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June 4 Ottawa
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Cross; many Chimney Swifts, some Purple Martins and at least two Nighthawks high overhead; English Sparrows swarm all thru the streets & yards; Robins are common in lawns, where full grown young as to be seen trailing their parents within reaching distance; Bronzed Grackles are common, and I saw a pair on electric light wires over main business street; heard at least three White-throated Sparrows in full song along the river bank.
Distances: Boston to Montreal,
40 mi.; Montreal (to Vancouver, 2895) - to Seattle, 3059 mi.
June 5
At Victoria Museum, with Mr. P.A. Taverner:
The series of duck hawks includes some from the arctic coast,
some from the Great Lakes and some from