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64 Bird -Lore Flycatcher, Kinj2;hiicl, Hoholink, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-throated Vireo, White-eyed V'ireo, Nashville Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Chat, Water Thrush, Wilson's Thrush; 10-20, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Wilson's Blackcap, Canadian Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Olive-backed Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush. APRIL AND MAY BIRD-LIFE NEAR OBERLIN. OHIO BV LVNDS JONKS April weather is a very uncertain quantity, yet the first few days are frequently pleasant and enticing to the more venturesome birds. In the last five years the first week has four times witnessed a decided wave of northward migrants which sweeps the Northern Shrike and the Rough - legged Hawk away. This mild weather is likely to be followed by a de- cidedly wintry week, with snow or at least freezing nights. It is not until the beginning of the third week that any other marked movernent occurs, when such birds as Lapland Longspur, Tree Sparrow and Horned Lark leave us. During the last ten days the spring-like weather brings the greatest movement of the year, carrying northward Junco, Golden -crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Horned Grebe, and, usually, Ruddy Duck. With the arrival of May the later migrants crowd in, even should the nights be frosty, as they sometimes are until the middle of the month. The May weather is rarely too inclement for the eager birds. During the first five days we lose Wilson's Snipe, Rusty Blackbird and Pectoral Sandpiper; then there is a lull of five days when none depart ; but during the third five days — lOth to 15th — we lose Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Myrtle Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Blue- headed Vireo, Winter Wren, and some- times Palm Warbler. From the 15th to the 20th we lose American Crossbill, White-throated Sparrow, Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Solitary Sandpiper, Water Thrush, Ten- nessee Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow and American Pipit. The last ten days of the month witness the departure of practically all other mi- grants, including Nashville Warbler, Chestnut -sided Warbler, Blackburn- ian Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Least Flycatcher and Olive -backed Thrush, leaving us with only the summer resident species. Such ducks as Lesser Scaup, Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Blue-winged Teal and Bald- pate are likely to tarry well into May. BIRDS OF THE SEASON For permanent residents and winter visitants, see Bird Lore, Dec. 1900, p. 186. April Migrants. — AprW i-io, Pied-billed Grebe, Pectoral Sandpiper, Chipping Spar-