38 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers were not as 

 numerous as last winter, but the Red-headed Woodpeckers 

 stayed here by the hundred. Prairie Horned Larks could be 

 heard singing nearly every day. Bluejays and Crows were not 

 very numerous. 



December 11 a Bronzed Grackle was seen sitting on a tree 

 near the house; it probably was crippled, as one of its wings 

 hung down lower than ithe other. A small flock of Redpolls 

 stayed here all winter ; they were first seen December 14. Gold- 

 finches were last seen December 11. 



February 5, while taking a bird walk, I flushed a small flock 

 of Longspurs, which I believe were Smith's Longspurs. They 

 did not fly until I was very close to them, and when on the wing 

 they uttered a sharp chirp or whistle, followed by a chatter. 



Tree Sparrows and Juncos were scarce. Only one Tree 

 Sparrow and about a dozen Juncos came to my feeding place. 

 The first Tree Sparrow was heard singing February 25, and the 

 first large flock was seen on the twenty-sixth. The Juncos be- 

 gan singing March 5. Cardinals, Brown Creepers, White-breast- 

 ed Nuthatches and Tufted Titmice were scarce, and Chickadees 

 were common. 



February 21 we had the first thunder shower of the year, the 

 temperature rising to forty-three degrees in the afternoon. This 

 was followed by some more thunder showers on the twenty- 

 second, the first warm day of the winter, the temperature rising 

 to sixty-five degrees in the afternoon. This day brought the 

 first bird wave from the south, and the following species were 

 seen and heard : Pintail, Killdeer, Blackbird, Robin and Bluebird. 

 On the following day the weather turned very cold, and the birds 

 were seen fleeing southward. A Sparrow Hawk was seen for 

 the first time on this day. February 25 a Rusty Blackbird was 

 seen sitting on a maple tree beside the house. 



On the evening of February twenty-sixth it began to snow 

 and the next day there was about an inch of snow on the ground. 

 On the morning of February twenty-eighth the thermometer 

 registered zero, and March 1 some more snow fell, but by the 

 evening of the fifth it was all gone, and on the sixth the Pintails 

 and Bluebirds were again migrating. 



Other spring arrivals were as follows : Mallard, Canada 

 Goose, Meadowlark, March 7 ; Bronzed Grackle, March 9 ; Red- 

 tailed Hawk, March 10. 



J. J. SCHAFER. 



Qmncy 



Mr. T. E. Musselman reports as follows : 



This winter has been one of the quietest that we have ever 

 had in Quincy. The only unusual records were January records 



