactory tone 

 for the completion of a strain. As I drew nearer the bird on 

 the west dropped into the bushes, but on hearing the song of 

 the other bird could not help mounting on his bush and answer- 

 ing it, leaving off, however, with an unsatisfactory note as before, 

 whereupon the bird on the east side completed it satisfactorily. 



March 22. The scattered Winter Friends were the chief attrac- 

 tion. I was able to take down the song I have heard so many 

 times from the Kinglet. These notes of the Creeper were very 

 sweet and musical. Creeper's song always suggests to me a 

 Meadowlark's song in the distance. The Creeper didn't pause in 

 his work while singing. 



March 24. The moment I stepped out-doors, the note which 

 reached me above all others was that of Phcebe, five days earlier 

 than last year. 



March 26. The Winter Friends are definitely and completely 

 disbanded until another season. 



This is only a brief quotation from pages and pages of jour- 

 nal, but it will serve to give an idea of the possibilities of a 

 small place. My idea, besides giving a record of a place which 

 has proven of great interest to many people, is to encourage 

 thorough study of limited areas, rather than superficial observation 

 of broad tracts. The latter place yields a larger daily list and 



