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THE OOLOGIST. 



ond in total number of individuals 

 for the season. Much less abundant 

 than in 1905 and departed earlier. 

 Mr. Edward Arnold informs me he 

 has seen this species in January near 

 Battle Creek, Michigan. 



Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica ma- 

 culosa.) — The junior birds first ap- 

 peared Sept. 3 and the daults on the 

 15. The three Sept. 30 birds were 

 two adults and one junior — sexes not 

 known. Sixth in total number of in- 

 dividuals for the season. 



Bay-Breasted Warbler (Dendroica 

 castanea). — All junior birds and an 

 equal number of each sex. 



Black-Poll Warbler (Dendroica 

 striata.) — The most common species 

 Sept. 3, and third in total number of 

 individuals for the season. Mixed 

 adults and juniors throughout Sep- 

 ten ber. All the October birds were 

 adults, mostly males, but the last 

 specimen was a female. There is no 

 authentic record of this species oc- 

 curring hers in spring but I saw that 

 was probably a small flock May 30, 

 1905. 



Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica 

 blackbumiae). — Eight birds noted in 

 all, the only adult being the Oct. 9 

 bird; this was a male. 



Black-Throated Green Warbler 

 (Dendroica virens). — First noted Sep- 

 tember 9, an adult female; then a 

 mixture of 'both sexes and ages in- 

 clusive of Oct. 9. The two of Oct. 14 

 were adult females and the Oct 21 

 bird was not secured. Fifth in total 

 nunnber of individuals for the season. 

 Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmar- 

 urn.) — One specimen, an adult fe- 

 male Oct. 7. 



Water Thrush (Seiurus novebora- 

 censis). — Birds secured were of both 

 sexes hut ages uncertain. 



Connecticut Warbler (Geothlypis 

 Philadelphia). — The two birds noted 



were adults. Absent in spring but 

 taken spring and autumn of 1905. 



Canadian Warbler (Wilsonia cana- 

 densis). — One of the August 26 birds. 

 was an adult male, the first in au- 

 tumn for three years. 



The following list gives the date of 

 the last summer residents and the 

 number seen; also first and last date, 

 with the number seen of the transi- 

 ent specie's, together with date of 

 greatest abundance and the number; 

 also everything noted in October. A* 

 indicates that one or more were tak- 

 en on the date to which it is prefixed. 



THE QUAIL TRAP. 



Our Hello Birds — Whippoorwill Lodge 



—Red Ruff's Family — Rise and 



Fall of Bobwhite — Some Songs 



and Some Singers. 



(Norwich, Conn., Bulletin.) 

 The Quail Trap, June 26, 1907— The- 

 English neighborhood was put in 

 'phonic connection with the rest of 

 the world this week, and the local 

 birds were quick to take "advantage 

 of the . equipment. Our thrashers, 

 finches' and larks sing from it; it is 

 the favorite hunting stand for king- 

 birds, and nowhere else can our three 

 kinds of swallows be seen so wholly 

 at rest. Now only the parent swal- 

 low are on the wires, but in two 

 weeks there will be families of six 

 and eight, and in two months', endless 

 lines of hirundines will herald the fall 

 migration. 



In holes and crevices 'below the in- 

 sulators, in old telegraph poles, I have 

 found breeding sparrowhawks, 



wacups, downies, bluebirds, robins,, 

 kingbirds, and many white-bellied 

 swallows. Before the pole was sunk 

 here the holes were left uncovered 

 several days', and trapped many frogs- 

 and toads and a few young birds. Be- 

 fore the current was turned on two 



