when they would be normally expected to be present, 

 rather than at a time when their presence would be 

 unusual and therefore their occurrence noteworthy. 



We ask the aid of all ornithologists in making this 

 undertaking a success. Our list of required data is 

 as follows: locality, date, temperature at noon, direc- 

 tion and force of wind, time of day when list is made; 

 after which should follow in the order of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union s Check List a list of the species 

 observed with the number and sex. The total number 

 of species and individuals should be written at the 



end. 



J. D. K. 



HOME LIFE OF THE SCARLET 

 TANAGER. 



Among the heavily wooded hills of Northern Pas- 

 saic County, New Jersey, wherein mankind seldom 

 ventures, save it be a woodcutter or a lover of the out- 

 door life, there are many gulleys and ravines which 

 are the favorite haunts of this beautifully adorned 

 bird which, I am grieved to say, is so often the target 

 for the unsophisticated youth and even the more ma- 

 ture, but unenlightened man, its plumage serving 

 as a flaming mark for the fieldpieces of these amateur 

 sportsmen. 



But among these valleys and miniature gulches 

 where the oaks and conifers abound, it is rare, indeed, 

 when the ornithologist or naturalist cannot find these 

 beautiful creatures unmolested and living in their 

 usual quiet and unassuming way, building their homes 



