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mon and widely distributed winter 

 visitor, always seen singly. It stayed 

 later in the spring than any other mi- 

 gratory Warbler. Last date, April 29. 



25. Northern Parula Warbler. The 

 most abundant wintering Warbler seen 

 in all kinds of localities. Last record- 

 ed, April 15. 



26. Cape May Warbler. Rare winter 

 visitor. Last seen April 8. 



27. Black-throated Blue Warbler. 

 Locally common. Seen only in the 

 higher mountains, never near the 

 coast. Especially abundant on Mon- 

 tuoso Mountain, near Maricao. Last 

 date, April 15. 



28. Myrtle Warbler. Locally com- 

 mon winter resident, apparently much 

 more abundant towards spring, es- 

 pecially in low, shrubby places, or 

 arid regions where cacti grow. Last 

 seen April 8. 



29. Magnolia Warbler. Rare winter 

 visitor. Last seen April 3. 



30. Yellow-throated Warbler. Rare 

 winter visitor. Only two records, 

 Nov. and Dec. 31. 



31. Prairie Warbler. Fairly com- 

 mon, but locally distributed during 

 winter. Usually seen in growths of 

 shrubs and small trees near the sea- 

 shore. Last date, April 12. 



32. Oven-bird. Fairly common win- 

 ter resident. A pair lived the last 

 part of the winter in the back door- 

 yard of the house I lived in. They 

 picked up scraps of food that were 

 fed to the chickens, and became very 

 tame. They suddenly left on April 

 20. 



33. Water-thrush. Occasionally seen 

 during the middle of the winter. 



34. Louisiana Water-thrush. Much 

 commoner than the above, alike near 

 fresh water and in salt water man- 

 grove swamps. Last seen April 22. 



35. Redstart. The most abundant 

 wintering Warbler next to the Parula. 

 Many brilliant males appeared just 

 before the birds left for the North. 

 Last seen April 26. 



AN ALBINO PASSER DOMESTI- 

 CAUS 



October 12, 1922 business called us 

 to a farm near Enos, Indiana, about 

 twenty-three or twenty-four miles from 

 Kentland, in the same State. There 

 with a flock of its kind we observed 

 a perfectly pure white English Spar- 

 row, drinking out of one of the big 

 drainage district ditches. We were 

 within twenty-five feet of the speci- 

 men and had an excellent opportunity 

 for observation, watching it for quite 

 a little while. The only reason it 

 does not greet visitors from one of 

 the cases of our museum is the fact 

 that the people on whose farm we ob- 

 served this rava avis had no gun. 



R. M. Barnes. 



ALTONA FARM, CHRISTMAS DAY 

 1919 



My Dear Mr. Barnes: 



Has it never occurred to you that 

 possibly your subscribers might ap- 

 preciate a few pages of that hypothet- 

 ical list, the Christmas Day Bird Cen- 

 sus? Why do you not stir yourself 

 out Christmas morning and tramp 

 ten or twelve miles up and down the 

 banks of the Swanee river and give 

 us the results of your observations. 

 Your lists of the varieties that you 

 had a perfectly clear view of at thirty 

 feet and without a shade of doubt, 

 know them to be what you state? 

 Don't come back at me and ask if I 

 have, for I will anticipate and state 

 that, heretofore I have not. How- 

 ever, as I believe you should feature 

 that stunt in The Oologist. I am will- 

 ing to be the goat and lead the column 

 and this morning I gave the plan a 

 try out. 



As a result, this evening, I have be- 

 fore me a "list." Yet, hesitate to send 

 it in for publication, for reasons which 

 appear in said list. Want to submit 



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