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all the birds iiolccl have been iiulciilirK-tl 

 with as iiuu ii tare as powerful biriDCulars 

 permit, and no (|ueslionable ri-iords arc 

 ineluded. 



Great Hhuk-barked (lull, i. May i,^ 

 lo., Sept. 27, Rinj^-billed (lull, i, Keb. 13, 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 5, May 21. Black 

 Diuk, iS, May 21. ()id-s(|uaw, 1, May 27. 

 White-win^'id Scoter, i. May 21. Surf 

 Scoter, 20, May 21. While-rumped Sand- 

 piper, 2, May 21; I, Oct. 23. Sanderling, 

 I, Jan. 4. Hudsonian Curlew, 12, May 13, 

 same number. May 21. 



I'liis tine bird but rarely comes within 

 range of the field-glass student. On May 

 13, I was so fortunate as to get witliin 

 seventy-five feet of the Hock, though it 

 meant a half-hour crawl on my hands and 

 knees in the mud of the marsh. 



Duck Hawk, — A. fine bird on Sept. 27, 

 Sharp-tailed and Seaside Sparrow. More 

 and more individuals of these species 

 seem to be lingering along our coasts. 

 (Vide the winter Seaside Sparrows from 

 Barnstable, Mass., and my winter Sharp- 

 tail from Long Beach; Bird-Lore's 

 tenth Christmas Census). On Nov. 6, Mr. 

 La Dow and I observed an individual of 

 both species in a certain tract of reeds 

 where the birds have lingered through 

 October. .Vmerican Pipit. — i, Jan. 4. 

 Ludlow Griscom .\nd Staxi.i;y V. L.\ 

 Dow, Xrw York Clly. 



Hardy Snow Buntings 



On cold, frosty nights, witli the ther- 

 mometer away below zero, one wonders 

 how the winter birds are faring. 



Nearly every winter, the Snow Bunt- 

 ings roost in the chinks on the north side 

 of our granary. On fine nights, when it is 

 not too cold, they have a fairly good place, 

 if the wind does not blow directly on them. 



But on January 14, 1007. the wind blew 

 roughly right on the ledges where the l)irds 

 roost, and the thermometer registered 

 36° below zero. Soon after sundow'n, as I 

 looked to see if there were any birds on the 

 granary, I was surprised to see about 

 twenty Snow-Buntings in their usual 

 place, fully exposed to the biting wind. 



For the benefit of those who have not 

 experienced such low temjjerature, I might 

 say that a wind as cold as that will freeze 

 one's unprotected face almost instantly; 

 yet here was a flock of little birds going to 

 sleep, not protected from it in the least, as 

 unconcernedly as ihougli it were a warm 

 summer night. There were plenty of places 

 about the buildings they could have 

 roosted in, well sheltered from the wind, 

 but few that were more exiKised than the 

 one they chose. 



Next day they were as lively as ever, 

 and apparently none the worse for the 

 cold. — John Woodcock, Miiincdosa, 

 Maiiiloba. 



Absence of Kinglets 



I notice in Bird-Lore for May-June 

 that no Kinglets were seen in northern 

 New Jersey from Dec. i to March 27, 



It is noteworthy that no Kinglets of 

 either kind have been seen hereabouts in 

 either the spring or fall migration, this 

 year, though we, as a rule, have both kinds 

 in the spring migration, and the Ruby 

 Crown in the fall. They often are here 

 for several weeks, both in the woods and 

 about the house. — Eliza F. Miller, 

 Bethel. Vermoiil. 



The Twenty -eighth Annual Congress of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union 



The Twenty-eighth Annual Congress of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union was 

 held in Washington, D. C, November 



14-17, I QIC. 



At the meeting of the Fellows of the 

 Union, held on the evening of the four- 

 teenth, the following ofhcers were elected: 

 President, E. \V. Nelson; Vice-presidents, 

 Frank M. Chapman, A. K. Fisher; Sec- 

 retary, John H. Sage; Treasurer, J. 

 1) wight, Jr. 



The following were elected as Members 

 of the Union: J. H. Bowles, California; 

 E. S. Cameron, Montana; Ned Hallister 

 and W. L. Mc.Atee, Washington, D. C; 

 E. R. Warren, Colorado. Ninety associate 

 members were elected. 



