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Webster Road near the rear of the farm I met the first individual of this 

 species (Canada Jay) that I had ever seen. He was not at all shy and 

 I observed him for some time with my opera-glasses at a distance of about 

 twenty feet. I also heard his song, which was quite pleasing and somewhat 

 resembled that of the Catbird, though in this instance, at least, it was not 

 so loud, apparently being uttered with closed bill. Besides this he uttered 

 a disagreeable note similar to one of the scolding notes of the red squirrel." 

 This observation was made in the woodland on my father's farm, near 

 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Although I have not infrequently observed 

 Canada Jays in Nova Scotia since the date of this occurrence, I have never 

 since then heard one of them utter any pleasing or musical notes, or any- 

 thing which could be considered a song. — Harrison F. Lewis, Quebec, P. Q. 



Evening Grosbeak in New Jersey. — On the 1919 Washington's Birth- 

 day field trip of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, to New Lisbon, 

 N. J., a flock of 27 Evening Grosbeaks (Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina) 

 were observed in the same trees where the birds were found on February 

 22, 1917. This occurrence is surprising since no others have been reported 

 in this vicinity during the past winter and they have apparently not been 

 common in the states to the northward. — Witmer Stone, Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



The Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator leucura) in Northwestern 

 New Jersey. — Through the kindness of Mr. Justus von Lengerke, I am 

 able to record a flock of four Pine Grosbeaks seen by him at Stag Lake, 

 Sussex Co., N. J., on February 9, 1919. 



The birds, two of which were adult males, were observed at a distance of 

 a few feet. Through previous acquaintance with the species they were 

 at once recognized as Pine Grosbeaks. 



That these birds seldom reach Sussex County is evident from the fact 

 that, dming a residence of many years at Stag Lake, Mr. von Lengerke 

 had never before seen this species there. — W. DeW. Miller, American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York City. 



Early Occurrence of the Red-breasted Nuthatch in New Jersey.— 



On July IS, 1918, I saw a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Silla canadensis) in 

 the Pitch Pines bordering Lily Lake, Cape May Point, N. J., at the south- 

 ernmost extremity of the state. When first seen it was some distance 

 away and I supposed for the moment that I had a straggling example of 

 the Brown-headed species before me, which occurs regularly in southern 

 Delaware, across the bay, but upon approaching I found it to be the Red- 

 breasted species. I watched it at close quarters for fifteen minutes, but 

 saw no other individuals. This is much the earliest record that I have 

 for southern New Jersey or the Philadelphia district. — Witmer Stone, 

 Academy of Nati&al Sciences, Philadelphia. 



