OCT r :) 1900 



NOTES ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. I. JULY. No. 3. 



Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology, a quarterly publication for 

 the purpose of furthering interest in ornithology in the State of Rhode 

 Island. Published and edited by Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. Address, 

 Longwood, Brookline, Massachusetts. 



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SPRING MIGRATION AT SOUTH AUBURN. 

 By Harry S. Hathaway. 



The arrival of birds near and around my home this spring has 

 been on about an average with previous years, although a few 

 species were a few days late on account of the cold and windy 

 month of May, [This is interesting in the light of the remark- 

 ably large and varied migration in Eastern Massachusetts. Ed.] 

 We have none of the waves that are noted at other places, the 

 " fly lines " being north of Providence, extending from the Con- 

 necticut River valley to Boston. The birds that we have come 

 direct to their former breeding grounds, and what few northern 

 residents that do pass through are well scattered and not in the 

 "troops" that are seen in other places. Several Robins and 

 Bluebirds wintered near here, and the date of their arrival from 

 the south was uncertain. Redwing Blackbirds were first seen 

 on March 8, Bronzed Grackles {^Quiscalus quisada ceneus ?) 

 in a flock of one hundred, came on the 12th, and on the 27th the 

 first Cowbird was seen. By the first of April the above species 

 were abundant. The first four Tree Swallows, a Vesper, and 

 several Fieljd Sparrows were seen April 8th, and on the 15th the 

 rattle of the Kingfisher was heard along the Pawtuxet River. 

 Easter Sunday, the 15th, the first Chipping Sparrow, and two White- 

 throated Sparrows arrived, while Juncos, Field and Vesper Spar- 

 rows, Yellow-rumped Warblers in summer plumage, and Tree Swal- 



