OuK Holiday Bied.— The Bluebkfihmay 5-3 

 or may not be " poor," but as the old text 

 quaintly has it he is "always with us." By 

 the stem matter of record rigidly kept for 

 twelve months, I find he is the only bird 

 actually seen and noted, singly and in com- 

 panies, on every one of our National and 

 popular Holidays, as follows : New Tear's, 

 St. Valentine's, St. Patrick's, (Fish Hawk's 

 Day,) All Fools, Fast Day, Decoration 

 Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and 

 Christmas.— J". M. W., JVorwich, Conn. 



O. & O. Vlll. Feb. 1883. p. ^ 



12th, three Bluebirdg : 



Bluebirds. As J. am writing this 10 ^ ^ 

 A. M. I think I hear a Bluebird, and on 

 going to the window I see three sitting on 

 the vane of the church across the street 

 from the house. Now we can hardly put 

 this down as the earliest arrival for '83, 

 but it's certainly the latest for '82.— W. 

 W. Ooe, Portland, Oonn., Dec. 31, 1882. 

 I . O.&O. VlU.MaT.1883.p.J'^ 



