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Montauk to Montauk Point, L. I., N. Y. — Jan. i; daylight until dark. Clear; ground 

 bare, all ponds and creeks open; wind south, very light; temp. 28° to 36°. Observers 

 together. Holboell's Grebe, i; Horned Grebe, 4; Loon, 150; Black Guillemot, 2; Dovekie, 

 2; Great Black-backed Gull, 20; Herring Gull, 500; Bonaparte's Gull, 4; American Mer- 

 ganser, I (male); Red-breasted Merganser, 20; Black Duck, 50; Golden-eye, 50; Buffle- 

 head, i (hunter's game-bag); Old Squaw, 100; King Eider, i; American Scoter, 30; 

 White- winged Scoter, 125; Surf Scoter, 15; Ruddy Duck, 2; Brant, 17; Sparrow Hawk, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Arkansas Kingbird, i; Horned Lark, 18; Crow, 16; Starling, 50; 

 Meadowlark, 9; Snowflake, 7; Ipswich Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 17; Song Sparrow, 5; 

 Tree Swallow, 12; Myrtle Warbler, 120; Catbird, 2; Brown Thrasher, i; Brown Creeper, 

 3; Chickadee, 6; Robin, 2. Total, 38 species, 1,373 individuals. Both Guillemots were 

 seen within 50 yards, diving and flying. Red feet of both seen. King Eider, a female, 

 observed, at leisure, sitting on a rock and asleep on the water within 100 feet. The 

 Kingbird was on the north beach catching insects in the piles of seaweed. It was exceed- 

 ingly tame, was approached within 50 feet on numerous occasions, and flitted up the 

 beach just ahead of us for nearly a mile, thus under observation for half an hour. Every 

 possible detail of coloration noted, including the outer tail-feathers, thus positively 

 eliminating Cassin's Kingbird. Griscom familiar with the species in life, and all three 

 with the Guillemot. The Catbirds and Thrasher were together in a thick patch of bay- 

 berries and briars, well seen by Crosby and Griscom. Jan. 2: Mourning Dove, i. — 

 Maunsell S. Crosby, Dr. E. R. P. Janvrin, and Ludlow Griscom. 



Staten Island, N. Y.(Moravian Cemetery, Great Kills and Princess Bay). — Dec. 26; 

 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. Partly cloudy; wind northerly; temp. 25°. Eleven miles on foot. Ob- 

 servers together. Horned Grebe, 3; Loon, i; Great Black-backed Gull, 15; Herring Gull, 

 500; Ring-billed Gull, 6; Bonaparte's Gull, 8; Scaup Duck, 3; Golden-eye, 10; BuflBehead, 

 5; Old Squaw, 6; Scoter, 6; White- winged Scoter, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Prairie Horned 

 Lark, 3; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 15; Starling, 400; Goldfinch, 6; White-throated Sparrow, i; 

 Tree Sparrow, 1; Field Sparrow, i; Junco, 20; Song Sparrow, 3; Cardinal, i; Orange- 

 crowned Warbler, i; (Yellow?) Palm Warbler, i; Chickadee, 50; Robin, i. Total, 28 

 species, 1,072 ^individuals. Both Orange-crowned and (Yellow?) Palm Warblers ob- 

 served at close range, the Orange-crowned studied at leisure; no white eye-ring. — 

 George B. Wilmott and Lester L. Walsh (Brooklyn Bird-Lov-ers' Club). 



Hackettstown, N. J. (part of the valley between Hackettstown and Waterloo). — 

 Dec. 24; 8.10 to 10.45 A.M. and 1.30 to 3 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground bare; wind west; 

 temp. T,^° at start. Duck (unidentified), 2; Ruffed Grouse, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; 

 Crow, 5; Goldfinch, i; Tree Sparrow, 13; Junco, 4; Song Sparrow, 2; Chickadee, 14. 

 Total, 9 species, 43 individuals. Mourning Doves seen Dec. 11; Sapsucker, Dec. 28. — 

 Mary Pierson Allen. 



Englewood Region, N. J. (Overpeck Marshes and Phelps estate). — Dec. 26; 8.35 

 A.M. to 4.10 P.M. Cloudy; wind north, slight; temp. 32°. Herring Gull, 40; Hawks, 

 (sp. ?) 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Blue Jay, 1; Crow, 13; Starling, 

 9; Red-winged Blackbird, i; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 7; Slate-colored 

 Junco, 17; Song Sparrow, 23; Brown Creeper, 4; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black- 

 capped Chickadee, 6; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3. Total, 16 species, 140 individuals. — 

 Bernard Fread. 



Rutherford, N. J. (to Great Notch). — Dec. 26; 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Generally over- 

 cast; no snow; but little wind; temp. 23° at start. About 12 miles by foot. Observers 

 not far apart. Herring Gull, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 2; Crow, 16; Starling, 

 2; White-throated Sparrow, 10; Tree Sparrow, 75; Junco, 6; Song Sparrow, 50; Myrtle 

 Warbler (one large flock and several scattered individuals), 35; White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, I. Total, II species, (about) 200 individuals. — O. Davis Keep and Roger A. 

 Banton. 



