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among them. Dec. 21, saw a Northern Shrike and a flock of 8 Pine Siskins at Valley 

 Stream.^THEODORE G. Roehner. 



Long Beach, Nassau Co., Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 21; 10 a.m. to 4.10 p.m. Mostly 

 cloudy; ground mostly snow-covered; wind northeast, moderate; temp. 29° at 2 p.m. 

 Eleven miles on foot. Observers together. Horned Grebe, 2; Black-backed Gull, 8; 

 Herring Gull, 250; Red-breasted Merganser, 15; Black Duck, several hundred; Scaup 

 sp., 200; Golden-eye, several; Old-squaw, 18; White-winged Scoter, 25; Surf Scoter, 25; 

 Canada Goose, flock of 10; Marsh Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Horned Lark, 75; Crow 

 several; Starling, 30; Snow Bunting, flock of 250; Lapland Longspur, 2; Ipswich Spar- 

 row, 11; Savannah Sparrow, 3 (well seen in company with Ipswich); Song Sparrow, 4. 

 Total. 21 species, about 1,500 individuals. — W. L. Sclater, E. R. P. Janvrin, 

 D. P. Gilmore, C. H. Rogers. 



Long Beach, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 27. An overcast moderating day, with 

 thick haze oflf shore; a low broken swell on the ocean and quiet surf; much remaining 

 shallow snow; wind southwest, light; temp. 33° to 38°. Horned Grebe, 30 or more, 

 largest group 5; Black-backed Gull, many adult and immature; Herring Gull, thousands; 

 Ring-billed Gull, i; Red-breasted Merganser, a pair; Black Duck, many in "rafts" off 

 shore, mostly far out, few on the wing; Greater Scaup, 2; Lesser Scaup (?) a flock of 11 

 small-appearing birds from the meadow creeks were doubtless this; Old-squaw, common, 

 largest group 12; White- winged Scoter, flocks of 12, 6 and 3; Marsh Hawk, i; Sparrow 

 Hawk, I ; Horned Lark, 3 together and i ; Prairie Horned Lark (?) 2 together, determina- 

 tion not quite satisfactory; Crow, common; Starling, flock of about 200, and a few in 

 the town; Pine Siskin, flock of 6, and i; Snow Bunting, flock of perhaps more than 1,000; 

 Lapland Longspur, i with the preceding; Ipswich Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, small 

 flock; Song Sparrow, 7; Myrtle Warbler, locally numerous in tracts of bayberry. 

 Total 21 species +2 (?), several thousand individuals. — E. P. Bicknell. 



Massapequa, Long Island, N. Y. (and vicinity). — Dec. 27; 10.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

 Cloudy; wind southwest, light; temp. 30° to 35°. Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 

 500 + ; American Merganser, 2; Black Duck, 250-I-; Scaup Duck, 400-f (doubtless the 

 Greater Scaup as that species only was killed there on Dec. 29); Canada Goose, 150+ ; 

 Great Blue Heron, i; Black-crowned Night Heron, i; Marsh Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 12; American Crow, 20; Fish Crow, 15; Starling, 14; 

 Meadowlark, 17; American Goldfinch, 8; Pine Siskin, 5; Tree Sparrow, 8; Slate-colored 

 Junco, 16; Song Sparrow, 9; Myrtle Warbler, 23; Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 19. Total, 25 species, 1,480+ individuals. On 

 Dec. 29, 2 Flickers were observed. Large numbers of Black Duck, Canada Geese, 

 Herring Gulls, and unidentified ducks were observed in Great South Bay, about 400 to 

 500 yards off shore. — -Alex. B. Klots, Clement P. Cobb. 



Mastic, Long Island, N. Y. — Dec. 28; all day. Clear; patches of snow and bare ground; 

 wind northwest, moderate; temp. 30° sunrise, 38° sunset. About a 2-mile radius from 

 farm buildings, garden and orchard, including deciduous and pitch pine woods, brushy 

 pastures, bordering salt marshes and bay (frozen, with strip of open water along shore), 

 open heads of fresh- water creeks. Observers together. Black-backed Gull, 10; Herring 

 Gull, 40; American Merganser, 25; Black Duck, no; Golden-eye Duck, 25; White- winged 

 Scoter, i; Great Blue Heron, 4 (separate); Wilson's Snipe, i; Bob-white, 7 (tracks of 

 several other covies); Red-tail Hawk, 2; Bald Eagle, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Horned Owl, 3; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 20; American Crow, 35; Starling, no; 

 Meadowlark, 10; Cowbird, i; Goldfinch, 10; Pine Siskin, i; Tree Sparrow, 15; Junco, 4; 

 Song Sparrow, 5; Myrtle Warbler, iSo; White-breasted Nuthatch, 6; Chickadee, 15. 

 Total, 28 species, 645 individuals. Wilson's Snipe put up from wooded brushy head of 

 creek with characteristic note; Cowbird perched in tree-top with Starlings, comparative 

 size, details of shape, and diagnostic flight noted. — C. F., W. F. and J. T. Nichols. 



