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BY THE WAYSIDE 
BIRD NOTES FROM MONTREAL, NORTH 
CAROLINA. 
In this far away place nestling in the heart 
of the Bine Ridge, bird conditions are quite in 
contrast to ours, and yet, on account of the 
altitude, 2700 feet, we get many northern 
birds. Our robin is almost unknown, while the 
chippy takes the place of the English sparrow 
and is everywhere. The beautiful lark spar¬ 
row is nesting near and I have seen many birds 
in pairs and with building material in their 
bills, or with an air of people going to house¬ 
keeping. Some of them are the flicker and dow¬ 
ny woodpeckers, chickadee, chewink, blue bird, 
phoebe, Carolina wren, cardinal, tomtit field 
sparrow, blue jay, water thrush, brown thrash¬ 
er and wood thrush, quail, ovenbird. 
Perhaps it will interest the Wayside readers 
to see my list of birds seen from March 31 to 
April 30. I put them down in the order found 
and not in families as my list is now growing 
rapidly. The season has been cold, and on the 
mountains—especially in this high valley— the 
winds are high and this makes birding hard¬ 
er; then I have not hunted for them but only 
record what are common about the woods and 
by the brook where we walk daily. 
chipping sparrow 
downy woodpecker 
flicker 
white-breasted nuthatch 
tufted titmouse 
blue bird 
chickadee 
yellow palm warbler 
yellow throaded vireo 
mountain solitary vireo 
long sparrow 
turkey vulture 
whip-poor-will 
chewin k 
sapsucker 
pewee 
Carolina wren 
field sparrow 
blue jay 
brown creeper 
cardinal 
pigeon hawk 
black vulture 
crow 
water tru- h 
phoebe 
lark sparrow 
ruby crowned kinglet 
brown thrasher 
little 
58 species, and I 
question mark after 
ing nor the last list 
an idea of what Ap 
All about here 
tains, range upon 
a' though the world 
But I hope all can s< 
quail and flock of 20 
chicken hawk 
parula warbler 
wood trush 
kingfisher 
tree sparrow 
chimney swift 
humming bird 
oven bird 
scarlet tanager 
pine warbler 
black throated blue 
warbler 
blaekburnan warbler 
prairie warbler 
sand piper 
redstart 
white crowned sparrow 
white throated sparrow 
hooded warbler 
cat bird 
pileated woodpecker 
yellow breasted chat 
chestnut sided warbler 
summer yellow bird 
gold finch 
rose breasted grosbeak 
robin 
mourning dove 
blue heron 
also have several with a 
them. Neither the nest¬ 
is complete, but it gives 
ail can do here, 
are the splendid moun- 
range, until one feels 
were made of mountains. 
?e for themseves the glor¬ 
ious Blue Ridge of North Carolina. 
Yours sincerely, Annabeil C. Whitcomb. 
Montreal, N. C., Apr. 30, 1905. 
Wisconsin Audubon Society Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the state Audubon 
Society was held at Madison, May 13. The 
feature of the program was a lecture by the 
president. Prof. O. B. Zimmerman, on “The 
Wanderings of our Birds.” 
The following officers were elected for the 
coming year: President, Mrs. Joseph Jastrow; 
first vice president, Dr. R. H. Deniston; second 
vice-president, Mr. George Raymer; general 
secretary-treasurer, Mrs. R. G. Thwaites; sec¬ 
retary-treasurer of children’s department, 
Miss Ruth Marshall. The directors are Ma- 
dames W. F. Allen, C. N. Brown, C. E. Buell, F. 
K. Conover, F. J. Turner,W. A. P. Morris, Misses 
Louise Claude, Threse Faville, Helen Kellogg, 
Prof. H. L. Smith, and l)r. Elsom. The names 
of Mrs. Henry Whitcomb and Prof. I. N. Mit¬ 
chell were added to the list of honorary vice- 
presidents. 
Reports were given by the general secre¬ 
tary and the secretary of the children’s de- 
partment. A balance of $30.55 remains in the 
treasury. 
NESTS. 
This is the season when our feathered 
friends are busy house building, so it is the 
most interesting time to study materials and 
construction. Not by removing the nest from 
limb or nook, which can be done later in the 
season, but by watching the architect at work. 
Today ! watched an oriole taking cotton from 
a bunch fastened to a tree. She pulled it oil’ 
in long threads instead of little bunches as 
the gold finch did. When it was not fine enough 
to suit her she used the bark of the tree for a 
spindle. I could not quite see what the process 
was but she flew away with a thread. Another 
interesting thing 1 have seen is a wood-pewee 
building its nest. It was on a dead limb of an 
old oak tree, and 1 watched the wee bird fit it 
about herself. After the interior which was 
constructed mostly cf dandelion down was fin¬ 
ished, it was amusing to watch the exterior 
decorations go on. Bit- of moss and lichen were 
brought and while “my ladv” sat on the nest, 
she placed them where she could get the best 
effect. Later the limb broke off and I had the 
nest which looked like a mass of dandelion 
seeds for the down had dried away. This brave 
