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dozen being seen. Also five Orchard 

 Bluebirds. Of the last named birds, I 

 have seen more of them at this sta- 

 tion this spring than in the other 

 eight years of my stay at the station 

 put together. The Bluebirds were not 

 uttering any song, although when be- 

 fore seen here they have always been 

 heard to sing. 



The 13th. Large numbers of Juncos 

 Robins and Song Sparrows arrived 

 and six Canada geese were also no- 

 ticed. 



On the 23rd another flight of the 

 last mentioned birds arrived, and 

 Shore Larks and Snow Flakes were 

 seen passing over the island in small 

 numbers. A Purple Grackle and 

 Sparrow Hawk were also noticed. 

 Nothing was noticed to arrive from 

 the 23rd until the 31st., when another 

 large flight of Juncos, Song Sparrows, 

 a few Fox-Colored, and more Robins. 

 A Rusty Grackle was seen on the 

 same date, and also a Shrike, which 

 was undoubtedly the Northern. 



April 1st more Fox-Colored Spar- 

 rows arrived, and also some White- 

 Throated. 



April 3rd a Meadow Lark appeared. 

 On the morning of the 5th, 2 A. M., a 

 woodcock flying around the light and 

 a number of times lit on the walk en- 

 circling the light. All my efforts to 

 capture it proved unsuccessful. 



A number of Fox-Colored, Song and 

 White-Throated Sparrows were on the 

 lantern sash at the same time. 



The 8th a Marsh Hawk was noticed 

 and the first flight of Scoter Ducks 

 was seen. 



The 14th a White-Belled Swallow 

 and Brown Creeper were seen, and a 

 large flight of Golden-Winged Wood- 

 pecker arrived. 



The 16th Vesper and Savanna. Spar- 

 rows were seen for the first time. 



The 23rd a large flight of Myrtle 

 and Yellow Palm Warblers arrived to- 

 day, accompanied with many Robins 



and Sparrows, and the first Hermit 

 Thrush was also seen. 



Nearly all the flights of birds thus 

 far have appeared when the weather 

 had been easterly for a number of 

 days. 



Sept. 13, 1900. I came in possession 

 of a Marbled Godwit taken at Popham 

 Beach, Me. This is a species I have 

 long looked for, but the specimen 

 mentioned is the first and only one I 

 have ever seen. 



Oct. 5, 1900. It has been foggy for 

 48 hours with light winds, varying 

 from southeast to west-southwest. At 

 1 P. M. when the fog cleared, the sun 

 coming out hot, with very little wind. 

 At 5 P. M. the wind hauled to the 

 southeast and commenced to blow 

 fresh, gradually changing to north- 

 east. With the shifting of the wind 

 the fog came, but at 8 A. M. again 

 cleared, the wind blowing very hard. 



All at once a large number of birds 

 could be seen gyrating around the 

 light, and with them at intervals could 

 be heard the notes of the Yellow Leg, 

 but of what species I could not tell. 

 The smaller birds proved to be Fine 

 Warblers, with the exception of three 

 or four Maryland Yellow-Throats. 

 They continued to arrive until morn- 

 ing, the mortality being very large. 

 At daylight I picked up 275 dead birds 

 and judged there were enough more 

 injured and dead to swell the number 

 to nearly 400. Among the dead picked 

 up was a fine male specimen of the 

 Yellow-Breasted Chat. This was a 

 great surprise to me, as I had never 

 hoped to be so fortunate as to find 

 the bird in our State. 



October 12. I came into posession 

 of the Clapper Rail, the bird being 

 taken at Popham Beach, Me. It was 

 found in a marsh, and in a few days 

 I also saw another at the same place, 

 Which I crippled. Although I had a 

 dog with me and saw where the 

 bird lit down (it flying some distance 



