190 The Wilson JJulletin, No. 72-73. 



(22) Dri/ohatcs puhc-scciis 7ncdianiis. — Downy Woodpcfkor. A 

 common permanent resident. Found nestlni: in several isolated 

 spots in 'South Mountain Reservation in 190(i and in07. These are 

 the only breeding records for tlie county. 



(23) Mclanerpvx erythruvephalus. — Red-headed Woodpecker. A 

 rather uncommon resident. ."Most abundant in .May and June. No 

 record of nesting:. 



(24) Colaptes auratiis hitcus. — Northern Flicker. ("oinmon 

 permanent resident. Nests in all available jilaccs tlirdu.u'liinit the 

 section. 



(2.3) Anstrostomiis rocifrnis. — Whippoorwill. \n occasional 

 summer resident, usually a common transient visitant. Located 

 two sets of eggs in 1900 and one in 3909 on the ground in a small 

 clearing in a patch of timberland in West Orange. 



(20) Cliordcilcs Virginia luis. — Nighthawk'. A common summer 

 resident. Have no "record of its nesting, but the birds are seen al- 

 most daily during Jmie and .Tuly, both in Newark and over the im- 

 mediate vicinity feeding on mos(iuitoes, which infest this neighbor- 

 hood in great numbers. 



(27 1 Chat lira pclagica. — Chimney Swiffc. A connnon summer 

 resident. Pairs nest in a number of the unused chimneys thorugh- 

 out the county. Have nested in my own chinniey each year as far 

 back as I can recall. 



(28) Trochiliis coliihris. — Knby-throated Hummingbird. A com- 

 mon sinumer resident. Not as abundant this year as formerly. 



(29) Ti/raniiiis fi/raniiiin. — Kingbird. A common summer resi- 

 dent. Have no record of its breeding within the county. 



(SO) Myiarchiis criiiitux. — Crested Flycatclier. A common sum- 

 mer resident in the wooded sections. 



(31) Sai/ornis plnrhc. — PlifFbe. A conunon sunnuer resident. 

 Arrives about March 20 and remains witli us until November 1. 

 Nests under bridges and in sheds in the more rural parts of the 

 county. 



(.'>2) Horizopns rircnx. — Wood I'ewee. A common summer resi- 

 dent. Has nested for four consecutive years in Bloomtield on the 

 horizontal branches of the Honey Locust. 



(.33) Empidoiiax fiarirciitris;. — Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. A rare 

 summer visitant. Only found on September 8, 1910, in Bloomheld 

 in a copse of Honey Locust. 



(34) Eiiipidojia.r mininiiis. — 'Least Flycatcher. A common sum- 

 mer resident. Breeds throughout the county. 



