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THE OOLOGIST 



LATE SWALLOWS AT PHILADEL- 

 PHIA 



According to my migration records, 

 covering 25 years, the average time 

 the Barn Swallow leaves Philadelphia 

 is September 16th, subsequent records 

 are few. The latest dates I have 

 seen the Barn Swallow in this region 

 are: October 10, 1917, Aramingo, 

 Philadelphia, one young bird of the 

 year; October 3, 1915, Pensauken 

 Creek, N. J., one bird. This locality 

 is about six miles east of Philadel- 

 phia, October 2, 1906, Richmond, Phila- 

 OOLOGIST— FIVE 



delphia. Pa., one bird. However, on 

 October 10, of the latter year at this 

 locality my brother George saw four 

 Barn Swallows. 



On September 30, 1907, at above 

 locality I saw a flock of 30 Barn Swal- 

 lows, but as a rule my several records 

 later than September 20, have been of 

 individual birds. 



The Bank Swallow departs from 

 Philadelphia, on the average about 

 the same time as the Barn Swallow- 

 I have but one October (3, 1915) 

 record, that of a bird seen at West 

 Palmyra, N. J., on the Delaware River, 

 about six miles east of Philadelphia. 

 My next latest records are Septem- 

 ber 30, 1905, one bird at Cramer Hill, 

 N. J., on the Delaware River, two 

 miles east of Philadelphia, September 

 9, 1906, four birds at Prankford, 

 Philadelphia and September 25, 1921, 

 six birds at Richmond, Philadelphia. 

 Richard F. Miller, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



A LONG WINDED WHIPPOORWILL 



During the spring of '22, I was out 

 staying at my nephew's on the farm, 

 trying in vain to recruit, after various 

 physical misfortunes. During the 

 evening of May 7th, after a fine bright 

 day, I heard the first Whippoorwill 

 calling, for this season, and such a, 

 call, Whip-poor-will, fifty or sixty 

 times at a stretch, given very distinct- 

 ly, and kept up for a long time. Again, 

 during the moonlight evening of the 

 10th, I heard him repeating the call 

 from sixty to near one hundred times. 

 I heard him again on the 11th and 

 12th, both moonlight evenings. The 

 last evening he moved farther east. 

 The place where he was is a large 

 woods, mostly oak with underbrush 

 and various plants and vines. 



George W. H. vos Burgh, 



Columbus, Wis. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL WORLD 



In this locality Catbirds and Robins 

 are on the increase, Bluebirds and 

 Brown Thrashers retiring to the 

 woods. Wood Pewees and Marsh 

 Wrens, almost wanting. Flickers and 

 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Bartram 

 Sandpiper and also the Spotted and 

 Killdeers on the increase. Purple 

 Martins plentiful, Traill's Flycatcher 

 and Great Crested plentiful; Yellow 

 Warblers increasing. Song, Savannah, 

 Swamp, Field and Vesper Sparrows 

 plentiful. Kingfishers and Bank Swal- 

 lows about as usual, Meadowlarks and 

 Bobolinks more plentiful. Western 

 Meadowlark getting well established. 

 Screech Owls and White-breasted 

 Nuthatches holding their own, though 

 hollow trees and nesting boxes are 

 scarce. By the way nesting boxes in 

 the woods are too conspicuous. Blue 

 birds are about as usual though hol- 

 low posts are mostly iron ones 1% 

 inch in diameter. 



George W. H. vos Bursh. 



