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Woodstock. He found on 60 acres 68 breeding pairs, including 25 

 species. 



According to Prof. E. S. Shaw, Goldie's fern, Aspidium Goldianum, 

 is unusually abundant in the vicinity of Northfield. He knows of one 

 locality in which there are 10,000 plants in an area a person can en- 

 circle by walking in five minutes. 



Miss Inez A. Howe reports a worm eating warbler at St. Johnsbury 

 on September 25, 1914. 



Miss Howe took a bird census on a 40-acre tract at St. Johnsbury 

 in 1914 for the biological survey. She found 24 breeding pairs of 

 birds and, in addition to these, 54 singing males. The most notable 

 nesting record discovered was the grasshopper sparrow. 



The European starling has spread as far north as Castleton. A 

 half dozen birds have for some time taken up their abode in a church 

 steeple. 



A Bethel bird list sent in by Mrs. G. M. Miller notes 92 species for 

 1914. She includes Philadelphia vireo, Cape May warbler, Bonaparte 

 gull and goldeneye. A tree sparrow as late as May 7, is an interesting 

 record. 



Mary L. Sanford of Stamford, sends in a list of 69 birds observed 

 in Stamford, with many good observations in 1914, about the different 

 species and their nests. A Holboell's grebe was found in the snow in 

 a meadow after the river froze over. 



The St. Johnsbury bird list, reported by Miss Inez A. Howe in- 

 cludes 101 species, among which are the Lapland longspur, Canada jay 

 (6), mourning warbler, grasshopper sparrow, goshawk, woodthrush. A 

 late date for Baltimore oriole was October 17. 



Miss Inez A. Howe observed an albino bluebird at St. Johnsbury, 

 August 28 to September 30, 1914. 



Mrs. J. G. Underwood of Hartland reports that a white-throated 

 sparrow visited her food shelf on Thanksgiving day and remained 

 around her home for three days, leaving on the approach of colder 

 weather. 



Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Straw of Stowe have found an interesting 

 birch at the foot of Sterling mountain. It is probably a hybrid between 

 the yellow and either the white or gray birches. The clump has been 

 destroyed by brush cutters, but Mr. Straw has transplanted a large root 

 in his yard and will watch it with interest. 



A robin spent the winter of 1914-15 at Westminster. J. W. Collins 

 states that he has been unsuccessful in getting it to eat any of various 



