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moved toward the South, living large- 

 ly in small towns, hunting and study- 

 ing outdoor life. He finally settled in 

 St. Marks, where he did a little book- 

 keeping for the turpentine establish- 

 ment. 



NORTHERN NEW JERSEY NOTES. 



Winter 1919-1920. 



The winter just ending, with its at- 

 tending heavy snows and severe cold, 

 has been, without doubt, the most 

 rigorous one that Northern New Jer 

 sey has experienced in several de- 

 cades. The first snow of the season 

 occurred on December 6th when about 

 one half inch fell. On the 7th the 

 weather was fair, but on 8th and 9th 

 heavy rains fell and the first severe 

 cold weather of the winter were ex- 

 perienced. On December 17th a fall 

 of several inches of snow occurred and 

 the weather was bitter cold. This 

 severe weather continued until Decem- 

 ber 26th when it moderated slightly. 

 January 1st was rather warm, but im- 

 mediately after cold weather again set 

 in and continued throughout the 

 month. February, likewise, was very 

 cold throughout On the 4th it rained 

 and followed by a heavy fall of sleet. 

 On the 5th considerable snow fell as 

 well as on the 6th. After this date a 

 number of smaller snowfalls took 

 place so that by March 1st there was 

 about eighteen inches of snow on the 

 ground. 



Bird-life during this winter has 

 been somewhat different than in 

 numerous years within the past dec- 

 ade. Many of the species which usually 

 range much further to the north of 

 this section were present and other 

 species which heretofore have been 

 present in former years were conspic- 

 uous because of their entire absence. 



Frequent trips were made afield by 

 the writer during the months of De- 

 cember, .January and February, and 



during these three months, forty-five 

 species were observed: These were 

 the Herring Gull, Merganser, Mallard, 

 Black Duck, Ruffed Grouse, Ring-neck 

 Pheasant, Marsh Hawk, Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sparrow 

 Hawk, Barred Owl, Screech Owl, 

 Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Wood- 

 pecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 

 Flicker, Phoebe, Horned Lark, Blue 

 Jay, Crow, Starling, Meadowlark, Pine 

 Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Redpoll, Gold- 

 finch, Pine Siskin, Snowflake, White- 

 throated Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Jun- 

 co. Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Card- 

 inal, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Shrike, 

 Northern Shrike, Winter Wren, Brown 

 Creeper, White-breastei Nuthatch, 

 Tufted Titmouse, Chickadee, Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thru5h, 

 Robin and Bluebird. 



On December 7th, a trip was made 

 afoot through Singac, Mountain View, 

 Pequannock, Pompton Plains and 

 Pompton. (All Passaic County), and 

 the following were observed: Mergan- 

 ser (one male along the Pompton 

 River in Pequannock); Black Duck 

 (Two along the Pompton River at 

 Pompton Plains); Marsh Hawk (one 

 over the fields adjacent to canal feed- 

 er at Pompton Plains); Hairy Wood- 

 pecker (one at Singac along the Pas- 

 saic River) ; Downy (five during the 

 day at different points) ; Blue Jay, 

 Crow, Starling, and Goldfinch (all 

 rather common at different points); 

 Junco (a flock of about fifteen at 

 Pompton); Song Sparrow (rather com- 

 mon); Northern Shrike (one at Moun- 

 tain View); Tufted Titmouse (three 

 along the canal feeder at Pequan- 

 nock); Chickadee (rather common); 

 Robin (two at Pompton Plains) and 

 Bluebird (one at Pompton). 



On December 14th, the section 

 known as Federal Hill at Pompton 

 Lakes was canvassed and two Ruffed 

 Grouse and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 



