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26. Dryobates pubescens. 1 Downy Woodpecker. This species and 

 the preceding occur in about equal numbers. 



27. Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker.— Two specimens 

 of this bird were secured by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Cape May County (No. 

 26675, Nov. 7, 1878, and No. 26676, Dec. 31, 1S79, Coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila.). Although both were secured in winter, the species is generally 

 resident where found, and the birds may have bred in the Barrens. None 

 have been taken since, so far as I am aware. 



28. Colaptes auratus. Flicker.— Abundant. 



29. Antrostomus vociferus. Whip-poor-will.— Common in the dense 

 swamps of Cape May County, and probably in other parts of the Pine 

 Barren region, emerging at dusk into the open ground, especially about 

 old deserted farms. 



30. Chordeiles virginianus. Night Hawk.— Common in dry, sandy 

 situations, but rather local in its distribution. 



31. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift.— Abundant, mainly in the 

 vicinity of dwellings. 



32. Trochilus colubris. Hummingbird.— Very common in Cape May 

 County, much more so than in eastern Pennsylvania. 



33. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird.— Very common throughout the 

 open scrub barrens. 



34. Myiarchus crinitus. Crested Flycatcher.— Common along the 

 edges of the cedar swamps. 



35. Sayornis phcebe. Phcebe.— Tolerably common. 



36. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee.— Common in the cedar swamps. 



37. Empidonax acadicus. Acadian Flycatcher.— Messrs. J. H. 

 Reed and M. L. C. Wilde took nests of this species in Cape May and 

 Cumberland Counties in 1893, but it is not a commonly distributed 

 species in the region. 



38. Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay.— Common. 



39. Corvus corax principalis. Raven.— Several pairs of Ravens at 

 least still breed in the cedar swamps of southern New Jersey. All the 

 year the birds visit the sea coast from Atlantic City to Cape May and 

 are frequently observed. One pair has bred for a number of years near 

 Tuckerton as I have been informed by Mr. G. B. Benners, and Mr. S. N. 

 Rhoads has heard the same thing from the Jillson Bros, of Tuckerton 

 who have visited nests in this vicinity. Another pair of Ravens was 

 observed daily by Mr. S. N. Rhoads and myself near May's Landing during 

 February, 1893, and we were informed that they nested every year in a 

 cedar swamp just above that locality. As the relationship of the Ravens 



'Audubon gives Dryobates borealis as occurring in New Jersey, and Mr. Ridgway 

 includes this State in the range of the species without any further evidence. We have 

 been unable however, to find any records of the capture of this species anywhere in 

 either Pennsylvania or New Jersey, except one specimen supposed to have been 

 taken near New York City (Lawrence, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist., VIII, p. 291). 



