1889. ] CHAPMAN, Birds in the Victnity of Englewood, N. F. 303 
3. Strix pratincola. AMEmRICAN BARN Owt.—In ‘The Auk’ for Octo- 
ber, 1886, p. 485, I recorded the occurrence at Englewood of a Barn Owl 
observed on August 26 of that year, its identity being made known by 
several feathers found beneath the tree from which it was startled. Since 
that date the ground in the vicinity has been the subject of more or less 
expectant observations, but not until August 1g, 1888, were they attended 
by success. Then, as before, the ground and foliage beneath the same tree 
were found well sprinkled with droppings, and search revealed three unmis- 
takable Barn Owl feathers, one a secondary. On this occasion the hour 
was much later—midday—and no bird was seen, but the unsoiled condi- 
tion of the feathers and the fact that some of the droppings were on the 
upturned wzder side of a leaf from a recently broken but still unwithered 
weed, showed that the bird had only recently departed. Frequent returns 
were made to this spot and although it was evident that for a few days 
the bird still lingered in the vicinity my best efforts to find him at home 
resulted only in failure, and a seductively baited trap met with no better 
success. 
4. Ceophleus pileatus. PILEATED WooDPECKER.—I have in my collec- 
tion a male of this species taken in September, 1885, by Mr. Jacob Ullrich 
on the Palisades at Englewood. 
5- Scolecophagus carolinus. Rusty BLACKBIRD. —Three individuals 
were shot from a small flock of five orsix, December 24, 1884, the only 
occasion on which I have observed this species here during the winter. 
6. Chondestes grammacus. LArkK Fincu.—The capture of a male of 
this species was recorded in ‘The Auk’ for January, 1886, p. 136. 
7. Ammodramus maritimus. SEA-SIDE FINCH. 
8. Ammodramus caudacutus. SHARP-TAILED FINCH.— On the west 
shore of the Hudson River, some twenty-five miles from its mouth, at 
Piermont, N. Y., there is a large tract of salt meadow several hundred 
acres in extent. Acting on a suggestion from Dr. A. K. Fisher, who 
predicted the occurrence of both the above-mentioned birds there, the 
locality was visited July 2, 1887, and the prediction fully verified, both 
species being found abundant and evidently breeding. Later, September 
24 of the same year, young in first plumage were secured. While we 
may not unnaturally expect these maritime birds to follow up large tidal 
streams, the present locality is, so far as ] am aware, the only onein the 
Hudson River Valley in which they are known to breed, although there 
are other marshes in every way as favorable for their occupation. 
g. Spizella pusilla. Fre_tp SPARROW.—Two males of this species were 
taken December 25, 1885, the latest date at which I have observed them. 
10. Tachycineta bicolor. WHITE-BELLIED SwaLLow.—The following 
record given me by Mr. Richard Demarest of Englewood, I can fully vouch 
for. On December 31, 1882, ‘‘an unusually warm day for the season” Mr. 
Demarest found a flock containing ‘‘thousands of Swallows”; many were 
in the air and others were perched on the bayberry bushes which abound 
in the locality. So abundant were these perching birds that in two shots 
Mr. Demarest killed thirteen and these he took to the yillage to prove 
