The May Bird Census 145 



Thrush, 1; Robin, 90+; Bluebird, 7. 83 species, 919 individuals. 

 Whippoorwill, Orchard Oriole, Cape May Warbler and Prairie 

 Warbler were reported by B. E. Smith only. 



NEW JERSEY CENSUS. 



Mt. Bethel, N. J., May 13, 1916. The day was started by Hix 

 at 4:30 a. m. in the immediate vicinity of the village of Mt. 

 Bethel. Dr. Wiegmann started from the Millington railroad sta- 

 tion, the two of us meeting near the junction of the Dead river 

 with the Passaic. Our route was then up the Dead river and a 

 brook which flows into it, then by road to Mt. Bethel which we 

 reached at 7:15 p. m. and separated. Dr. Wiegmann returning to 

 Millington for the train to New York, and Hix remaining in Mt. 

 Bethel. The ' country covered was varied, open fields, some cul- 

 tivated, woods, swamps, mud-flats and roads. The weather was 

 cloudy and cold with sprinkling rain in the morning, becoming 

 fine and warm around noon. A light west wind' was blowing. 



The number of shore-birds along the Read river was remarkable 

 Warblers were very much in evidence, 22 species being ob- 

 served. The following is our combined list, each of us having 

 seen some species before we met which were not seen when we 

 were together. 



Green Heron, 2; Least Sandpiper, 6; Solitary Sandpiper, 11 

 Spotted Sandpiper, 12; Killdeer, 6; Semi-palmated Plover, 1 

 Mourning Dove, 4; Marsh Hawk, 2; Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2; Black-billed Cuckoo, 6; Downy Wood- 

 pecker, 5; Red-headed Woodpecker, 4; Flicker, 3; Whippoor- 

 will, several heard; Chimney Swift, 48; Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird, 1; Kingbird, 9; Crested Flycatcher, 2; Phoebe, 9; Least 

 Flycatcher, 1; Blue Jay, 7; Aemrican Crow, 34; Starling, 21; Bobo- 

 link 9 c?; Cowbird, 4; Red-winged Blackbird, 26; Meadowlark, 5; 

 Orchard Oriole, 1 ^^ ; Baltimore Oriole 12 J' 5 5 ; Purple Grackle, 

 13; Purple Finch, 1 brown; Goldfinch, 7; House Sparrow, 4; 

 Vesper Sparrow, 1; Grasshopper Sparrow, 3; Henslow's Sparrow, 

 2; White-throated Sparrow, 6; Chipping Sparrow, 13; Field Spar- 

 row, 13; Song Sparrow, 45; Swamp Sparrow, 7; Towhee, 3 c?; 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, d ^ , 1 5 ; Cardinal, 1 ^ ; Scarlet Tanagar. 

 3 J', 12; Purple Martin, 1 c? ; Cliff Swallow, 14; Barn Swallow, 

 69; Cedar Waxwing, 2; Red-eyed Vireo, 3; Warbling Vireo, 6; 

 Yellow-throated Vireo, 1; Blue-headed Vireo, 1; Black and White 

 Warbler, 5; Blue-winged Warbler, 6; Nashville Warbler, 2; 

 Orange-crowned Warbler, 1; Tennessee Warbler, 2; Parula Warb- 

 ler, 5 ; Cape May Warbler, 4 c? ; Yellow Warbler, 5 ; Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler, 4; Myrtle Warbler, 30; Magnolia Warbler, 



