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territory covered, about a mile along shore of Peconic Bay, several small pieces of woods 

 and fields. Horned Grebe, 9; Loon, 3; Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 225 + ; 

 Red-breasted Merganser, 20; Ducks too far out for positive identification but thought 

 to be Scaup, 25; Old Squaw, i; White- winged Scoter, 30; Flicker, 2; Crow, 60; 

 Starling, 3; White-throated Sparrow, 2; Slate-colored Junco, 40; Song Sparrow, 23; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 7; Brown Creeper, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 14; Robin, 7. Total, 19 species, about 475 individuals. — M.a.bel R. 

 Wiggins. 



Orient, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 22; daylight to 4 p.m. Light, cloudy in morning, 

 rain in afternoon; light southeast to fresh south wind; temp. 2iS° to 44°; ground bare, 

 free from frost, no ice on ponds. Holboell's Grebe, 3; Horned Grebe, 31; Loon, 15; 

 Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 500; Red-breasted Merganser, 30; Mallard, 3; 

 Black Duck, 40; Greater Scaup Duck, 200; Golden-ej^e Duck, 85; BufHehead Duck, 75; 

 Old-squaw, 1,500; American Scoter, 4; W^hite-winged Scoter, 200; Surf Scoter, 180; Bob- 

 white, 8 (one covey); Sparrow Hawk, i; Screech Owl, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Yellow- 

 breasted Sapsucker, i; Flicker, 2; Horned Lark, 370; Prairie Horned Lark (noted with 

 the species); Blue Jay, 3; American Crow, 50; Fish Crow, 3; Starling, 50; Meadowlark, 

 11; Grackle, i; Snow Bunting, 325; Ipswich Sparrow, i; White-throated Sparrow, 5; 

 Tree Sparrow, 50; Junco, 10; Song Sparrow, 185 (one in song. The frequency of this 

 species was one of the ch'ef interests of the day, one flock contained 35 birds inclusive 

 of this sparrow); Swamp Sparrow, 31 (30 in one colony in a Phragmites swamp); Migrant 

 Shrike, i; Myrtle Warbler, 5; Maryland Yellow-throat, i (female. The only winter 

 record known to the writer for Long Island. The bird was seen late in November, in 

 the same locality, and was rediscovered for the Census only after a long search in a 

 shelter of tall grasses. Its call note was heard repeatedly) ; Long-billed Marsh Wren, i 

 (in a cat-tail swamp, the bird in plain view at close range as long as the observer desired 

 to study it. Although wintering locally in the north, the writer is not aware of another 

 winter record for Long Island); Red-breasted Nuthatch, i; Chickadee, 22; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2; Hermit Thrush, 3; Robin, 2. Total, .^6 species, 4,025 individuals. — 

 Roy Latham. 



New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. (cross country to Richmond). — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. 

 to 6.15 P.M. Clear; wind moderately strong, west to northwest; temp. 44° at start, 41° 

 at return. Observers together. Fourteen miles on foot. Herring Gull, 140 (flying across 

 Island;; Small Heron, i (Little Green?); Sparrow Hawk, i; Long-eared Owl, i (asleep 

 in pine, we got close); Screech Owl, 3; Belted Kingfisher 1 (on account of mild season); 

 Downy Woodi)ccker, i; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 17; Starling, 12; Red-winged 

 Blackbird, i (apparently passing winter in swamp); Savannah Sparrow, i (positive 

 identification through glasses at close range); White-throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 

 2; Junco, 16; Song S()arrow, 35; Swamp Sparrow(?), 2; Cardinal (?) (heard in distance); 

 Winter W^ren, i; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 4; Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, i; Black-capped Chickadee, 20; .\merican Robin, 2. Total, 24 species, about 270 

 individuals. On three successive Sundays before Christmas the Great Horned Owl was 

 seen. — Frank Ai.latt and .\lec. Ross. 



Staten Island, fWest Brighton to within 3 miles of Tottenville, to New Dorp). — 

 I)(.T. 28; 7.30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Wind \i.r\' liglit, svcsl; lL-tn|). at)out 32°; clear in morning, 

 hut overcast in afternoon. Twenty-eight miles on foot. Herring (aill, 200; Bulllchead 

 Duck, i; Old-squaw, 40; .\merican Scoter, 3; While-winged Scoter, i; Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 5; Flicker, 2; 

 iilue Jay, 2; American Crow. ()o; Starling, 50; Goldfinch, i; Tree Sparrow, 21; Slate- 

 colored Junco (one flock of about 100 feeding on the seeds of dead weeds; another flock 

 of about 200 in woods, on the edge of a small pond); Song Sparrow, 2 (in bushes border- 

 ing open fields, and 9 in tali grass in marshland near the open water); White-breasted 



