90 Grundtvig—On the Birds of Shiocton, Wisconsin. 
23d. Weather and conditions about the same. 
24th and 25th. Still and very warm. Many fewer birds. 
26th. In the morning only a few scattered migrants here and 
there. 
31st. The last remnants. 
1883. 
The winter was very severe. January had only two thawing 
days. (Mean temperature, 7° F. Maximum, 37|- u . Minimum, 
—25j-°. 12 ) 
In February there were four days of thaw. (Mean tempera¬ 
ture, 10^°; maximum, 50°; minimum, —22°.) Of northern vis¬ 
itors were seen Pinicola enucleator , Acanthis .linaria and 
occasionally some crossbills. Also the birds that I saw in Jan¬ 
uary, 1882, and some that I did not then see, but which were 
undoubtedly present, namely, Dryobates pubescens and Certhia 
familiaris americana. Otocoris alpestris first appeared February 
21 . 
March was a real winter month. It had only five thawing 
days. (Mean temperature, 21° ; maximum, 41°; minimum, 0J°.) 
4th. Very thick weather and during the day it snowed. Tem¬ 
perature, 20|- 0 . Wind northwest. 
5th. Overcast and quite still. Temperature, 14°. Several 
crows (Corvus americanus) appeared. 
14th. The snow disappeared in some spots. 
21st. Clear. Light north wind, temp., 9J°. 
22d. Snow. Light south wind, temp., 36-^°. The first robin 
(Merula mi'gratoria ). 
April had five freezing days (mean temp., 40°, max., 65|-° 
min., 18-J- 0 . 
1st. Clear. Light N. E. wind, temp., 23°. 
2d. Clear. Still. Coldest day in April. Heard a Sialia 
sialis and a few Sturnella magna. Saw the second robin. 
3d. South wind, but almost still. During the evening the break¬ 
ing up began, and the themometer rose to 38|- Q . Partly clear. 
4th. Partly clear. Calm, temp., 45^-°. Snow melted, and the 
ice in many places was covered with water. Many Sturnella 
12 Thermometer observed at 8 A. M. 
