18S4. 1 Di'TCiiiCR. Bir(1 Notes from Lo)i^- Island, jY. V. ^79 



"I did iiol know us any more would strike. I have never in inj stay 

 here seen so few birds strike in a fall." — S. R. II., Sept. 29. 



Sept. 30. Wind varying N. to E. Thick to rain. 

 Hylocichla fiiscescens, 29. Pyranga rubra, 7. 



Parula aniericana, 2. Sayornis fuscus, 2. 



Dendroeca striata, 230. Sphyropicus varius, i. 



Siurus auricapillus, 3. Ceryle alcyon, i. 



Oporornis agilis, 16. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, 9. 



Vireo noveboracensis, 20. Charadrius dominicus, i. 



"I send you a box of birds which struck Sunday night, Sept. 30. It is 

 the first regular flight this fall, when the weather has been favorable for 

 them to strike. I send one bird I don't remember to have ever seen 

 strike before, viz., a Kingfisher." — S. R. H., Oct. i. 



Oct. 4. Wind N. W., moderate. Hazy. 

 Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni, i. Vireosylvia olivacea, 6. 



Parula americana, 2. Pyranga rubra, i. 



Oct. 12. Wind N. E., fresh. Storming. 

 Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni, 25. Pyranga rubra, 7. 



Dendroeca cserulescens, 48. Passerculus sandwichensis savan- 



Oporornis agilis, iS. na, 17. 



Vireosylvia olivacea, 15. 



Nov. II. Wind, not stated. Thick fog and rain. 

 Regulus calendula, 3. Eremophila alpestris, i. 



Junco hyemalis, i. 



Total in Autumn migration, 517, 



Total in Spring migration, ... 45 



Total in Autumn migration, . . . 517 

 Total for year. ..... 562 



Species in Spring, . . . . . 21 



Species in Autumn, .... 27 



Autumn Migration, 1SS3. 

 Shinnecock Bay Light. 



Sept. 30. \^'^ind N. to E., varying. Thick to rain. 

 Hylocichla fuscescens, i. Oporornis agilis, 3. 



Hylocichla alicise, 2. Geothlypis trichas, i. 



Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni, i. Vireosylvia olivacea, 4. 



Parula americana, i. Pyranga rubra, 2. 



Dendroeca striata, 59. Sp. .'' about 85. (Birds not sent to 



Siurus auricapillus, i. me.) 



Total, 160. 



"I send you 75 birds. — About 160 struck Sunday night, Sept. 30, b\it 

 a great many were spoiled by the rain-storm." — L. G. Squires, Oct. i. 



