24 Bird - Lore 



Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 2; Chickadee, 5. Total, 8 species, no individuals. — Mr. and 

 Mrs. G. Clyde Fisher. 



New York City (Prospect Park, Brooklyn). — Dec. 30; 2.15 to 4.15 p.m. Clear; 

 ground bare, trees covered with ice; wind west, light; temp. 35°. Herring Gull, 41; 

 Screech Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Starling, 300; Goldfinch, 18; White-throated 

 Sparrow, 7; Tree Sparrow, 2; Junco, 75; Song Sparrow, 2; Fox Sparrow, 3; Brown 

 Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black-capped Chickadee, 5; Robin, i. Total, 

 14 species, 459 individuals. — Kate P. and E. W. Vietor. 



Olean, N. Y. (City and Maplewood). — Dec. 25; 7.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Light rain; 

 foot of snow; south wind; temp. 34° to 40°. Partridge, 11; Pheasant, 10; Great Horned 

 Owl, 3; Hairy Woodpecker, 5; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Pileated Woodpecker, i; Blue 

 Jay, 6; American Crossbill, 5; Tree Sparrow, 5; Junco, 2; Northern Shrike, i; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 7; Chickadee, 13. Total, 12 species, 74 individuals. — Mrs. J. J. 

 Nenno and Mrs. I. P. Hewitt. 



Orient, L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 26; all day. Cloudy at start with frequent dashes of rain 

 (heavy rain all preceding night) ; ground bare at start, later a trace of snow, free from frost ; 

 ponds and water-ways open; wind at start a sixty- mile gale from south, shifting to west 

 at 10 a.m. and reaching a velocity of eighty miles an hour, uprooting trees and over- 

 turning buildings, with a blinding snow-squall lasting an hour. p.m. clear with high 

 northwest wind; temp. 40° at start, 33° at return. Horned Grebe, 15; Loon, 3; Black- 

 backed Gull, 6; Herring Gull, 6co; Bonaparte's Gull, i; Merganser, i; Red-breasted 

 Merganser, 20; Black Duck, 150; Greater Scaup, 200; Goldeneye, 10; BufHehead, 150; 

 Old-squaw, 200; Scoter, 2; Surf Scoter, 30; White-winged Scoter, 75; Canada Goose, 

 16; Woodcock, i; Bob- white, i; Pheasant, 6; Marsh Hawk, i; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 

 i; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Screech Owl, 2; Kingfisher, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 4; Horned Lark, 300; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 125; Fish 

 Crow, 4 (probably others, notes not heard); Starling, 2,000; Cowbird, 11 (10 in one 

 flock); Meadowlark, 90; Rusty Blackbird, i; Purple Crackle, 6; Goldfinch, 2; Snow 

 Bunting, 75; Ipswich Sparrow, 3; Savannah Sparrow, i; White-throated Sparrow, 2; 

 Tree Sparrow, 8; Junco, 3; Song Sparrow, 40; Swamp Sparrow, 2; Fox Sparrow, i; 

 Myrtle Warbler, 100; Catbird, i; Carolina Wren, i; Winter Wren, i; Chickadee, 12; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 8; Robin, 2. Total, 53 species, 4,300 individuals. The hur- 

 ricane made it impossible to record, with exception of Black Duck, the large numbers of 

 water-fowl that have been present recently. — Roy Latham. 



Port Chester, N. Y. — -Dec. 23; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Partly cloudy; 3 in. of snow; wind 

 east, light; temp. 30°. Herring Gull, 250; Red-breasted Merganser, 20; Black Duck, 5; 

 American Goldeneye, 2; Old-squaw, 20; White-winged Scoter, 200; Bob-white, 12; 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Long-eared Owl, i; Downy Woodpecker, 

 17; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 6; Crow, 70; Starling, 40; Meadowlark, 3; Purple Finch, 2; 

 Goldfinch, 7; White-throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 100; Junco, 125; Song Sparrow, 

 5; Winter Wren, 3; Brown Creeper, 7; White-breasted Nuthatch, 12; Chickadee, 60; 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 15; Robin, 4. Total, 28 species, 993 individuals. — Richard 

 L. Burdsall, E. Morris Burdsall, Samuel N. Comly, Paul C. Sfofford and 

 James C. Maples. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Dec. 25; 2 to 4 p.m. Clear; i ft of snow; wind northwest, 

 light; temp. 32°. Belted Kingfisher, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 200; 

 Starling, 40; Goldfinch, i; Junco, 3; Black-capped Chickadee, 5; Golden-crowned King- 

 let, I. Total, 9 species, 253 individuals. — F. A. and A. E. Saunders. 



Rhineback, N. Y. — Dec. 25; 8 a.m. to i p.m. Cloudy; deep snow; wind south, light; 

 temp. 40°. American Merganser, 2; Ring-necked Pheasant, 30; Gray Partridge, 5; 

 Marsh (?) Hawk, i ; Barred Owl, i ; Hairy Woodpecker, 4; Downy Woodpecker, 8 (drums 

 and utters long call); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, i male; Blue Jay, 10; Crow, 15; Purple 



