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CORRECTIONS. 



Anas rubt'ipes tristis — Black Duck. Since publishing the first list 

 I have spent considerably more time on the Great Piece Meadows 

 and my observations have proven consclusively that this species 

 was and is far more common than was formerly suspected. Nests 

 were found during the spring of 1011, 1912 and 1913, and during 

 the fall migrations of these years myriads of these birds were to 

 be flushed wherever you pushed your boat. Not near as common 

 during the vernal migrations as during the autumnal. 



Ammodrainiis sauannarimi amtmUs — Grasshopper Sparrow. Ob- 

 servations since 1910 have proven my former remarks quite inade- 

 quate and at the present time may be considered a common sum- 

 mer resident, nesting in numerous places about the county. 



Sturnus vulgaris — Starling. Have increased wonderfully in the 

 last three or four years and are now as abundant as the Passer do- 

 mesticus and nearly as much of a nuisance. By far the worst op- 

 ponent of our domestic species. Have driven the Bluebird. House 

 Wren and Fliclier away from my home grounds and have estab- 

 lished themselves in every available nook and cranny. 



Anthus rubescens — 'Pipit. My statements regarding this species 

 in the former list are without doubt wholly wrong and observa- 

 tions since 1910 have proven this species a common transient mi- 

 grant always more abundant during the vernal than during tlie 

 autumnal migrations. 



Boolophiis bicol(;r — Observations since the former list have 

 proven this species to be a common winter resident in the north- 

 ern parts of the county in the neighborhood of the Passaic River 

 and Great Piece Meadows. 



January 1, 1914. 



A CAMP-FIRE GIRL'S TAME RED-BREASTED 

 NUTHATCH. 



BY HARRIET KINSLEY. 



The w^iiiter of 1912 was very cold and we had many birds 

 visiting" our feeding table, including chickadees, downy, hairy 

 and red-bellied woodpeckers, juncoes, a pair of cardinals, 

 blue jays and the white-breasted nuthatches. 



One day my mother noticed another bird on the trunk of a 

 tree in the yard. She had never seen one like it before. 



A few days later she saw it again and pointed it out to me. 



