24 Bird - Lore 



12; Red-tailed Hawk, i; American Rough-legged Hawk, i; Short-eared Owl, i; Screech 

 Owl, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Flicker, 20; Horned Lark, 235; Blue Jay, 29; American 

 Crow, 589; Fish Crow, 2; Red-winged Blackbird, i; Meadowlark, 177 (several singing 

 finely); American Crossbill, 21; White-winged Crossbill, 3; American Goldfinch, 32; 

 Pine Siskin, 184; Snowflake, 154; Tree Sparrow, 290 (one singing spring song"); Slate- 

 colored Jiinco, 5; Song Sparrow, 91 (one singing sweetly); Swamp Sparrow, i; Northern 

 Shrike, 5; Myrtle Warbler, 218; Chickadee, 165; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 25; American 

 Robin, 154. Total, 42 species, 3,659 individuals. A Pine Grosbeak, Redpoll and Purple 

 Grackle were seen on December 18, a Red-breasted Nuthatch and a Hermit Thrush on the 

 20th. — Frank, Harry and Roy Latham. 



Mt. Sinai, Long Island, N. Y. — Time, all day. Sky overcast; high north- to north- 

 west winds; temp., 24° at 8 a. m; slight thaw at midday. Horned Grebe, i; Herring 

 Gull, about 100; Black Duck, 4; White-winged Scoter, 35; Black-crowned Night Heron, 

 i; Bob-white, 4; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Horned Lark, 16; Crow, 90; Fish Crow, 4 (heard); 

 Meadowlark, 75; English Sparrow, 3; Ipswich Sparrow, i; White-throated Sparrow, 7; 

 Tree Sparrow, 300 (approximately); Slate-colored Junco, 70; Song Sparrow, 19; Myrtle 

 Warbler, 3; Winter Wren, i; Chickadee, 2; Robin, i. Country visited. — Sound Beach, 

 salt swamps, upland fields, deciduous woods, and red cedar woods. Total, 21 species, 

 737 individuals. — Robert C. Murphy and Edward A. Murphy. 



Huntington, Long Island. — Time, 10 a. m. to 12 30 p. m. Clear; ground thinly 

 covered with snow; wind noithwest, strong; temp., 24°. Herring Gull, 5; Screech Owl, i; 

 Downy Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 13; Meadowlark, 5; American 

 Goldfinch, 30; Junco, 35; Song Sparrow, 3; Chickadee, 7; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; 

 Bluebird, i. Total, 12 species, 108 individuals. — Miss Charlotte E. Lee. 



College Point to Long Beach, Long Island. — December 30; time, 7.20 a.m. to 5.30 

 P.M. Cloudy, rain in afternoon; ground bare; wind east; light to brisk; temp., 34°. 

 Great Black-backed Gull, to; Herring Gull, loo; Old Squaw, 50; Red-tailed Hawk, 2; 

 Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, i; Crow, 10; Starling, 30; White-throated Sparrow, 2; 

 Tree Sparrow, 50; Junco, 25; Song Sparrow, 5; Winter Wren, i; Brown Creeper, i; 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Chickadee, i. Total, 16 species, 293 individuals. — Francis 

 Harper. 



New York Harbor to and at the Cholera Bank (10 miles South of Long Beach, L. I.). 

 December 22; time, 8.25 a. m. to 3.55 p. m. Weather, cloudy, misty, showers; wind, north- 

 west, light to none; temp., about 35°. Loon, 6; Kittiwake, 3; Glaucous Gull, 2; Black- 

 backed Gull, 20; Herring Gull, very common; Bonaparte Gull, 10; Old Squaw, i. Total, 

 7 species, 42 individuals plus Herring Gulls. — R. E. Stackpole, Wm. H. Wiegmann, 

 Isaac Bildersee and C. H. Rogers. 



One Hundred and Thirtieth Street Ferry, New York, to Fort Lee, Coytesville, South 

 Englewood, Leonia, etc., N. J.— December 23; time, 10.10 a. m. 104.55 p. m. Weather, 

 fine; brisk northwest wind; temp., about 21°. Herring Gull, 20; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; 

 American Rough-legged Hawk, i; Barred Owl, i (dead); Downy Woodpecker, 2; Crow, 

 I ; Red-shouldered Blackbird, i; Pine Grosbeak, 12; American Crossbill, i; White-winged 

 Cross-bill, 14; American Goldfinch, 9; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 20; 

 Field Sparrow, 2; Junco, 7; Song Sparrow, 3; Swamp Sparrow, i; Northern Shrike, i; 

 Brown Creeper, i; White- breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 10. Total, 20 live species, 

 113 individuals. — Charles H. Rogers. 



Rockaway Beach, New York City. — December 23; time, 10.15 A. m. to 3.35 p. m. 

 Cloudy first hour, fine afterward; ground bare; wind northwest, very strong; temp., 28°. 

 Great Black-backed Gull, 55; Herring Gull, 400; Bonaparte's Gull, i (eight severed 

 wings of this species were found scattered upon the ground near a hotel;; American Scoter, 

 i; Pine Siskin, 15; Tree Sparrow, 20; Hermit Thrush, i. Total, 7 species, about 500 

 individuals. — George E Hix. 



