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come in. They came from 7.50 to 8 p. m. in big bunches with 

 little or no whistling, but their wings roared like ducks. The 

 flocks were so big I could not imagine where so many birds 

 spend the day without being seen. Had it not been for the 

 moon I could not have been al)le to see them " (Hand). 



Squatarola squatarola, Black-bellied Plover. Stone Harbor, 

 N. J., May 28-29 (Carter); Cape May, N. J., May 20, 25 and 29 

 (Hand). 



Aegialilis semipalmata, Ring-neck Plover. Stone Harbor, 

 N. J., May 28-29 (Carter). 



Oxyechus vociferus, Killdeer. Half-grown young at Vineland, 

 N. J., May 21 (Prince); last seen at Glenside, November 1, 

 (Harlow); Tinicum, April 16 (Harlow). 



Arenaria interpres, Turnstone. Cape May, N. J., May 20, 25 

 and 29 (Hand). 



Colinus virginianus, Bobwhite. Edge Hill, May 1 (Harlow) ; 

 Tinicum, July 3 (Harlow); Pt. Kennedy, May 30 (Palton &nd 

 Pearson). 



Zenaidura macroura, Mourning Dove. Edge Hill, December 

 24 (Harlow.) 



Circus hudsonim, Marsh Hawk. Wintered at Cape May, N. J. , 

 (Hand); none seen at Concordville where it usually winters 

 (Styer); none on the Bridesburg Meadows (Miller). Seen now 

 and then in the interior, Glenside, November 4 (Harlow); 

 Ardmore, May 12 (Baily); Radnor, September 29 and March 

 3 (Patton); Edge Hill, November 4 and April 6, scarce (Harlow) ; 

 wintered plentifully at Tinicum, October to April 16 (Hailow). 



Accipiter velox, Sharp-shinned Hawk. Irregular resident, 

 rather scarce during winter at Glenside (Harlow); nest with 

 eggs, May 13 (Miller); arrived at Lopez April 1 (Behr); one 

 shot with a robin in its claws, May 7, Mendenhall ( W. Carter) ; 

 Princeton, N. J., April 24 and May 21 (Rogers); nest just fin- 

 ished. Cape May, N. J., May 27 (Harrower). 



Accipiter cooperi, Cooper's Hawk. Rare at Trenton, N. J., 

 October-May (Abbott); one at Bristol, October 20 to I\Iarch 17 

 (Keim); resident at Glenside but scarce, nest and eggs April 20 

 (Harlow); two or three all winter at Frankford (Miller) ; one 

 shot at Mendenhall, May 1, was very destructive to chicks dur- 

 ing April (W. Carter). 



