THE OOLOQIST 



99 



The Birds of Bernardsville, N. J. 



By John Dryden Kuser. 



This list comprises what I personal- 

 ly have seen, or know of positively 

 having been seen by others at Ber- 

 nardsville, N. J., or within a radius 

 of five miles, (air line). I have been 

 studying birds for the last two or 

 three years, though I casually notic- 

 ed them, and had them pointed out 

 to me for some years before. A 

 large part of the list comprises birds 

 seen at a lake, about four miles from 

 Bernardsville, with a creek running 

 in at the upper end, on the shores of 

 which are grasses, willows, alders, 

 reeds, etc., and back of which is a 

 small swamp. The following is the 

 order in which they run from abund- 

 ant to very rare; abundant, very com- 

 mon, common, plentiful, quite com- 

 mon, not uncommon, tolerably com- 

 mon, frequent (and often seen), un- 

 common, infrequent, occasional, rare, 

 scarce, and very scarce. S. R., P. R., 

 W. v., and S. & F. — Summer Resident, 

 Permanent Resident, Winter Visitor, 

 and Spring and Fall. The list is in 

 the order of the "Am. Ornithologist's 

 Union check-list." 



Herring Gull — One caught in Jan., 1911 

 Horned Grebe — Rare, only seen once 



in fall of 1910, a female. 

 Mallard — Six seen on lake in Dec, 

 1909; several seen at lake from 

 early spring until late fall of 1910. 

 Liberated three years before. 

 Canada Goose — One seen on lake in 

 Dec, 1909, several reports of 

 flocks during spring and fall of 

 1910. 

 Bittern — One seen at lake in early 



Sept., 1910. 

 Great-Blue Heron — One or more 

 pairs nested at lake during Sum- 

 mer of 1909, frequently seen dur- 

 ing 1910. 

 Marsh Hawk — Occasionally seen in 

 Summer. 



Sharp - shinned Hawk — Occasionally 



Red tailed — Hawk An uncommon P. R. 

 seen. 



Red shouldered Hawk — Occasional. 



Broad winged Hawk — Rare, once in 

 1910, during summer, 

 mer or fall of 1909. 



Spotted Sandpiper — Common at lake 

 in summer of 1909; also seen in 

 several other places, several seen 

 at lake in spring 1910, a pair and 

 two young seen in June, 1910. 



Killdeer — Two lived in a meadow 

 (about two miles from Bernards- 

 ville) during summer of 1909, 

 seen once in fall of 1910, on a 

 sand-bar at lake. 



Bob-white — Formerly common, but 

 now scarce. 



Ruffed Grouse — Scarce. 



Ring Necked Pheasant and Common 

 Pheasant — 24 liberated in spring 

 of 1909; three in spring of 1909, 

 now occasionally seen, several 

 pairs bred in 1909. 



Mourning Dove — Common S. R. 



Turkey Vulture — Common S. R. 



Green Heron — Several times four 

 birds seen at lake, and one pair 

 seen several times in a small 

 swamp, during summer of 1909; 

 six birds seen commonly at lake 

 in 1910. Last record for fall of 

 1910, Oct. 10. 



Black-crowned Night Heron — Occa- 

 sionally seen during summer, and 

 often in spring of 1910, adults and 

 immature. 



Coot — Rare, seen once in fall of 1910, 

 together with Mallards, and Horn- 

 ed Grebe. 



Woodcock — Fairly plentiful in swamp. 



Yellow Legs — Seen during May, 1910. 



Upland Plover — A small flock seen fly- 

 ing overhead, once during sum- 



