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ring Gull, 300; (Jld Squaw, 52; Shell Drake, i; Coot, 79; Horned Lark, 29; Cr 

 Chickadee, 8. Total, 7 species, 485 individuals.— Russel W. Strong. 



Greenport, L. I. — Dec. 25; 2 to 4.45 p.m. Partly cloudy; light, west wind; Horned 

 Grebe, 4; Loon, 2; Herring Gull, 75; Black Duck, 200; Scaup Duck, 4; Old Squaw, 

 100; American Scoter, 7; White-winged Scoter, 8; American Golden-eye, 26; Bob- 

 white, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Horned Lark, 50; Meadowlark, 2; Goldfinch, 6; 

 White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, i; Song Sparrow, 20; Junco, 2; Myrtle War- 

 bler, 100; Winter Wren, i; Chickadee, 20; Robin, 10. Total, 23 species, 644 indi- 

 viduals. — K. B. Squikes. 



Orient Point, Long Island. — Dec. 22; 6.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Clear; fresh, southwest 

 wind; ground bare, slightly frozen in morning; temp., 30° to 40°. Horned Grebe, 34; 

 Holboell's Grebe, i; Loon, 28; Red-throated Loon, 4; Kittiwake Gull, 300; Great 

 Black-backed Gull, 5; Herring Gull, 538; Ring-billed Gull, 2; Bonaparte's Gull, 7; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 18; Black Duck, 3; Redhead, i; American Scaup Duck, 

 55; Lesser Scaup Duck, 2; American Golden-eye, 3; Bufflehead, 11; Old Squaw, 595; 

 .American Scoter, 7; White-winged Scoter, 51; Surf Scoter, 108; Bob-white, 10; Turkey 

 Vulture, i; Marsh Hawk, 2; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Cooper's Hawk, i; Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, i; Screech Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Flicker, 26; Horned Lark, 500; 

 Prairie Horned Lark, 5; Blue Jay, 3; American Crow, 362; Fish Crow, 2; Starling, 

 31; Meadowlark, 154, (two singing); Crossbill, i; Goldfinch, 2; Pine Siskin, 5; Snow- 

 flake, 55; Lapland Longspur, i; Tree Sparrow, 82; Junco, 2; Song Sparrow, ;iT,; Fox 

 Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 155; Chickadee, 126; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 39; Robin, 8. Total, 50 species, 2,708 individuals. Country visited:— Shores 

 of Long Island Sound, Orient and Gardiner's Bay, hills, orchards, hardwood forests, 

 cedar groves, swamp, salt marshes, ploughed fields and pastures. The Turkey Vulture 

 was captured on the ground in a choking condition. Large bones were wedged firmly 

 in the throat, these were released and the bird offered stale fish which it ate greedily; 

 but evidently the stomach w^as weak from fasting and the food was immediately dis- 

 gorged. The following morning the bird was dead. —Harry, Frank and Roy 

 Latham. 



One Hundred and Thirtieth Street Ferry, New York, to Coytesville, South Engle- 

 wood, Leonia and Palisades Park, N. J.— Dec. 22; 9.45 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Clear; ground 

 mostly bare; wind southwest, light; temp., 35° at start. Herring Gull, 500; Red-tailed 

 Hawk, 7; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 7; Starling, 

 35; Meadowlark, i; Purple Finch, i; Tree Sparrow, 10; Junco, 42; Song Sparrow 

 3; Winter Wren, 2; Chickadee, several. Total, 14 species, about 620 individuals.— 

 G. E. Hix and C. H. Rogers. 



Bloomfield and Newark, N. J.— Dec. 25; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clear; ground bare; wind 

 southwest, light; temp., 30° to 46°. Herring Gull, 2; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Crow, 

 3; Starling, 92; White-throated Sparrow, 6: Tree Sparrow, 7; Song Sparrow, 3; Gold- 

 finch, 2. Total, 8 species, 116 individuals. — Louis S. Kohler. 



Passaic, N. J.— Dec. 25; 9.30 a.m. to 12 m.; 2 to 4-30 P-M- Clear; ground bare; 

 wind south, light; temp., 36°. Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 7; Crow, 5; Purple 

 Grackle, 200; Starling, 107; Goldfinch, i; Tree Sparrow, 15; Junco, 12; Song Sparrow, 

 i; Myrtle Warbler, 6; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 

 16. Total, 13 species, 380 individuals.— Gilbert H. Trafton and Edward Uehling. 



Morristown, N. J.— Dec. 25; 9 to 11 a.m. Fair; ground partly bare, with some 

 patches of snow; wind west, light; temp., 45°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 13; Crow, 25; Starling, i; Purple Finch, 

 4 (i singing); Goldfinch, 2; Tree Sparrow, 12; Song Sparrow, 2; Junco, 2; Brown 

 Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Chickadee, 19; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 

 16. Total, 15 species, 106 individuals. — -R. C. Caskey. 



