THK O0LUG18T 



is imdoulittHliy a feeder on small niiu- 

 no\v.s. 



I know nothinj ol' tlie autumnal 

 movements of this little species, but 

 have seen specimens still here in Sep- 

 tember. 



ScOLOl'AX. 



The Wintsr Visitors of Central Park, N. Y. 



Ceulial Park is situated iu the eenlre 

 of New York Citj' and appears to the 

 birds on their , fall migration as an 

 oasis does to thirsty men in the desert. 



Here our little feathered friends stop 

 on their long tiip towards the sunny 

 south for a few dajs recreation and 

 pleasure before the}' again take up their 

 .ong and tedious journey. 



Mauj- of our birds after stopping with 

 us for a few days tind such an alnin- 

 dance of food and so many sunny little 

 nooks in which to make themselves 

 comfortable upon a cold morning, that 

 they decide to stay with us during the 

 long winter months. 



A person while walking in the Park 

 upon a cold morning is sure to meet 

 with some of these cheerful little \i.*it- 

 ors. 



He cannot certainly go very far with- 

 out seeing our bright little friend, the 

 Chickadee who seems to be ever pres- 

 ent uttering his shrill little call, and if 

 he takes the trouble to look sharply 

 among the branches of the surrounding 

 trees he will probablj' see the VVhite- 

 breasled Nuthatch, Brown Creeper or 

 Dcnviiy Woodpecker diligently search- 

 ing for his bre;ikfast. 



Here also are found large Hocks of 

 Whitelhroateii and l"ox Sparrows who 

 seem to take great delight in scratching 

 among the dead leaves. 



Flocks of Cardinal (Grosbeak's are of- 

 ten seen Hitting among the leafless 

 branches, iheir scarlet pluniag(! show- 

 ing to great advantagi; against the lead- 

 en sky. 



If one looks sharply enough along 



some frozen water course, or 

 among some pile of stones he will per- 

 haps see the little Winter Wren silent- 

 ly hunting for his breakfast and looking 

 \*ery contented in spite of the cold. 



A few Rol)ins, Thrushes, Song Spar- 

 rows, English (ioldfinehes, and one 

 lonely Mockingbird make tlie Park 

 their winter home. 



One cold winter morning as 1 was ob- 

 serving my little friends I saw a Thrush 

 pluming himself upon a small bush and 

 stopped to watch liim. 



I had not been there very long before 

 tlie little fellow darted oil" and Hew at a 

 branch of a small red berry tree nearby 

 knocking the snow otf in showers and 

 with it a few of the berries, but before 

 these dainty little morsels had time to 

 l)ury themselves in the snow the Thrush 

 caught them in his bill and quickly dis- 

 posed of them. 



Then returning to his perch he went 

 on with his morning toilet seeming sat- 

 isfied with his frugal breakfast. 



Very often of an evening when the 

 thermometer stands at a few degrees 

 above zero I wonder how my little 

 friends can stand the cold, but the ne\t 

 morning as I take my daily walk in the 

 Park I find them as cheerful and con- 

 tented as ever. 



William Y. Ha\\ i.kv. 



New York City. • 



Another Day with the Birds of Southern 

 California- 



One evening early in iMay last my 

 friend came around to see me concern- 

 ing a trip down the coast; about sixteen 

 miles, after (Jreat Hlue Herons" eggs, 

 which birds he had been informed had 

 a rooker^' in that locality. Although I 

 had some misgivings that it was too 

 late to find Herons' eggs, yet it was a 

 favoivnble s|)ot for various of our small- 

 (•!• birds to ])iicd, it was decided to 

 give it a ti iai. A\'i' concluded also, to 

 (lri\ e down the next Saturday evening 



