
          858.

*Juncos.

before the snow and now requiring it had dry it out.  I kept a 
sharp look-out for berries of Ilex verticillata and also of I. laevigata
throughout the day, but not one could be found.  They have now
all fallen to the ground, caused no doubt by the weather this
past week.  When I got through examining the Skunk Cabbage
I went across the fields towards Cedar Hill.  Not far from the cemetery
I saw a boy cutting down the pretty Osage Orange hedge that
run for a long distance along the roadside.  He told me it was
being cut down because it was hard to plow close to it and
Mrs. Anderson wanted to get out of the ground all she could, as long
as she had to pay rent for it.  The cold wave has blackened
the leaves of the honeysuckle.  Last week, it was still of a beautiful
green. I reached Glenburnie about 12 o'clock so found a nice
place near the tile factory to eat my lunch.  After dinner I went
to F.H. by way of M.  At F.H. I found hundreds of birds.  They
must have been Snow birds*.  They were about the size of the Eng. sparrow,
dark heads and back, light breasts and I think had two white feathers
in their tails which were hidden when not flying.  They seemed to enjoy
the snow and were continually hopping about in it, seeking their
food, which I suppose must be seeds.  My trip here, to-day, was
        