. Bird lore . (153) ^otes from JTielti anli ^tutip A Census from France—An Addition lothe Eighteenth Christmas Census Northeastern France.—Dec. 12; to 4:20 Cloudy; wind light;temp, about 40°. Partridge, 71; WoodPigeon, 4; Skylark, 38; Rook, 800; CarrionCrow, 5; Jackdaw, 100; Magpie, 32; Jay,11; Starling, 83; Goldfinch, 2; Chaffinch,i; Yellow Bunting, 41; Wren, 3; TreeCreeper, i; Marsh Tit, 7; Blue Tit, 3;Great Tit, 15; Redbreast, 4; Blackbird, , 19 species, about 1,225 individuals.—E. W. Calvert, Canadian Expedi-tionary Forces. The Warbler Wave of the Spring of1917 at Branch
. Bird lore . (153) ^otes from JTielti anli ^tutip A Census from France—An Addition lothe Eighteenth Christmas Census Northeastern France.—Dec. 12; to 4:20 Cloudy; wind light;temp, about 40°. Partridge, 71; WoodPigeon, 4; Skylark, 38; Rook, 800; CarrionCrow, 5; Jackdaw, 100; Magpie, 32; Jay,11; Starling, 83; Goldfinch, 2; Chaffinch,i; Yellow Bunting, 41; Wren, 3; TreeCreeper, i; Marsh Tit, 7; Blue Tit, 3;Great Tit, 15; Redbreast, 4; Blackbird, , 19 species, about 1,225 individuals.—E. W. Calvert, Canadian Expedi-tionary Forces. The Warbler Wave of the Spring of1917 at Branchport, N. Y. The weather last May was very un-seasonable at Branchport, N. Y., and theWarblers were a week late, the bulk arriv-ing May 20. Even then it was cold, and Ithink it was on this account that they were itr^^. THE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERPhotographed by Verdi Burtch so tame and kept in the lower branches ofthe trees and even on the ground insteadof in the tree-tops as usual. Many Cape Mays and Tennessees wereseen. This was unusual, as some migra- tions pass without our seeing a single streets were full of Redstarts andBlackburnians. The Redstart, in parti-cular, was noticed by many people whousually take no interest in birds, and manycame to me asking about the beautifullittle black-and-orange-colored bird thatthey had seen. A friend who was working on a newcottage by the lake said that a Redstartalighted on his shoulder, also on his hatand on a rule that he held in his hand,then it flew up and hung before his faceon rapid-beating wings. A neighborbrought to me a beautiful male Black-burnian which he found fluttering againstthe window in his barn. Another neighborbrought a dead male Chestnut-side thather cat had brought in; and I have nodoubt that hundreds were killed by catswhile they
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