32 Bird - Lore 



A.M. li) 4.,^o P.M. ("1()U(1\ ; I in. of snow; wind, northwest, light; temp. i6° at start, 30° 

 at return. Twelve miles on foot. Herring Gull, 12; Ruffed (irouse, i; Kingfisher, i; 

 Hairy Woodpecker, 6; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 500; Starling, 300 

 (one flock); White-breasted Nuthatch, 7; Chickadee, 23. Total, 10 species, about 862 

 individuals. — H.arold H. Axtei.i.. 



New York City (Jerome Reservoir, Van Cortlandt Park, Mosholu Parkway, Bronx 

 Park Botanical Gardens). — Dec. 22: 8 .a.m. to 1.40 p.m. Cloudy; lif.;hl sliowcrs from q lo 

 II .■\.M., then steady rain; ground bare; wind, southeast, light; temp. 50°. About eight 

 miles on foot. Observers in two parties in Van Cortlandt Park only. Herring Gull 250; 

 Greater Scaup Duck, 30; Black-crowned Night Heron, 70 (the Bronx Park Colony); 

 Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 12; Blue Jay 3; American Crow. 27; 

 Starling, 140; Goldfinch, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 36; Tree Sparrow, 83; Field 

 Sparrow, 37; Slate-colored Junco, 41; Song Sparrow, 40; Fox Sparrow, t; Towhee, i; 

 Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted Nuthatch, 10; Black-capped Chickadee, 71; Hermit 

 Thrush, i; Robin, i. Total, 21 species, 862 individuals. — George E. Hix, Ci.akk L. 

 Lewis, Jr., I'>dward G. Nichols and L. Nelson Nichols. 



Douglaston, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 22; 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Cloudy; raining 

 slowly but almost steadily after 9.45 a.m.; ground bare; wind none at start but a light 

 southerly wind developed by noon; temp. 44° at start, 51° at return. Observers together. 

 Herring Gull, 53 ; Golden-eye Duck, 50; Wild Duck, not identified, but surely not Golden- 

 eye, 25; Black-crowned Night Heron, i; Kingfisher, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 2; American 

 Crow, 45; Fish Crow, 23; Starling 250 (one flock of 150 feeding with some Fish Crows 

 upon a garbage dump); Rusty Blackbird, 24 (studied with 6X glasses at 30 ft.; the ligb 

 yellow iris and the rusty tips of the feathers of upper and lower parts clearly seen); 

 Grackle, i (either Purple or Bronzed); Goldfinch, 26; White-throated Sparrow, 16; 

 Tree Sparrow, 38; Junco, 75; Song Sparrow, 11; Carolina Wren, i; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 7. Total, 19 species, about 650 individuals. — Mr. and Mrs. G. 

 Clyde Fisher, Ruth Anna Fisher, and Farida A. Wiley. 



Long Beach, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 26; 9.30 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. Driving snow most 

 of the morning, melting at the ground; brief sunshine after midday; snow squalls in 

 afternoon; wind fresh, approximately west; temp. 39° at daylight, 36° at sunset; sea 

 rough and weather thick of? shore until afternoon. Horned Grebe, i; Kittiwake (?), 

 a distant flock of 9 small Gulls were doubtless this species; Black-backed Gull, common; 

 Herring Gull, large numbers; Black Duck, some hundreds in "rafts" off shore all day; 

 Golden-eye Duck, 2; Old-squaw 9; Scoter, a distant line going east, species not made 

 out; Sparrow Hawk, i; Horned Lark, flock of 5; American Crow, common; Starling, 

 something like 200; Ipswich Sparrow, 5 or 6, at one locality only; Savannah Sparrow, 

 I with the preceding; Tree Sparrow, small flock; Myrtle Warbler, 2. Total, 16 species, 

 a low record for Long Beach. — E. P. Bicknell. 



Speonk, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 23; 8 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. Foggy in early morning, 

 rest of day clear; ground bare; wind north, moderate; temp. 44° at start, 47° at return. 

 Herring Gull, 16; Greater Scaup, b: Bufllehead, i; Ruddy Duck, 200; Great Blue Heron, 

 3; X'irginia Rail, 2 (heard in marsh, one flushed Dec 24); Ring-neck Pheasant, i: Mourn- 

 ing Dove, 2; Marsh Hawk, i; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy 

 Woodpecker, 3; Blue Ja\', 3; American Crow, 20; Starling, 6; .American Goldfinch, 3; 

 Tree Sparrow, 50; Field Sparrow, 6; Slate-colored Junco, 25; Song Sparrow, 30; Swamp 

 Sparrow, 7; White-breasted Nuthatch. 3; Black-capped Chickadee, 18; Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet, 2. Also 200 unidentified Ducks. Total, 24 species, 609 individuals. Long- 

 billed Marsh Wren was seen on Dec. 24. The weather has been too mild lately to record 

 the large numbers of water-fowl here recently. — LeRoy Wilcox. 



East Marion, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 28; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear and sunnj' in 

 forenoon, cloud}' in afternoon; ground bare; wind north, almost none; temp. 29°. Chief 



