44 THE WREN. 
Became 
First seen common Last seen 
Short-billed Marsh Wren May 13! 
Long-billed “ ne May5 May 5 
Brown Creeper May 10 
Red-breasted Nuthatch May 4 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet May 8 
Wood Thrush May 7 #£May 10 
Wilson’s ‘“ May6 May 12 
Grey-cheeked Thrush May 25 May 25 
Olive-backed a May 13 May 15 May 25 
Hermit May 26 
Northern Phalarope May 22 May 22 
Blue-winged Warbler May 27! 
Osprey May 9 
While the foregoing list gives a fairly accurate set of dates, no 
attempt has been made to give any idea of the numbers seen, there- 
fore a short account of the migration together with a few remarks 
on certain species may not be out of place. 
About May 4, most of the common resident birds, such as Mary- 
land Yellow-throats, Yellow Warblers, Black and White Warblers, 
Catbirds, Chewinks, ete., became fairly abundant. On the night of 
May 5 the first flight took place, bringing with it such birds as the 
Orioles, Grosbeaks, and Bobolinks, together with a few Warblers, 
such as Prairies, Golden-wings, Nashvilles and Ovenbirds. An- 
other and heavier flight took place on the night of May 11, so that 
on May 12 Blackburnian, Wilson’s, Magnolia and Black-throated 
Blue Warblers were fairly common. Although there was no other 
heavy flight of warblers, the birds passed through until about May 
27, when practically all had disappeared. 
Unfortunately no good watch could be kept on the arrival of the 
shore birds. On May 22, the day of a northeast storm; five mem- 
bers of the club went down to Ipswich. The results of the walk 
can easily be seen by glancing at the list. 
Some species, usually rare, were seen more frequently than usual, 
while other species, always fairly common, were unusually abundant. 
In the former class belong the Bay-breasted and Tennessee Warblers 
and Lincoln’s Sparrow, in the latter the Solitary Sandpiper. 
1 Probably earlier. 
