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May 5—Veery (and probably Willow Thrush—not counted, how- 
ever). 
May 6—Least Sandpiper, Crested Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, 
Long-billed Marsh Wren, Cape May Warbler, Northern Yellow-throat, 
Nashville Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Ovenbird, Least Fly- 
catcher. 
May 9—Nighthawk. 
May 10—Short-billed Marsh Wren, Warbling Vireo. 
On May 12 our annual spring migration hike was taken. Frank 
Wadsworth, Nick Collias, Aulden Coble and I went, travelling in two 
groups most of the time. Each covered about forty miles on foot. Leaving 
at 4:30 A. M. and returning at 10:30 P. M. we covered the ground quite 
thoroughly obtaining 105 species. “Che temperature went from 38 to 65 
degrees (about 56 degrees at noon) and it was cloudy all day, raining part 
of it. A light south wind prevailed. Space does not permit inclusion of 
the whole list but the best records follow: Orchard Oriole, Prothonotary 
Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Harris Sparrow, Red-breasted Mer- 
ganser, Semipalmated Plover (13). “wenty-one species of warblers and 
eighteen members of the sparrow family were seen. Other new birds for 
the year were: King Rail, Sora Rail, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, King- 
bird, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 
Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black- 
burnian Warbler, Wilson Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia 
Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Golden-winged War- 
bler, Tennessee Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, Grasshopper 
Sparrow. 
May 19—Florida Gallinule, Common ‘Tern, Black-billed Chicas 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Whip-poor-will, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Black- 
poll Warbler. 
May 20—Semipalmated Sandpiper, Leconte’s Sparrow. 
May 24—Canada Warbler. 
May 27—Connecticut Warbler. 
May 30—Least Bittern. 
June 6—Alder Flycatcher. 
A colony of about fifty nests of the Bank Swallow was discovered in 
the side of an old sand pit on June 19: “The Rough-wings nested in the 
drain-holes under the concrete bridges this year as before and, on May 27, 
the first nest was being built.. Late in June we saw the parent birds, while 
on the wing, feeding youngsters which were perched on telephone wires 
over the river. 
On June 23 was found the -fitst Bob-white for the area. This was 
indeed a welcome surprise. “I’he sun had risen about half an hour previ- 
ously and the dew was glistening on the corn ahead of us when suddenly 
we heard the familiar (not here, however!) “Bob-white, Bob-white.” We 
