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Duck, Ruff. Ruffed Grouse, Short-eared Owl, Small-headed 

 Warbler, Tufted Puffin, Tufted Titmouse. 



Tail: Boat-tailed Grackle, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, 

 Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Fork-tailed Petrel, Great-tailed 

 Grackle, Long-tailed Chat, Long-tailed Jaeger, Pintail, Scis- 

 sor-tailed Flycatcher, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Sharp-tailed Spar- 

 row, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Short-tailed Gull, Short-tailed 

 Hawk, Swallow-tailed Gull, Swallow-tailed Kite, Wedge- 

 tailed Shearwater. 



Wing: Broad-winged Hawk, Rough-winged Swallow. 

 Waxwing. 



(To Be Concluded.) 



SOME BIRD NOTES FROM NEW YORK CITY. 



BY GEORGE E. HIX. 



Wood Duck. — This duck is a summer resident of Van Cort- 

 landt Park. At least one pair have bred there during the. last 

 two summers. On July 4th. 1911, a female was seen lead- 

 ing a brood of eight. In the fall the nesting birds are prob- 

 ably joined by others from elsewhere, as many as nineteen be- 

 ing seen in one flock, of which four were adult males. They 

 remained until November. 



Northern Phalarope. — Westchester Avenue, for a distance 

 of about a quarter of a mile, cuts through a slough which will 

 eventually be filled in. On the north side of the avenue there 

 is an extensive pond, sometimes quite deep, at others, with ex- 

 posed mud-flats, or shallows. On August 26 there was a 

 large flock of various shore-birds roaming about the mud-flats 

 and wading in the shallows. 'The Phalarope was with these 

 birds. Its different behavior drew attention to it immediately 

 It was feeding from the surface of the water, and continually 

 swinging its body from side to side. It was present all after- 

 noon, and during that time seldom flew. 



I'ald Eagle. — Eagles were present on the Hudson River in 

 the u-ual numbers during the past winter (1910-11). As cold 



