Notes from Field and Study 



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Wilson's Petrel, a flock of 100 + , near 

 Fort Hamilton, on July 18, 1910. . 



Great Blue Heron, in Prospect Park, 

 June i; Bald Eagle (immature), in Pros- 

 pect Park, Maj' 28; Redpoll, in Prospect 

 Park, December 25 to 31; Blue-headed 

 Vireo, in Prospect Park, Nov. 20, 1910; 

 Kentucky Warbler, Fort Hamilton, May 

 22, 1910; Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Pros- 

 pect Park, April 8, 1910. 



The Kentucky Warbler was seen by 

 me on May 22, 1910, on 88th Street, 

 Brooklyn, near Shore Road. My atten- 

 tion was attracted by a loud and unfamil- 

 iar song. I found the singer in a low tree, 

 and had a splendid opportunity to study 

 him with my binoculars. It proved to be 

 a male Kentucky Warbler, a bird which 

 is extremely rare on Long Island. While 

 I could not get a good view of the bird's 

 back, I identified him by his yellow under- 

 parts and superciliary line, and by the 

 black line along the throat, all of which 

 were seen in good light. The song, also, 

 closely resembles the descriptions given 

 in Chapman's Warbler Book. — Edward 

 Fleischer, Secretary. 



Mockingbird Wintering in West 

 Hartford, Conn. 



It is of interest that two Mockingbirds 

 are spending the winter in West Hartford. 

 They are commonly found about a mile 

 apart, both remaining very near the places 

 where they are regularly fed, though they 

 have been seen together a few times at 

 one feeding station. Their identification 

 is positive. They are seen daily feeding 

 upon berries, cereal foods, chopped 

 boiled eggs mixed with boiled potato, etc. 

 They are very tame, and every oppor- 

 tunity for close inspection is given. One 

 approached me so closely that I could 

 clearly note the color of the iris. It 

 frequently comes to the window-sill when 

 observers are within three feet of the 

 feeding-place. 



Mrs. L. A. Cressy and a neighbor, upon 

 whose bounty one of the birds has been 

 subsisting, believes that three of the 

 birds have visited the food-tables, but I 



think that not more than two have been 

 seen at one time. A gentleman who has 

 kept caged Mockingbirds declares that 

 a pair of the birds nested in a near-by 

 cemetery last summer, but I have been 

 unable to ascertain what is the basis for 

 the statement. — Edw.\rd P. St. John, 

 President Hartford Bird Study Club. 



A Fire Station Martin Box 



The enclosed photograph represents 

 the Martin house at No. 7 fire station, at 

 Fort Wayne, Ind. The house is mounted 

 on a telegraph pole, and contains 48 rooms. 

 The climbing vines are morning-glories. 



Capt. A. J. Baker informed me that it 

 was occupied this season by 47 pairs of 

 Martins and one pair of English Sparrows. 



All of the fire stations in our city have 

 well - patronized Martin houses. The 



