City Ornithology 



The City Hall List for 1903 



The following list is furnished by Mr. John H. Steele, who 

 has visited Mr. C. H. Slaughter at the City Hall daily during 

 the fall migration and made notes of the species killed each 

 night: 



Blue Jay, October 1. 



Purple Finch, October 28. 



Parula Warbler, October 1, 3, 6. 



Nashville Warbler, September 28, October 1. 



Tennessee Warbler, October 1. 



Prairie Warbler, October 6. 



Pine Warbler, October 1, 3, 11. 



Connecticut Warbler, October 7. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, September 28, October 6, 28. 



Ovenbird, September 28. 



Catbird, October 11. 



The Blue Jay, like the Robin of last 3'ear, is a very unusual 

 record, being, according to Prof. W. W. Cooke, the first instance 

 of this species striking against a light. 



BiHDS Obseeved at Sixteenth and Race Streets 



As a contribution to city ornithology, the following list of 

 birds observed in the grounds of the Friends' Western Burial 

 Ground, which extend from Sixteenth to Seventeenth and from 

 Race to Cherry, in the central part of Philadelphia, is of partic- 

 ular interest. The observations were made by Mary S. Allen 

 mainly from the windows of the Friends' Library building, 

 situated in the grounds; the latter, it may be added, are pro- 

 tected from the streets by a high brick wall. 



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