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Apr. 1. Night: Heavy rain ; wind southeast. Day: "Wind increasing, west, falling temperature. 

 F. Hermit Thrush. 



2. Cold blast from northwest ; gloomy. 



3. Wind light, northwest; clear; cool night; hoarfrost. 



4. After a cool, frosty night, day clear, with light northwest wind. 

 F. White-browed Yellow-throated Warbler. 



Decrease: Junco, Chewink (T, V.;. 



L. Fox Sparrow already gone. 



B. A. Cowbird, Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant, Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



5. Wind northeast; rain; cloudy. 



6. Hazy ; wind east. Vegetation progressing rapidly, especially grasses. 

 Flowering: Populus, Salix, Magnolia, Viola, Trillium. 



Leafing: ^iambucus, Syringa, Lonicera, Melia, Larix. 



7. Cool; cloudy; high west and northwest wiud. 



8. Cool ; cloudy ; high west and northwest wind. 



9. Cool; cloudy ; high west and northwest wind. 



10. Cool; cloudy; high west and northwest wind. 



11. Cool; wind'strong, east. Loons go north. 



12. Rain ; wind east to southeast. 



13. Eising temperature ; wind southeast. In afternoon birds begin to move. Ducks and Geese go 



north. 

 F. Chimney Swift, Pelican. 

 Increase: Purple Martin. 



14. During night light thunder-storm and rain. Birds move. 

 Day: Sultry; thermometer 72°; wind south. 

 Departed: Winter Wren, Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 

 L. Canada Goose; Snow Goose. 



B. A. Brown Thrush, Chippy (T. V.), Hermit Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet. 



Increase: Yellow-rump ed Warbler, Chimney Swift, Mourning Dove, Purple Martin. 



F. Ccernlean Warbler, Blue-yellow-backed Warbler, Mockingbird. 



H. Cowbird, Double-crested Cormorant, Brown Creeper. 

 15. Night: Warm; wind light, southwest. 



Day: Falling temperature; wind shifting to west and northwest. 



F. Cliff Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow. 

 16. Cool; wind northwest, abating in evening.' 

 17. Night: Clear, calm, with light east wind. Birds move. 



A warm day; wind increasing, east. 



F. Black and White Creeper, Redstart, White-eyed Vireo, Golden-crowned Thrush, Yellow- 

 throated Vireo. 



B. A. White-throated Sparrow (old ones in high plumage), White-crowned Sparrow, Yellow- 

 rumped Warbler. 



18. Night : Cloudy, rainy, calm. Birds move. 

 Day : Clearing, sultry ; wind southeast, light. 



F. Kingbird, Maryland Yellow- throat, Red-poll Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler. 

 H. White-throated Sparrow (old). 



19. Night : Dark, misty, calm, warm. Birds move. 



Day : Overcast, sultry ; wind east, light, shifting in afternoon to north, with rain. 



F. House Wren, Golden Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Wood Thrush. 



H. Brown Thrush, Chippy, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Swamp Sparrow. 



Increased : Golden-crowned Thrush, Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, Ccerulean Warbler, Savanna 



Sparrow, Chimney Swift, Mourning Dove. 

 B. D. Hermit Thrush, Robin (female) . 

 L. Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow. 

 Leafing: Maples, Elms, Poplars, Hickory. The ground in the woods is covered with flowers; 



Cherry and Pear trees in full bloom, and Apple buds ready to open. 



20. Cold; wind north; dark, misty. 



21. Cold ; wind north ; dark, misty, rainy. 



22. Cold; wind north; dark, misty, rainy. 



23. Cold ; Avind north ; dark, misty. About a dozen strange Martins crowd into the boxes to-night. 



They seem to be refugees from the north, looking lean, and some are barely able to fly. 



24. Cold ; wind north ; clearing. In afternoon rising temperature. The strange Martins return 



to boxes in the evening. 



25. Night : Clear, calm, but cooling off to light hoar frost. Birds leave. 

 Day : Clear, calm ; wind north, light. 



No arrivals (except F. Catbird, one, and F. Lark Finch, one), but of departures many. The 

 Martins from the north leave. B.D.Brown Thrush (T. V.), Chippy (T. V.), Yellow-runiped 

 Warbler, White-throated Sparrow (old), Wilson's Snipe. A Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 

 (male), which had put up at Laclede Park since the 19th, also disappeared. 



26. Night: Warm, clear ; thermometer 57° ; wind east by south. Birds arrive. 

 Day: Fair; increasing south wind ; thermometer 75°. 



B. A. Lark Finch, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (T. V.), 

 Blue Yellow -backed Warbler (female), Golden-crowned Thrush (T. V.), Red-poll Warbler, 

 Redstart, Ccerulean Warbler, Pine-creeping Warbler, AVood Thrush (male), Red-winged 

 Blackbird (female), Kingbird (male and T. V.). 



Increased: Maryland. Yellow-throat (male), House Wren (male), Golden Warbler (male). 



F. Olive-backed Thrush, Small-billed Water Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-throated 

 Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Green 

 Warbler. 



B. D. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swamp Sparrow. 



27. Night: Warm, thermometer 67° ; threatening, with stiong southeast wind. 



Day: High wiud from southwest; clearing. No change (except first flock of high-dress Gold- 

 finches). 



28. Night: Clear, becoming cloudy ; wind light, west, shifting to northeast and southeast. Ther- 



momter 60°. Birds move. 



F. Orchard Oriole (male), Kentucky Warbler, Bell's Vireo, Indigo-bird (male), Maryland Yel- 

 low-throat (female). 



B. A. Maryland Yellow-throat (male), Goldfinch (male), Baltimore Oriole (male), Rose ; « 

 breasted Grosbeak (male), Kingbird, Summer Yellowbird (T. V.), House Wren. 



