22 Bird -Lore 



Chickadee, 52; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 12. Total, 18 species, 308 individuals. — R. C. 

 Caskey. 



Mt. Holly, N. J. — Dec. 24; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; no wind; about 3 in. of snow; 

 temp. 22°. English Pheasant, i; Turkey Vulture, 11; Sharp-shinned Hawk, i; Broad- 

 winged [? — Ed.] Hawk, i ; Rough-legged Hawk, i ; Sparrow Hawk, i ; Hairy Woodpecker, 

 i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, i; Blue Jay, 32; Crow, 650; Starling, 6; Evening 

 Grosbeak, 2; Goldfinch, 46; Pine Siskin, 3; White-throated Sparrow, 7; Tree Sparrow, 

 9; Field Sparrow, 4; Slate-colored Junco, 108; Song Sparrow, 5; Swamp Sparrow, i; 

 Cardinal, 7; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Carolina Wren, i; Brown Creeper, 10; White-breasted 

 Nuthatch, i; Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Tufted Titmouse, 13; Chickadee, 21; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 8. Total, 30 species, 960 individuals. Ten Red Crossbills seen Dec. 

 3, feeding on pine cones in our graveyard. — Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, and D. W. 



PUMYEA. 



Plainfield, N. J. (to Washington Valley beyond Scotch Plains). — Dec. 25; 7 a.m. to 6 

 P.M. Partly cloudy; 4 in. of snow; temp. 35.5°. Ruffed Grouse, i; Red-tailed Hawk, i; 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 16; Blue Jay, 20; 

 American Crow, 18; Starling, 75; Evening Grosbeak, i female; Purple Finch, 12 (flock); 

 Redpoll, 120; Goldfinch, 60; White-throated Sparrow, 2; Tree Sparrow, 36; Junco, 32; 

 Song Sparrow, 9; Swamp Sparrow, i; Cardinal, 2 (a pair); Myrtle Warbler, 32; Winter 

 Wren, i; Brown Creeper, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 7; Tufted Titmouse, 4; Black- 

 capped Chicakadee, 22; Hudsonian Chickadee, i; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 9; Robin, 4; 

 Bluebird, 10. Total, 28 species, 502 individuals. Tracks of Ring-necked Pheasants 

 were seen in two or three places and a Great Horned Owl which had evidently but 

 recently succumbed to an injury was found clinging to a branch of an oak in the woods. 

 The Evening Grosbeak and Hudsonian Chickadee were first seen, in the same spot, on 

 Dec. 17, when a pair of the former and two individuals of the latter were observed. This 

 is the first New Jersey record of the Hudsonian Chickadee, but it is uncertain whether 

 the birds belong to the typical form or to some other subspecies. — W. De W. Miller. 



Princeton, N. J. (to Harlingen, Sourland Mountains, Blawenburg and return). Dis- 

 tance, 27 miles. — Dec. 21; 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cloudy, foggy through a.m. and late 

 P.M.; 5 to 15 in. of soft, slushy snow; wind north, light; temp. 38°. Ring-necked Pheasant, 

 2; Marsh Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 9; Horned Lark subsp., 

 25; Blue Jay, 3; Crow, 300; Starling, 450; Meadowlark, 9; Purple Finch, 9; Goldfinch, 

 25; Redpoll, 7; Tree Sparrow, 120; Junco, 200; Song Sparrow, 6; Cardinal, i; chickadee 

 sp., 8; White-breasted Nuthatch, i. Total, 18 species, 1,178 individuals. Dec. 13, from 

 window: White- winged Crossbill, 2; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, i. Dec. 26, Evening Gros- 

 beak, I male. — Harold R. Wanless. 



Vineland, N. J. (six miles northeast of Vineland). — Dec. 25; 10 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. 

 Cloudy in forenoon, clear in afternoon; ground bare in fields, snow patches in woods; 

 wind brisk; temp. 40°. Red-tailed Hawk, i ; Downy Woodpecker, i ; Crow, 4; Starling(?) 

 flock of 100+; Tree Sparrow, 7; Song Sparrow, 2; Junco, 130. Total, 7 species, about 

 245 individuals. — Wm. W. Fair. 



Lititz, Pa. (northern Lancaster County, Valley of the Hammer Creek). — Dec. 23; 

 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Clear; no wind; 5 in. of snow; temp. 25°. Bob-white, 8 coveys, 88 birds; 

 Goshawk, i; Red-tailed Hawk, i; Red-shouldered Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, i; Pigeon 

 Hawk, (identified at close range, unusual in this region); Screech Owl, i; Turkey Vul- 

 ture, 4; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, i; Flicker, 2; Blue Jay, 3; 

 Crow, 2,000; Meadowlark, i; Redpoll, 22; Slate-colored Junco, 60; Song Sparrow, 14; 

 Tree Sparrow, 25; Cardinal, 2; Shrike, i; Winter Wren, 2; Brown Creeper, i; White- 

 breasted Nuthatch, 7; Black-capped Chickadee, 5; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Robin, i. 

 Total, 26 species, 255 individuals (exclusive of Crows). — Herbert FT. Beck and Abra- 

 ham Beck Miller, 



