Bird-Lore's Twenty-second Christmas Census 19 



Bonaparte Gull, i; Red-breasted Merganser, 4; Black Duck, 4; Old Squaw, 7; American 

 Scoter, 10; WTiite-winged Scoter, 500+ ; Surf Scoter, 100+ ; Marsh Hawk, 2; Sparrow Hawk, 

 2; Snowy Owl, i; Homed Lark, 75; Prairie Homed Lark, i; American Crow, 20; Starling, 60; 

 Meadowlark, i; Snow Bunting, 100; Lapland Longspur, 2 ; Ipswich Sparrow, 2 ; Tree Sparrow, 

 6; Song Sparrow, 2. Total, 24 species, 1,471+ indi\dduals. (Holboell's Grebe and Lapland 

 Longspurs added by ]\Ir. W. R. Boulton.) — Charles Johnston. 



Long Beach, L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 21. No ice or snow; dandelions still in bloom. Morning 

 cloudy; wind light, southwest; thick haze off shore; temp, rising from 39''; hea\y clouds and 

 northwest gale from earlj' afternoon vsdth quick fall of temperature to 8° by morning. Homed 

 Grebe, 12; Red- throated Loon 2; Black-backed Gull, moderate numbers; Herring Gull, many 

 thousands; Ring-billed Gull, 4 (adult and immature); Red-breasted Merganser, 7; Black 

 Duck, great flocks off shore on the water and in flight; Old-Squaw, an adult male dead on the 

 beach perfectly fresh; \\'hite-'winged Scoter, large numbers, one flock of near 2,000; Surf 

 Scoter, numerous; Marsh Hawk, a male; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Crow, common; Starling, say 100; 

 Snow Bimting, flock of about 125; Seaside Sparrow, i; Tree Sparrow, 465; Song Sparrow, 2. 

 Total, 18 species. Verj^ unusual at this season to miss Old Squaws, Horned Larks, Ipswich 

 Sparrows and ^Myrtle Warblers. — E. P. Bicknell. 



Mastic, L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 26; between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.; 5 >^ hours in the field. Cloud}', a 

 powdering of new snow, almost gone bj^ noon; open water everywhere, except ice at mouth of 

 creek; wind northeast, djdng down; temp. 32° to 40°. Mainland and marsh bordering bay. 

 Observers together and separate. Great Black-backed Gull, 2; Herring Gull, 8; American 

 Merganser, 5; Black Duck, 30; Golden-ej-e, 5; Ducks, (unidentified, probabh- mostly Jfarj /a), 

 250; Canada Goose, 19 (a flock migrating high); Great Blue Heron, 2; American Coot (Fulica), 

 170 (J. T. X.); Mourning Dove, 6; ilarsh Hawk, i; Red-tailed Hawk, 2; Rough-legged Hawk, 

 i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hair>' Woodpecker, 6; Do\A-n3' Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, 6; Blue Jay, 40; 

 .\merican Crow, 30; Starling, 350 (mostly i or 2 large flocks in pastures); Meadowlark, 8; 

 Goldfinch, 6; Tree Sparrow, 35; Jvmco, 15; Song Sparrow, 6; Northern Shrike, i; ]Myrtle 

 Warbler, 50; Brown Creeper, i; \\Tiite-breasted Nuthatch, i (W. F. N.); Black-capped Chick- 

 adee, 25; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 12. Total, 30+ species, 1,096 indi%dduals. No House 

 Sparrows. The Coots were on the bay, many close to the marsh, whence they flew fvurther out 

 when approached. Observed as close and as long as desired, mostly in one straggling flock. — 

 W. F. and J. T. Nichols. 



Montauk (to Montauk PointJ L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 24; daylight until dark. Sky overcast, 

 occasionally drizzling; wind northeast, light; temp. 40°. Observers together. Holboell's 

 Grebe, 4; Homed Grebe, 25; Loon, 200; Red-throated Loon, 3; Iceland Gull, i; Great Black- 

 backed Gull, 7 ; Herring Giall, 1,500; Bonaparte's Gull, i; Gannet, i (ad.); American ^Merganser, 

 25; Red-breasted Merganser, 75; Hooded Merganser, i; Black Duck, 50; Scaup, 2; Golden- 

 eye, 25; Bufflehead, i; Old Squaw, 40; American Scoter, 50; \\'hite-"s\'inged Scoter, 750; Surf 

 Scoter, 50; Canada Goose, 85; American Coot, 5; Marsh Hawk, i; Shar]>shinned (?) Hawk, 

 I ; Homed Lark, 34; Crow, 16; Starling, 2,200; ISIeadowlark, 5; Tree Sparrow, g; Song Sparrow, 

 5; Myrtle Warbler, 25; Chickadee, 3. Total, 32 species, 5,215 indi\idual5. Scarcity of the 

 commoner Ducks and land-birds remarkable. — ^JuLirs M. Johnson and Ludlow Geiscom. 



Northport, L. I., N. Y. — Dec. 2 7 ; 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clear; }4 in. of newly fallen snow, bays 

 and Soimd clear of ice; ^lind northwest, light; temp. 35°. Homed Grebe, 3; Herring Gull, 

 250; Ring-billed Gull, i (im.); Black Duck, 8; Greater Scaup Duck, over 1,000; Old Squaw, 

 150; American Scoter, 10; \Miite-viinged Scoter, 65; Surf Scoter, 300; Crow, 8; Starling, 11; 

 Meadowlark, i; Tree Sparrow, 4; Juncos, 9; Song Sparrow, i; Myrtle Warbler, 6; Chickadee, 

 I. Total, 17 species, about 1800 indi\dduals. All of the Scaup were in Northport Harbor; 

 all of the Scoters and most of the Old Squaws were in the Sound. Land-birds were remarkabh' 

 scarce though conditions for obser\-ation were excellent. — Edward Fleisher. 



Sands Point, L. I., N. Y. — ^Dec. 23, 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. and 3.20 to 5 p.m. Cloudy; 2 in. of 

 snow; wind west, moderate; temp, about 36°. Three miles on foot. Observers together. 



