Bird -Lore's Seventeenth Christmas Census 19 



White-breasted Nuthatch, 9; Chickadee, 16; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3; Robin, 3. 

 Total, 27 species, 966 individuals. About 200 more ducks too far away for identification. 

 — Edward G. and Me. and Mrs. L. N. Nichols. 



New York City (Kingsbridge, Jerome Reservoir, Van Cortlandt Park, Moshulu 

 Parkway, Bronx Park, Pelham Park and City Island). Train between Bronx and Pel- 

 ham Parks, rest of route on foot). — Dec. 23; 8:40 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Clear; ground bare, 

 some snow in shaded areas; wind west to southwest, brisk; temp. 27°. Herring Gull, 

 2,000; American Merganser, 16 (2 drakes); Scaup, 50; Black-crowned Night Heron, 45; 

 Red-tailed Hawk, 5; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker 

 3; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 28; Starling, 290; Cowbird, i male; Red-winged Black- 

 bird, I female; Meadowlark, 5; Goldfinch, 9; Pine Siskin, 29; White-throated Sparrow, 

 4; Tree Sparrow, 86; Junco, 29; Song Sparrow, 7; Brown Creeper, 3; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, 3; Black-capped Chickadee, 28. Total, 24 species, about 2,648 individuals. — 

 George E. Hix, Clark L. Lewis and Edward G. Nichols. 



New York City (Central Park). — Dec. 25; 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p-^- Cloudy; ground 

 partly snow-covered; wind southwest, brisk; temp, about 34°. Herring Gull, 500; 

 Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy(?) Woodpecker, i; Blue Jay, i; American Crow, i; 

 Starling, 107; Junco, 2; American Goldfinch, 2; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 13; Robin, i. Total, 10 species, about 631 individuals. — Farida A. Wiley, 

 Mrs. G. Clyde Fisher and Ruth Anna Fisher. 



New York City (Staten Island: West New Brighton to Bulls Head to Great 

 Kills via Richmond, to New Dorp to West New Brighton). — Dec. 25; 6:15 a.m. to 5:15 

 P.M. Cloudy at start, clearing; remains of old snow; wind westerly, fresh; temp. 28°, 

 rising to above freezing. Holboell's Grebe, 3; Black-backed Gull, i; Herring Gull, 300; 

 Mourning Dove, 4; Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, i; Long-eared Owl, 8; 

 Short-eared Owl, i; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 11, 

 Northern Flicker, i; Horned Lark, 6; Blue Jay, 13; American Crow, 75; Fish Crow, 2; 

 Starling, 56; Cowbird, 2; Meadowlark, 31; Purple Finch, 4; Redpoll, 15; Goldfinch, 15; 

 Pine Siskin, 30; Savannah Sparrow, 3; White-throated Sparrow, 3; Tree Sparrow, 32; 

 Field Sparrow, i (seen; in song); Slate-colored Junco, 67; Song Sparrow, 20; Swamp 

 Sparrow, i; Fox Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 3; Myrtle Warbler, 10; White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 7; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Tufted Titmouse, i; Black-capped Chickadee, 20; Hud- 

 sonian Chickadee, 2; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Robin, 6. Total, 40 species, 774 

 individuals. — Harold K. Decker. 



New York City and Atlantic Ocean (from the Battery to Ambrose Lightship Bank 

 and back). — Dec. 23; 8 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Fine; wind northwest, strong (gale of 84 miles 

 and more per hour last evening); 30° at i p.m. Black-backed Gull, 7; Herring Gull, 

 r,2oo; Bonaparte's Gull, 450; White-winged Scoter, 8; Starling, i. Total, 5 species, 

 about 1,670 individuals. — Charles H. Rogers. 



Northport, L. I., N. Y. (Northport, Eaton Neck, Centerport). — Dec. 27; 8 a.m. to 

 4:30 p.m. Rain all day, freezing in the morning; ground and trees ice-covered; wind 

 light; temp. 32°. Observers together. Horned Grebe, 16; Herring Gull, 73; Red-breasted 

 Merganser, 14; American Goldeneye, 104; Bufilehead, 16; Old-squaw, 44; American 

 Scoter, 13; White-winged Scoter, 33; Surf Scoter, 31; ducks sp., 200; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 3; Blue Jay, 2; American Crow, 69; Starling, 2; Meadowlark, 5; Goldfinch, 2; 

 Pine Siskin, 23; Tree Sparrow, 89; Junco, 31; Song Sparrow, 4; Myrtle Warbler, 24; 

 Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, i; Black-capped Chickadee, 5; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 2; Robin, 6. Total, 25 species, 813 individuals. — Edward Fleischer 

 and Henry L. Otten. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Greenvale Farm and vicinity). — Dec. 23; 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

 Sunny; 6 in. of crusty snow; wind southeast, brisk; temp. 30°. Cooper's Hawk, i; Red- 

 tailed Hawk, 3; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Broad- winged [P-Ed.] Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk. 



