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THE OOLOGIST 



62. 



A 



63. 



Oct. 65. 

 66. 

 67. 



68. 



70. 



Nov. 71. 



72. 



73. 



Dec. 74. 



Apr. 75. 



76. 



Isle of Pines Tanager (Ir- 

 regular) 



Blackbird (Ptiloxena atro- 

 veclacea) (rare) 

 Isle of Pines Lizard Cuckoo 

 (common) 



Solitary Sandpiper (rare) 

 Caracara (rare) 

 Yellow Palm Warbler (rare) 

 Blackthroated Green Warb- 

 ler (rare) 



Pigeon, Columba inornata 

 (common) 



Myrtle Warbler (rare) 

 Tennessee Warbler (rare) 

 Black-billed Cuckoo (rare) 

 Cuban Crested Flycatcher 

 (common) 



Least Grebe (common) 

 Cuban Martin (rare) 

 Cuban Cliff Swallow (com- 

 mon in summer) 

 W. I. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 

 (rare) 



W. I. Tree Duck (rare) 

 Cuban Green Heron (rare) 

 Marsh Hawk. 



77. 



Mar. 78. 



79. 



Oct. 80. 



The forgoing list shows what can 

 be done by close observation and 

 study in a limited territory. 



A. C. Reed. 



A List of The Birds on a City Lot. 



Earle R. Forest. 



In looking over some of my old 

 ornithological notes I ran across the 

 following list made during 1901, 1902, 

 and 1903. The lot on which these 

 species were observed is about sixty 

 by three hundred feet, and is situated 

 in the northern part of Washington, 

 Pennsylvania. It can hardly be said 

 to be on the edge of the city, as there 

 are a number of houses between it 

 and what is properly the city limits. 

 The ground has a house and barn, and 

 a number of fruit and shade trees 

 upon it. While the list is not very 

 extensive, still some of the species 

 noted are rather surprising so close 

 to the haunts of man. 



Records were only made during the 

 years named. If I had continued 

 them other species would, no doubt, 



have been added to the list; but I 

 left home shortly afterwards and in 

 the years that followed it entirely 

 escaped my memory. It was just a 

 short time ago, while I was looking 

 through my old note books that I 

 found it. 



The species are arranged in the 

 order in which they were observed. 



Quiscalus quiscala aeneus. Bronz- 

 ed Grackle. This species is quite 

 common and may be observed almost 

 any day during the summer in some 

 of the trees on the place. They breed 

 in the neighborhood. The earliest 

 date that I have is January 5th, 1901 

 when two were observed. In the fall 

 they pass over this section of the city 

 in great numbers going to their roosts. 



Passer domesticus. English Spar- 

 row. Very common all the year. 

 Breeds abundantly about the stable 

 and bird houses, and they make them- 

 selves a general nuisance. 



Cardinalis cardinalle. Cardinal.' A 

 common resident during the entire 

 year. They were particularily notice- 

 able during the winter, when they 

 could be seen almost any day. I 

 never found a nest on the place, but 

 they bred in the locality as I have 

 seen them during the breeding season. 



Parus atricapillus. Chickadee. A 

 common winter visitor. My notes 

 show that every day or so during the 

 cold winter months I saw one. I may 

 also add that they may still be ob- 

 served during the cold winter weath- 

 er. 



Dryobates pubescens medianus. 

 Downy Woodpecker. An occasional 

 winter visitor. During very cold 

 weather one was occasionally seen. 

 They breed in this section. 



Dryobates villosus. Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. An occasional winter visitor, 

 like the proceeding species. They 

 breed in this locality. 



Megascops asio. Screech Owl. 



