. Bird lore . , and to 6 Fair in , tropical shower? in the ; temp. 78° to 86°.Fourteen miles on foot. Observers together. Cuban Green Heron, 4; Little Blue Heron, 10;Snowy Egret, 2; Porto Rican Sparrow Hawk, 3; Ruddy Turnstones, 9; Porto Rican GroundDove, i; Mangrove Cuckoo, i; Ani, 5; Porto Rican Woodpecker, 6; Porto Rican Tody, 5;Fork-tailed Hummingbird, i; Gray Kingbird, 21; Porto Rican Petchary, 13; Porto RicanWood Pewee, 2; Jamaican Cliff Swallow, 11; Jamaican Mockingbird, 6; Latimers Vireo, i;American Redstart, 8; Waterthrush, i; Louisiana Waterthrush, 3; Pra
. Bird lore . , and to 6 Fair in , tropical shower? in the ; temp. 78° to 86°.Fourteen miles on foot. Observers together. Cuban Green Heron, 4; Little Blue Heron, 10;Snowy Egret, 2; Porto Rican Sparrow Hawk, 3; Ruddy Turnstones, 9; Porto Rican GroundDove, i; Mangrove Cuckoo, i; Ani, 5; Porto Rican Woodpecker, 6; Porto Rican Tody, 5;Fork-tailed Hummingbird, i; Gray Kingbird, 21; Porto Rican Petchary, 13; Porto RicanWood Pewee, 2; Jamaican Cliff Swallow, 11; Jamaican Mockingbird, 6; Latimers Vireo, i;American Redstart, 8; Waterthrush, i; Louisiana Waterthrush, 3; Prairie Warbler, 3; Ade-laides Warbler, 2; Northern Parula Warbler, i; Black-and-White Warbler, 3; Porto RicanHoney Creeper, or Bananaquit, 68; Hooded Weaver Finch, 11; Yellow-shouldered Blackbird,470; Porto Rican Oriole, i; Porto Rican Blackbird, 18; Porto Rican Spindalis, 8; Porto RicanGrosbeak, 9; Carib Grassquit, 9; Bryants Grassquit, 4. Total, 33 species, 720 individuals.—Ralph E. and Stuart T. THE SEASONXXIX. October 15, 1921 to December 15, 1921 Boston Region.—A mild, pleasantautumn was suddenly terminated on No-vember 27 by the most destructive ice-stormremembered in this vicinity. For three daysand nights branches of trees,, bent beyondthe breaking-point by an ever-increasingburden of ice, were ripped away, and eventhe trunks in some cases were riven to theground as if by lightning. After the releaseby thaw on November 30, the whole regioncalled to mind pictures of country swept byshell-fire. For years the damage to the shadetrees will be apparent to visitors to Lexingtonand surrounding towns, because, in additionto the present destruction, the wholesaletearing away of branches has opened theway, it is feared, for infection and furtherloss by disease. During this storm the birdssuffered surprisingly little. Often whenpassing an ice-bound evergreen tree, weheard the notes of Chickadees and Golden-crowned Kinglets. The little birds weresafe and happy; wholl
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