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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 17-No. 3 



of 1888-89 is ray only record of this species for 

 this neighborhood. 



143. Pintail (Dajila acuta). Not common. 

 A few seen each winter. 



144. Wood Duck {Aix s2)onsa). Secured 

 two out of bunch of five. This was the only 

 time I ever observed this species on the beach. 



148. American Scaup Duck {Aythya mar'da 

 nearctica). Common on Grassy Sound. 



149. Lesser Scaup Duck (Aythya affinis). 

 Not common. This and the foregoino; species 

 known to the local gunners as Broad-bills. 



151. American Golden-eye {Glancinnetta 

 clangula americana). C'ommon. Only kuDwn 

 as Whistler. 



150. Bufflehead (Charitonetta albeola). Com- 

 mon. Those secured generally young males 

 and females. 



154. Old Squaw {Clamjula hyeDialis). Very 

 common from about the middle of November 

 until the middle of April. Old Momme or 

 Moinme is the only name known here for this 

 Duck. 



1(33. American Scoter (Oidemia americana). 

 Common during the winter. I have observed 

 tills and the following two species far up in 

 Hereford Inlet, as well as off shore. 



105. White-winged Scoter (Oidemia tleg- 

 landl). Common during the winter months. 

 All the Scoters are called Coots by the local 

 gunners. 



166. Surf Scoter (Oidemia pprKplrlllata). 

 Common during the winter. 



172. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). 

 Although very common during the winter yet 

 vei'y few are shot, as they will not decoy well. 



173. Brant (Branta bernlcla). Not com- 

 mon. A few seen every winter. 



Philip Laurent. 

 Philadelphia. 



[To be Continued.] 



The Appearance of the Chewink in 

 Lat. 37 48' N. in Winter. 



It may be of interest to some of the readers 

 of the O. & O. to know that while hunting near 

 the White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., in com- 

 pany with Messrs. R. M. McLeod and John A. 

 Mastin, on February 5th, I saw a male Chewink 

 (Pipllo erythrophthalnius) in the winter plum- 

 age. On looking over my records I find it 

 recorded as having previously arrived on the 

 following dates: April 13, 1890; April 17, 1891. 

 Thaddeus Surber. 



White Sulphur Springs, AV. Va. 



Arrivals of Some Migratory Birds 

 of Johnson Co., Ind. 



The dates given below are those on which 

 the birds named were first seen by the writer, 

 and represent approximately the date of the 

 earliest arrival of each of the species named 

 for the year 1891. 



Kobin (M. migratoria), .Tan. 28. 



Bluebird (S. slalls), Feb. 2. 



Kedbird (C. cardlnall.^), " 8. 



Field Sparrow (.S. pusllla), " 8. 



Cowbird (3/. ater), March 4. 



Killdeer (^. roci/'era), " IG. 



Meadow Lark (S. magna), " 17. 



Blackbird (Q. quiscula), " 18. 



Chewink (P. erytfiroptJialmus). " 18. 



Pewee (tS. p/toe6e), " 19. 



Sparrow Hawk (F. sparrerlus), " 23. 



Kingfisher (C. ah- yon), " 23. 



Pine Siskin (.S. i</Hif.s), " 23. 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet (R. satrapn), " 30. 



Bewick's Wren (T. beivickll), April 1. 



Chipping Sparrow (.S. .socJa//.s), " 1. 

 Southern Chickadee(P. carolinensls), " 7. 



BiM-nSwMow (C. erythrogaster), " 13. 



Brown Thrush (H. rufus), " 13. 

 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (S. varliis), " 1(>. 



Whip-poor-will (A. voclferus), •' 20. 



Orchard Oriole (I. .sjj»ri».s), " 21. 



Bain Crow (C. amerlranu-t), May 8. 



Goldfinch (.S. trlstls), " 8. 



Catlnrd (G. caroUnensls), " 20. 

 Nighthawk (C. virglnianus), May 21 to 25, 



The Bullbat or Nighthawk is remarkably 

 punctual in arriving here on its st)uthern mi- 

 gration about the 17th of August. In botli the 

 years 1889 and 1890 the first individuals 

 made their appearance promptly on the 17tli 

 of August. Tiiis year they were one day later. 



E. M. Kindle. 



How IS This For a Rare Egg'? — "There 

 is now on view in a shop window in Kirkwall," 

 says the Pall Mall Gazette,'" four eggs of the 

 Great Skua, a bird of peculiar habits and now 

 almost extinct in Britain. Indeed, its only 

 known nesting place is the remote Islan;^. of 

 Foula, Shetland. So ruthlessly is the bird 

 pursued for its now valuable eggs that last 

 year out of about twelve nesting pairs only 

 two eggs were hatched. A tourist who vis- 

 ited Foula Island this year paid .$200 foi- one 

 ejig." 



