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ern limit of ferry traffic tliey fly iip-stream again. If there is no 

 ice in the river no eagles are likely to be seen. Ebb tide is also neces- 

 sary to bring them down. Occasionally they perch upon the cliffs 

 of the Palisades on the New Jersey shore of the river. They have 

 also been reported as flying over the city. 



It is interesting to notice the actions of the Herring Gulls, abun- 

 dant in the river all winter, in the presence of Eagles. They do not 

 mind young Eagles at all, but if an adult bird comes close they scat- 

 ter to all points of the compass. Probably only old birds attack and 

 rob them, the young not being courageous enough for that. Imma- 

 ture birds predominated this past winter. Of the six or seven seen 

 by the writer on two trips along the Palisades, only one was an 

 adult. February is the month in which they occur in the largest 

 numbers. George E. Hix. 



KOTES FROil BERWYX, PA. 



Seiurus motacilla. — Louisiana Water Thrush. On May 6, 1906, I 

 observed a pair one mile from Berwyn in a rather extensive and well- 

 watered tract of woods, and they gave evidence of a present or future 

 nest. With metallic "chucks." wagging tails and quick dashes back 

 and forth over the creek, they kept me busy catching a focus. 



Chwtura pelarjica.- — Chimney Swift. On the evening of the 1st 

 of June I took one of these birds out of my office stove, where it 

 had been for several hours, arriving via the short brick chimney and 

 stove-pipe, which has two elbows, t had heard it fluttering in some 

 part of the pipe during the morning and rescued it about 7 :30 p. m. 

 After it had been liberated, it returned within ten minutes and was 

 down to the grate by the next morning. It was again heard flutter- 

 ing in the chimney on the evening of the 3d, but I was so bus.y that 

 the matter did not reoccur to me until the next evening, when I 

 found it in the grate, exhausted and one eye glued tight shut with 

 soot. I washed it open with lukewarm water and once more tossed 

 it up in the open air ; it flew a few yards, but I am afraid it came 

 to the ground beyond the hedge ; at any rate I saw it no more. It 

 doubtless had been seeking a place to nest. 



Hclodromas solitariiis. — Solitary Sandpiper. A boy showed me a 

 female of this species which he had shot August 8th. He had aimed 

 his rifle at the body of the bird, while it was feeding in the shallow 

 creek, and it had raised its head in time to catch the over-shol; bullet 

 in the neck, almost beheading it. The date is very early for this 

 locality. Frank L. Burns. 



RING-BILLED GULL. 



The Ring-billed Gull has recently been the subject of remark by 

 several observers in Ohio and Michigan. These remarks have taken 



