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Grasshopper sparrow, Coturniculus savannarum passcrinus (Wils.), 

 Oakwood, Oct. 2y , igo6. 



Sharp-tailed sparrow, Ammodramus caudacntiis (Gniel.), (6 in(Uvicl- 

 iials) Oakwood, Nov. 6, 1906. 



Seaside sparrow, Ammodraimis inaritimus, (Wils.) Oakwood, Xov. 

 6. igo6. 



Northern yellow throat, Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla (Swains,), 

 Great Kills, Nov, 10, 1906. 



Fox sparrow, Passcrella iliaca (Merr.), Clove \'alley, Dec. 21, igo6. 



While I know of no flickers, Colaptes auratiis luteiis Bang's, actually 

 wintering: on the Island in the past season, yet I saw two on Nov. 30, 

 four on Dec. i. and heard one on Dec. 8, all in quite \videly separated 

 sections. 



From Dec. 2 to 6, Bonaparte's g"ull, Lanis Philadelphia (Ord). 

 was quite abundant in the upper New York Bay. On one trip across 

 on the municipal ferry, I estimated the number seen as at least 150. 



Agfain, on Dec. 15, I saw about 50 of these little g-ulls at Great Kills: 

 and on Jan. i, Mr. Howard Cleaves and I found them very numerous 

 between Princes Bay and Great Kills. No more were observed, how- 

 ever, for the rest of the winter. - 



On Dec. 25.' in a field near the Mill Road, New Dorp, there were 

 two male and one female red-winged blackbirds. Agelaiiis phoeniccus 

 (Linn.), and on Jan. 23 one male in the same place. 



Mr. R. C. Murphy, of the American Museum of Natural History, 

 saw a belted king^fisher, Ceryle alcyon (Linn.), on Jan. i, at Princes 

 Bay. Two swamp sparrows, Melospiza georgiana (Lath.), came under 

 my observation, at Rossville. on Jan. 13, and at Mariners Harbor. Feb. 

 2; and two hermit thrushes, Hylocichla guttata pallasii (Cab.), Feb. 3 

 and 22^, at Rossville and Richmond, respectively. Bluebirds, Sialia 

 sialis (Linn.), were somewhat more common than usual, flocks of four 

 or five at a time being- seen quite reg^ularly throughout the winter. 



In the year i8gi, and for several succeeding years, Mr. Wni. T. 

 Davis found the Carolina wren. Tliryothorus liidovicianus (Lath.), quite 

 a common bird in many parts of Staten Island, especially near Rich- 

 mond, but it has now become so rare that previous to this winter 1 

 had met with but two individuals, both in the Clove Valley. On Feb. 

 i6, igo7, I had the pleasure of seeing two more on a hillside near 

 Richmond. 



Pine finches have been quite numerous; the first to be seen were in 

 the Clove Vallev. Oct. 22. In the winter of 1903-04 there was a sim- 



