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The following uncommon birds are reported for St. Johnsbury by- 

 Mr. W. E. Balch: May 2, a flock of pine grosbeaks numbering from 150- 

 200 individuals; on May 9, a Hock of purple martins; May 23, a pair of 

 Bicknell's thrushes; June 3, a brown thrasher; June 4, three mourning 

 warblers; June G, a yellow-billed cuckoo, all unusual for this vicinity. 



Miss Howe reports, additionally, the following for St. Johnsbury: 

 Pine siskins, classed as winter visitors for that locality, nested there 

 in 1915, and lingered all summer. A winter wren was heard singing 

 all summer, and came to the food shelf the first nine days of November. 

 Two young rose-breasted. grosbeaks were seen on August G. On May 30, 

 seven Bohemian waxwings were seen eating seeds of the elm in East 

 St. Johnsbury; the day following they were reported from Lyndon by 

 Miss Clara Wilmarth. It is evident that they nested in that place as a 

 young bird was brought to Miss Wilmarth on September 20. A pair 

 of chewinks were found nesting in one of the rural school districts, 

 June 2, and on September 24, two adults, with four young, were ob- 

 served in the same vicinity. This is the first report of this bird in St. 

 Johnsbury. 



Mrs. A. . B. Morgan reports the following for Woodstock and 

 vicinity: The bird census for the "Highlands" recorded 79 breeding 

 pairs to 92 acres. The prairie horned lark nested on the farm for the 

 first time, so far as is known. On June 2 the song was heard which 

 was recognized as similar to that heard on the plains near Denver, 

 Col. Soon after the horned lark was found walking about in the grass, 

 uttering a low-pitched, purring note, quite different from the flight 

 song. The wood thrushes are evidently moving along the range, one 

 pair nesting in the "back lot" this year for the first time. 



A kingfisher wintered on the banks of the Ottauquechee. On Jan- 

 uary 11, during a five-mile drive, three large flocks of snow buntings 

 were seen. 



On May 23, a fine specimen of Swainson's hawk was taken in Hart- 

 land village. It was 19 inches in length, and in the dark phase, closely 

 resembling the rough-legged hawk. This species is seldom taken east 

 of the Mississippi. 



Mr. G. L. Kirk reports hearing the song of the long-billed marsh 

 wren at midnight. He says: "It is not uncommon for birds to utter brief 

 snatches of song during the night, but, with few exceptions, these songs 

 are not to be compared with their natural songs of the daytime. It was 



