JynlUlui Xo. jS. 3 



This is the first recorded capture for our county and less than half-a- 

 dozen have been made in eastern Pennsylvania. 



Tennessee Warbler, Ihlmiuthofhila pvregyi)2a. — An immature 

 female secured September 19, 1891. 



Cafe May Warbler, Dcnd)-oica ti<^riini. — On May 11, 1895, I ob- 

 served a perfect male in a sassafras bush close at hand, a favorable 

 opening gave me an excellent view and I noted every marking that was 

 particularly rich in appearance. A moment for observation, another for 

 it to get a little further from the end of my little 38 caliber collecting 

 gun, a defective cartridge, and it was away before I could reload. It 

 proved to be the find of the year. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis. — I took a male of this 

 species October 15, 1889, my only record. 



I also desire to record the occurrence of the following rare species, in 

 Newtown township, Delaware county, Pa. 



Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica ccernlea. — I secured an immature 

 female from some beech timber September 24, 1889, but unfortunately 

 shot it too badly for preservation entire. 



Frank I.. Burns, Berivvn. Penna. 



THE BIRD CENSUS. 



OBKKLIN. OHIO. 



There could hardly have been a more favorable winter day for taking 

 the census of the birds of Oberlin than the 28th day of December, 1897. 

 The sky was clear, saving a few fleecy clouds in the morning , the tem- 

 perature ranging from 18" in the morning to 36*^ at noon ; the air still. 

 Just sharp enough to give zest to out-door life without discomfort ; just 

 bright enough to give activity to the birds. 



At eight o'clock in the morning Mr. W. L. Dawson and the writer pre- 

 pared to take the bird census of Oberlin within a three-quarter mile limit 

 of the center, excluding one natural grove and two open fields within this 

 limit because they would not fairly represent the true village bird life. 

 It is hardly necessary to say that we were not able to cover the whole 

 ground laid out. However, by hard work we managed to take a fairl)'^ 

 accurate census of two-thirds of it. For the benefit of any who may 

 wish to consult the map of the town in Bulletin 16, 1 will say that the 



