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to the foot of the tree, where I made two 

 exposures; then, desiring to try for an 

 exposure on the wing, I focused and drew 

 the slide of the Graflex. At first my 

 attempts to put the bird to flight, with- 

 out laying down the camera and deliber- 

 ately throwing at it, were unsuccessful. 

 At a particularly loud demonstration on 

 my part, he would look disapprovingly 

 down upon me, but showed little inclina- 

 tion to leave the tree. Finally, after con- 

 siderable shouting, he took to wing, and a 

 snap was taken at him as he wheeled out 

 over my head. He lit about seventy-five 



feet distant in a similar location, but he 

 was not dislodged from this position until 

 proceedings were resorted to which left no 

 opportunity for photography. 



Two others were found in the same 

 grove. The first of these was lost around 

 a clump of trees, but the second was seen 

 before he was flushed, and sat so close 

 that I anticipated a very near approach. 

 Light conditions necessitated coming up 

 from a brushy side, and just before I 

 could get an exposure, at a distance of 

 approximately ten feet, the bird took 

 alarm and disappeared on noiseless wing. 

 As my time was very limited, I could not 

 avail myself further of this rather unusual 

 tameness on the part of Bubo. Still 



another Owl was seen later in the after- 

 noon, lower down the creek, and he, too, 

 was so tame that I came up to within 

 about fifteen feet; but, in the desire to 

 obtain better light for my last plate, I 

 overdid it and frightened the bird. — H. 

 E. Anthony, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City. 



Pileated Woodpecker in Northern 

 New Jersey 



While at Newfoundland, N. J., on 

 October i8, 1913, I saw a Pileated Wood- 

 pecker, which was of much interest to me, 

 as I had never before seen one in this 

 vicinity. 



As I can find no mention of this 

 species having been seen in this section of 

 the country for some years, I thought 

 its occurrence might be of interest gen- 

 erally. 



Three years ago, while in Maine dur- 

 ing October, I saw quite a number of 

 individuals of this species, and had a good 

 chance to observe them. 



The one noted at Newfoundland, N. J., 

 was evidently a male, and was for some 

 time busily engaged on a dead chestnut 

 tree, and I had a good view of him for 

 several minutes. — Edward G. Kent, 

 5 Prospect St., East Orange, N. J. 



The Diary of a New Purple Martin 

 Colony for the Season of 1913 



April 5. Martin-box put up about 5 



P.M. 



April 6. English Sparrows inspect and 

 familiarize themselves with bird-house. 



April 7. One pair* of Sparrows take 

 possession and begin to build nest. 



April II. Box lowered to ground on 

 hinged pole and nest with one egg re- 

 moved. 



April 13. Sparrows rebuilding nest in 

 same room of bird-house. 



April 14. Nest and one egg removed. 



April 15. The pair of Sparrows decide 



*A second pair of Sparrows may have been re- 

 sponsible for some of the nests and eggs. In some 

 instances, the entries in the diary were made a day 

 or two after the occurrence in question, or two en- 

 tries were made at the same time. 



