22 Joint Bulletin 2 



Notwithstanding the fact that it is not listed in the new Flora of 



inont, we feel very sure that we have several stations for Monarda 

 fistulosa. During August some fine specimens of Monarda didyma were 

 brought to us from Danville. 



Anything like a complete list of the sedges and grasses of St. 

 Johnsbury has never been made, but we are doing a little more with 

 them each year. However, our finds along these lines are not yet rare 

 enough to be of more than local interest. 



Among the plants listed as "rare" or "occasional" in the new Flora, 

 wild thyme has become widely established on a hillside near town and 

 grass-of-Parnassus is as common as w r hite daisies in wet grass lands. 



Ambrosia trifida is reported from Danville by Mrs. Marion Fair- 

 banks Adams and Potentilla frvticosa from Sutton by A. R. Curtis. 



NOTES ON THE SONG SPARROW 



Mrs. A. B. Morgan. 



Some of the members of the Hartland Nature Club took up the 

 study of the song sparrow in 1915, following the outline suggested by 

 Prof. H. F. Perkins of Burlington. Definite work was assigned to a few 

 members and a general lookout maintained by all. Data were gleaned 

 from various standard works on birds and careful observations were 

 made as to dates of arrival, time when singing was at its height, time 

 and manner of nest building, length of time young are in nest, treat- 

 ment of young by parents and time when birds depart in the fall. The 

 results are here given: 



March 28, 1915, first song sparrow of the year, one individual. 



March 31, one individual. 



April 1, one individual at "The Highlands." 



April 5, song sparrows singing, several individuals. 



April 7, song sparrows singing beautifully in the garden at "Sky 

 Farm." 



From April 7, song sparrows are common. I find them in their 

 usual haunts at "The Highlands" and recognize them by their indi- 

 vidual songs. The male comes out to sing on the grape vine often, the 

 female seems much shyer and is seldom seen. 



.May 24, the male stops singing, a sure indication that the young 

 birds are hatched and he is busy in supplying food for them. 



