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THE OOLOGIST 



(81) Hooded Warbler — Wilsonia 

 citrina. Individuals present on the 

 19tli, 20tli and 26th. 



(82) Wood Pewee — ■ Myiechanos 

 virens. Individuals present on the 

 19th and 20th. This bird was unusual- 

 ly rare during the month. Prior to 

 this time the bird was always a reg- 

 ular resident and home-builder here. 



(83) Blackpoll Warbler — Dendroica 

 striata. Common on the 19th, 20th 

 and 26th. 



(84) Black-billed Cuckoo — Soccy- 

 zus arythroohthalmus. Individuals 

 present on the 19th and 20th. 



(85) Crested Flycatcher — Myiar- 

 chus crinitus. Common on the 19th, 

 20th and 26th. 



(86) Blue-winged Warbler — Vermi- 

 vera pinus. A pair of this species 

 were found working upon a nest in a 

 sycamore at Montclair Heights on the 

 19th. This is a very unusual species 

 to nest in this vicinity. 



(87) Carolina Wren — Thryothorus 

 ludevicianus. One of this species ap- 

 peared in Branch Brook Park on the 

 19th. 



(88) Marsh Hawk — Circus hudson- 

 icus. One appeared on the 19th in 

 Branch Brook Park. 



(89) Long-billed Marsh Wren— Tol- 

 matodytes paustris. Common on New- 

 arw Meadows on the 22d, 23d, 25th, 

 27th and 30th. Numerous nests of 

 this species with sets in them found 

 here on these days. 



(90) Screech Owl— Otus asie. A 

 pair found on the 20th with a breed 

 of four young in a hollow tree in a 

 small swamp in southern Bloomfield. 

 These young birds were about two 

 weeks old. 



(91) Nighthawk — Chordeiles virgin- 

 ianus. Individuals appeared locally 

 day on which they were present. 



(92) Whippoorwill — Antrstomus 

 vociferus. Common on the 26th. Only 

 on the 25th, 26th, 29th and 31st. 



(93) Black Duck — Anas rubripes 

 tristis. A pair observed at a small 

 pond in Montclair Heights on the 26th. 



Louis S. Kohler. 

 Bloomfield, N. J. 



To Brazil. 



Robert Becker, one of Wisconsin's 

 leading naturalists, sailed for Brazil 

 in December, where he will meet Mal- 

 colm P. Anderson of the Field Museum 

 of Natural History, and together they 

 will make an investigation into the 

 fauna of much little-known territory 

 along the Amazon River. 



The Red-Bellied Woodpecker. 



(Centurus carolinus) 

 In many of the deciduous woods 

 that adorn the steep ridges of South- 

 western Pennsylvania, the Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker may be found as a spring 

 and summer resident. A few birds 

 remain throughout the year during 

 milder winters, but usually the leave 

 us in October. 



During early spring these Wood- 

 peckers are quite noisy birds. Then 

 they may be seen chasing each other 

 about the woods, and occasionally 

 they pause to pound upon some dead 

 tree trunk. March is the mating 

 month of the Red-bellied Woodpeck- 

 ers; at this time they are quite noisy. 

 Two males are often seen fighting at 

 this time. 



As the nesting time approaches, 

 which is early May, these birds be- 

 come quiet, and seldom is their pres- 

 ence noticed. The dead tops of Oak 

 trees or Maples provide these pretty 

 Woodpeckers ample nesting places. 

 One nest was dug into the live trunk 

 of a tall, straight Red Oak tree that 

 stood in a grove of Oaks, high up on 

 a hillside. May 3d, it was examined 

 and found to hold four glossy eggs, 

 resting in soft wood chips. The birds 

 were anxious as the intruder cut an 

 opening to their home. Both of them 



