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THE OOLOGIST 



The following is a list of birds ob- 

 served at York, Pa., in the order in 

 which they were seen. 



White-throated Sparrow, common. 



Cardinal two. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet, common. 



American Crow, very common. 



Downy Woodpecker, two. 



Blue Jay, few. 



American Goldfinch, common. 



Tree Sparrow, common. 



Mallard, common. 



Black Duck, common. 



Song Sparrow, common. 



Red-tailed Hawk, one. 



Horned Grebe, two. 



Belted Kingfisher, one. 



American Golden-eye, few. 



Meadowlark, one. 



Arthur Farauhar. 



Purple Finches. 



In the December number of The 

 Oologist, Mr. H, W. Flint has an ar- 

 ticle on the Purple Finch, and ends 

 up by asking who has seen them and 

 where. In answer, will say that on 

 May 14, 1916, while spending the day 

 at a farm in Litchfield, Connecticut, I 

 saw ten Purple Finches, six males and 

 four females, feeding on dry burdocks 

 near a creek back of the barn. 



Then again on November 3, 1916, 

 while looking for birds at Baldwins, 

 on the Housatonie River, 1 saw five 

 Purple Finch, three male and two fe- 

 male. I believe these are the only 

 Purple Finches I have seen in at least 

 ten years. Nelson E. Wilmot, 



West Haven, Conn. 



The Purple Finch at Hatley, Stanstead 

 County, Quebec. 

 In answer to Mr. H. W. Flint's 

 query in the December number of 

 The Oologist, as to who sees the Pur- 

 ple Finch now and where? The fol- 

 lowing is the status of the ^ bird at 

 Hatley for the past few years: 



Carpodacus purpireus purpureus 

 (Gmelin) Purple Finch. Fairly com- 

 mon summer visitant; April 19th to 

 October 25th (November 28th). Aver- 

 age date of arrival (for four years) 

 May 10th; of departure (for four 

 years) October 19th. This is quite a 

 common bird at migration times, but 

 during the summer months its num- 

 bers are very limited, and I have not 

 yet been able to locate a nest, al- 

 though two or three old ones found 

 in the fall would seem to belong to 

 this species, judging from their situa- 

 tion and construction. The late date 

 in November, 1915, is for a single fe- 

 male only which was in the company 

 of a large flock of Goldfinch. 



During the past summer (1916) 1 

 have had the pleasure of seeing three 

 or four of the birds almost daily in 

 my garden during the month of June 

 and July quite frequently in August, 

 but was never able to locate where 

 they were nesting. Contrary to Mr. 

 Flint's experience, the birds, I am 

 glad to say, are increasing in num- 

 bers here rather than decreasing. 



H. Mousley, Hatley. 



The Purple Finch in the Ozarks. 



Answering Mr. H. W. Flint's inquiry 

 regarding the above species in the De- 

 cember, 1916, Oologist, page 209, I 

 wish to say that although Mr. Arthur 

 H. Howell in his "Birds of Arkansas" 

 Biological Survey Bulletin 38, page 60, 

 reports as common winter visitors be- 

 tween November and April in various 

 parts of the State, I myself have ob- 

 served them only during one season 

 out of four since my coming to the 

 State. 



On March 12, 1916, while out driv- 

 ing in company with a gentleman we 

 observed one lone male feeding in a 

 tree near the roadside. No other birds 

 were observed during our drive east 

 of the city of Fayetteville on that day. 



