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Note on Mourning Warbler 



On the morning of May 15. 1920. Mrs. Evaline Darling Morgan 

 observed a female mourning warbler at Woodstock. It was feeding 

 close to the ground, and was so intent upon getting its breakfast 

 that she was able to get close to it to notice its distinctly blue-gray 

 head, brilliant yellow underparts. and absence of wing bars. The spot 

 where she observed this rare bird for Woodstock was near a deep 

 water hole that is surrounded by willows and other small growth, and 

 it lies at the bottom of a heavily wooded range. Nothing could be more 

 remote and secluded. On the following morning, she again visited the 

 spot where she found the female, and in the near-by willows, discovered 

 its mate, with its mottled throat. It was very much shyer, and paused 

 often in its feeding to sit perfectly still. Neither uttered a note. The 

 next morning they were both gone. 



Birds Stayed Late in 1920 



Because of the unusually mild weather in the fall of 1920, many 

 birds remained in Vermont far beyond their usual time for migrating 

 southward. Some very interesting records were: Chimney swifts at 

 Rutland, October 4: barn and cliff swallows at North Ferrisburgh. 

 October 3. Two juncoes spent the entire winter of 1920-21 in a patch of 

 spruces near Rutland. The wintering of this bird in Central Vermont 

 is very rare. Their companions included many white-winged cross- 

 bills, and a dozen or more golden-crowned kinglets, showing that the 

 kinglets, which seemed uncommon for several seasons, are "coming 

 back.'— G. L. Kirk. 



One Financial Account for Clubs 



Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn. secretary-treasurer of the Botanical and 

 Bird Clubs, recommends that the Clubs become to all intents and 

 purposes one club, with one financial account: that the constitutions be 

 revised to that effect: and that the annual dues be raised to $1. This 

 may be considered at the next meeting. 



Bulletins Wanted 



Copies of Bird Club Bulletins Nos. 2. 6. 7, and S are wanted by 

 Harry C. Oberholzer. of the Biological Survey. United States Depart- 



