I I A Scott, Birds of the Gulf Coast of Florida. ["April 



of the few Finches which seemed much disturbed by him. The 

 Towhee showed moderate excitement. The Icteridce are un- 

 common in the Chocorua region, and none of them met Puffy 

 in his native meadows. About Cambridge, however, Orioles, 

 Red-wings, Crow Blackbirds, and Cow Buntings all showed 

 marked excitement and anger at his presence. Nighthawks 

 and Whip-poor-wills have not met Puffy. I hope next summer 

 to arrange an interview with a Whip-poor-will who haunts my 

 pasture bars. Once or twice Hummingbirds have buzzed a mo- 

 ment near Puffy's head, as if adding their small tribute of hatred 

 to the general estimate of his character. 



None of the few species of game and water birds found near 

 Chocorua Lakes have seemed to show any interest in the Owls. 



I have recently taken Puffy to Chocorua in the season of 

 snow. Of the eight species of birds met only four saw the Owl. 

 They were Chickadees, Red-bellied Nuthatches, Redpolls, and 

 Blue Jays. They all scolded him, but not with the average 

 summer emphasis. The Redpolls showed only mild curiosi- 

 ty which soon expended itself in gentle reproachful phrases. 

 Puffy did not mind cold, but the light from the snow seemed to 

 blind him. Indoors he held two young hounds at bay, and made 

 their lives miserable by refusing to allow them to come near his 

 coiner without risking an attack from his beak and claws. With 

 dogs and cats outdoors he always shows fear unless they come to 

 close quarters ; then, as indoors, he spreads and arches his wings, 

 raises his feathers on his back, lowers his head, and snaps his 

 beak, sometimes making swift rushes with an expression so 

 fierce that I have yet to find any quadruped willing to defy him. 



A SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS 

 OF THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



{Concluded from p. 22.) 



Anthus pensilvanicus. American Pipit. — In the interior of the State 

 I have noted this species as earlv as November i. This was at Ocala in 

 1879. On the Gulf coast the birds appear in small numbers the latter part 



