28 Joint Bulletins 4 and 5 



a racy flavored juice and I prefer to sweeten it "the pint to the pound" 

 to add to its richness and keeping qualities. Apple-grape jelly, 3 to 1, 

 is of much better substance than when the grape is used alone. Care 

 should be taken in not cooking the grapes beyond the point where the 

 juice flows freely. Catchup made of 2 quarts of mashed grapes, enough 

 vinegar to cover, heated and strained, then cooked with 1 cup of sugar, 

 a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and cloves, and a dash of red pepper, 

 makes a savory dressing. 



In my childhood one of the yearly events was to go to a swamp 

 each August to gather the smooth gooseberry that grew in such quan- 

 tities that big pailfuls were carried home, where my mother made 

 rich preserves of them to be served later when we came home hungry 

 from school. To the memory of that flavor and those bright days of 

 family berrying parties may perhaps be ascribed my present delight 

 in these little excursions with our native fruits. 



NOTES 



Some Extralimital Records 



Examination of a series of bulletins on bird migration, issued by 

 the United States Bureau of Biological Survey, shews a number of extra- 

 limital records for the occurrence of birds in this state which have 

 not been published in Vermont literature. They are as follows: Wood 

 ibis, YVilliston, 1897, G. H. Perkins; snowy egret, St. Albans, October, 

 1890, C. D. Howe; sandhill crane, Lunenburg, Perkins and Howe; long- 

 tailed jaeger, West Castleton, September 7, 1877, Howe. 



Winter Record for Mourning Dove 



According to Dr. Lucretius H. Ross of Bennington, a mourning dove 

 was observed at Shaftsbury January 8, 1919. Robins, meadowlarks and 

 sparrow hawks wintered at Bennington during the season of 1918-19. 



Success in Taming Chickadees 



Miss Jessie Gilman of Pomfret succeeded in taming chickadees 

 until they would alight on her head and hands to get food. 



White Form of Lady's Slippeb 



Sylvia H. Bliss of East Calais reports the finding of a group of 

 pure white Cypripedium hirsutum. She writes: "There are two small 

 clumps of this white lady's slipper" in a swamp in the northeastern 

 part of Calais. They grow in company with a large number of the 



