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Apr. 28. Tnoveased: Black-throated Bunting (male), Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-throated Green 
arbler. 
L. Hermit Thrush. 
29, Night: Clear, becoming cloudy; wind light, southeast; temperature steady at 63°. 
First hot day; maximum temperature 82° (77° at6p.m.). The bird wave struck fally. In- 
credible number of birds present. . 
B. A.Catbirds arrived in force (male, female, and T.V.); Black-throated bole (male) at 
stands, and small parties on the wing going east; Olive-backed Thrush and Small-billed 
‘Water Thrush in flocks; Goldfinch (tomnaiel Tadicobind (male), Orchard Oriole (old males); 
Warbling Vireo, Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Red-eyed Vireo, 
Red-headed yeoree Black and White Creeper, White-crowned Sparrow. : 
¥. Scarlet Tanager, Wilson’s Thrush, Nighthawk, Bobolink (male), Wood Pewee, Traill’s Fly- 
catcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, 
Black-poll Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-bellied Nuthatch, Great- 
crested Flycatcher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Bank Swallow, Black-crowned Night Heron. Apple 
trees in full bloom ; oaks open flowers. 
Nott.—This enormous volume of bird life seems to have resulted from the combined operation of 
the following bird wave; the start began in the north, and the warm wave reached Saint Louis the night 
of the 24th, at which time many birds left, but none arrived. The same warm wave, progressing from 
the Rocky Mountains eastward, started from El Paso on the 22d, reached Fort Smith and Shreveport 
on the 24tb, Little Rock on the 25th, and the birds which arrived in Saint Louis on the 26th came 
probably from the southwest. Tho cold wave hovered over Kentncky from the 20th to the 25th, and 
no movement can have taken place before that day; but when, on the night of the 28th, the bulk of 
birds from that quarter (southeast) reached Saint Louis it swelled the number of arrivals (from south 
and southwest) to this enormous height. 
30. Another warm night; thermometer 70°; clear; wind light, south. Birds, move. 
Day: Hot; thermometer 83°; wind southeast to southwest. More birds left than arrived. 
H. Yellow-breasted Chat (T.V.), White-crowned Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, 
Savanna Sparrow, Red-headed Woodpecker, Goldfinch, White-eyed Vireo (I. V.), Cerulean 
Warbler, Chimney Swift. 
B. A. Kentucky Warbler, Great-crested Flycatcher, Hooded Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat 
(female), Redstart (female). 
Increased: Bobolink, Bell’s Vireo, Indigo-bird (male), Black-throated Bunting (male), Acadian 
Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Black-poll Warbler. 
F. Yellow-winged Sparrow, Orchard Oriole (two year old male). 
L. Shoveller Duck. 
May 1. Rain both night and day; clearing in afternoon, with strong west wind. 
From May 1 to May 4, a stand-still. 
2. Cool; wind northwest; clearing. 
3. Cool; wind northeast; in afternoon southeast, with rising temperature. 
4. Rain; rising temperature; wind south. Nighthawks move. 
ad : en almost calm; wind southeast to south; warm; thermometer 63°. Birds move 
ecidedly. 
Day: Fair; becoming threatening ; in afternoon a thunder-storm. 
H. House Wren, Marylaud Yellow-throat, Summer Yellowbird, Black-throated Bunting (male), 
Catbird, Chimney Swift. 
B. Continued of Olive-backed Thrush, Small-billed Water Turnsh, and White-crowned Sparrow. 
B. A. Bank Swallow, Wood Thrush (female), Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (fe- 
male), Indigo-bird (male), Baltimore Oriole (female). 
Tncreased: Wood Pewee, Traill'’s Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole (males two years old), Tennesseo 
Warbler, Nashville Warbler. 
F. Black-billed Cuckoo, Hummingbird, Black and Yellow Warbler, Pine-creeping Warbler, 
Blue-headed Vireo (female), Indigo-bird (female), Orchard Oriole (female), Baltimore Oriole 
(birds of last year), Blue Yellow-backed Warbler (T. V.), Solitary Sandpiper. 
B. D. Goldfinch (T. V. males), Yellow-breasted Chat (T. V.), White-eyed Vireo (T. V.), Yel- 
low-rumped Warbler (young). 
L. Red-bellied Nuthatch, flock of Purple Finch (youn), Red-poll Warbler. 
6. Night: Partly clear; warm; temperature 62°; wind south to southeast. 
New arrivals. 
Day: Rainy, dark ; wind shifting to west; falling temperature. 
Many 'T. V. present. 
F. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-poll Warbler (female), Black-capped Flycatching Warbler, 
Chestuut-sided Warbler. 
Increased: White-throated Sparrow (young). 
B. A. Black-poll Warbler (male), Black and Yellow Warbler, Redstart (T. V.). 
H. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Orchard Oriole (male), Indigo-bird (male). 
7. Night and day: Strong west wind; dark. 
8. Night: Clear, fair, cool; wind west to northwest. 
Day: Clear, beautiful; thermometer 72°; wind northwest. A great day for wandering Bobo- 
links. 
B. D. Catbird (T. V.), Golden Warbler (T. V.), Goldfinch (female). 
F. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 
9. Night: clear, bright, full moon; wind northwest; thermometer 64°. 
Day: Clear, bright, lovely ; wind northwest. 
H. Bobolink (male), Tennessee Warbler (male), Black-poll Warbler ( male), Redstart (female). 
B. A. Indigo-bird (female and young male), Orchard Oriole (female), Least Flycatcher, Black- 
throated Bunting (young males). 
F. Orchard Oriole (one-year-old males). 
10. Night: Clear, calm; wind northwest; warm ; thermometer 69°. 
Day: Fair; wind changing to southeast; rising temperature; thermometer 85°. 
Full bloom: Oak, Hickory, Walnut. 
Many T. V. Warblers. 
F. Blue Golden-winged Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Biue Yellow-backed Warbler 
(young). 
B. A. Yellow-winged Sparrow, Cuckoo. 
H, Chestnut-sided, Black and Yellow, Black-poll, Nashville ant Tennessee Warblers. 
