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the Point since my arrival and has only now made its appear- 

 ance in flocks, which fly up and down the Point. A flock of 

 Palm Warblers was seen ; also a few Black-throated Green 

 Warblers, while the Point was covered with Ruby and Golden- 

 crowned Kinglets. A few Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers 

 and a Scarlet Tanager were also seen. 



At the marsh the Gardner brothers shot three Red-backed 

 Sandpipers and one White-rumped Sandpiper, the latter the 

 first one recorded from the Point. (Not given in Taverner's 

 list.) They also saw Greater Yellowlegs, three Pintails, three 

 Ruddy Ducks, one Cardinal .and one Red-breasted Merganser. 

 The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and the White-throated Spar- 

 rows are now seen in numbers. 



October 2 — Today I went to the marsh with Albert Gardner 

 and Saunders. The following records were secured : three 

 Golden Plovers, about one hundred Green-winged Teal, fifty 

 Blue-winged Teal, eleven Black Ducks and ten Wood Ducks. 

 On the mud bogs we saw numbers of Red-backed Sandpipers, 

 Wilson's Snipe and about twenty Killdeer. Saunders shot a 

 fine Connecticut Warbler, and I saw a flock of Bonaparte's 

 Gulls (about twenty) in the same place. Large flocks of 

 Red-winged Blackbirds were seen today and about fifty Sharp- 

 shinned Hawks. Mr. Saunders also reported seeing about 

 five hundred Bonaparte's Gulls, about two hundred Herring 

 Gulls and ten Common Terns at the end of the Point. 



October 3 — The bird life on the Point was apparently about 

 the same today as yesterday. About two hundred Bonaparte's 

 Gulls and the same number of Herring Gulls, and about one- 

 hundred and twenty Cowbirds were observed. A fine Duck 

 Hawk was also seen perched on the roof of the Life Saving 

 Station. This bird was so tame that Taverner made photo- 

 graphs of it at close range. 



October -1 — Two Pipits were seen on the sand spit at the 

 end of the Point today, also numbers of adult Cooper's Hawks 

 and adult Sharp-shinned Hawks. A few Red-tailed and Red- 

 shouldered Hawks were seen flying down the Point, and T saw 

 one Eagle and a Duck Hawk. The Woodcocks are (juitc com- 



