month may open frosty for the purpose of making excuse to close like
August, or it may open truly summer -like and close in a flurry of snow.
There are not seklom a few clays of cold rainy weather near the tenth
followed by as fine an Indian summer as heart could desire. Whatever
the weather may he, some birds are certain to move southward during the
first ten days, and others are as certain to leave us during the last ten
days, but the exact time in either case^cannot be foretold, because the
weather cannot be foretold. During this month, weather is a prime
factor in the movements of the birds.
November is pretty certain to bring us the first snow of any conse-
quence. It rarely comes before the last week, or if it does come earlier
the month is pretty certain to close in brown apparel because of the rains
which follow. We may have snow during the first week, to be sure,
but if so it soon disappears, and is a forecast of a warm December. The
weather is seldom severe, the temperature rarely falling as low as 20°.
Of course the birds are greatly influenced by November weather. The
snow storm of the last week drives nearly all of the strictly migratory
species south and greatly reduces the numbers of many that remain dur-
ing the winter, but it is rarely severe enough to bring us many of the more
hardy northern birds which spend January with us.
BIRDS OF THE SEASON
For permanent residents, see Bird-Lore for Dec, 1900, p. 186.
Arri-vals in October. — 1-15, Jiinco, Purple Finch, Rusty Blackbird, Brown Creeper,
Mallard; 15-30, Tree Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, American Pipit, Hermit Thrush, Green-
winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Loon.
Departures in October. — i-io, Wood Duck, American Coot, American Woodcock,
Phoebe, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Palm Warbler,
Catbird; 10-20, Green-winged Teal, Green Heron, Sora, Chimney Swift, Greater Yel-
low-legs, Yellow-legs, Cowbird, Field Sparrow, Towhee ; 20-31, Turkey Vulture,
Belted Kingfisher (bulk), Bronzed Grackie (bulk), Ruiiy-crowneci Kinglet, Hermit
Thrush, Robin (bulk), Bluebird (bulk).
Arri'vals in No-vembcr. — i-io, Northern Shrike, American Scaup Duck. Buffle-
head. Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck.
Departures in November. — i-io, American Scaup Duck, Butflehead, 'esper Spar-
row, White-throated Sparrow, Myrtle Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch; 10-20, Kill-
deer, Pied-billed Grebe, P'ox Sparrow, American Pipit; 20-30, Mallard, Olive-backed
Thrush, Junco (bulk), Rust' Blackbird (bulk), Rudch- Duck, Song Sparrow (bulk),
Mourning Dove (bulk), Meailowlark (bulk).
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD-LIFE AT GLEN ELLYN (NEAR CHICAGO 1, ILLINOIS*
Rv Benjamin T. Gault
The outward manifestations of an August day, with its dry and
parched fields, its cicada sounds and worm-eaten foliage — the dog-days
- Owini; to the editor's absence this article was omitted from the August issue of Bird-Lore.
