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THE OOLOQIST 



Hairy Woodpecker — One was ob- 

 srved in the conifers just south ol 

 Pompton Lake in Upper Preakness. 



Downy Woodpecker — The first one 

 was seen in Little Palls and the re- 

 maining four in Preakness and Upper 

 Preakness. 



Horned Lark — About twenty-five 

 were first observed feeding on the 

 ground in Preakness and shortly after 

 about twenty more were seen also on 

 the ground. Single birds were con- 

 tinually passing overhead while walk- 

 ing through this village. These are 

 the first of this species the writer has 

 observed since February 22d, 1914. 

 These were in a flock of ten at Bloom- 

 ingdale, Morris County. 



Blue Jay — Common at all places 

 visited. 



American Crow — Common through- 

 out the day. 



Starling — Common at all points vis- 

 ited. 



Pine Siskin — Two males were ob- 

 served in the conifers on the eastern 

 short of Pompton Lake. These two 

 and two more which were observed at 

 Little Falls on the 30th of January are 

 the only ones to be found this winter. 



Snowflake — Twenty-five were ob- 

 served in a field in Preakness. These 

 were feeding on the snow and flying 

 about near the ground while we were 

 observing them. This is the first record 

 the writer has made of this species 

 since January 14th, 1910, on the east- 

 ern slope of the Bearforts in West 

 Milford Township, Passaic County. 



Tree Sparrow — During the day, ten 

 individuals were observed at the dif- 

 ferent points visited. 



Slate-colored — Ten individuals were 

 observed in Laurel Grove, Little Falls 

 and Lower Preaknesss. 



Northern Shrike — One was observed 

 at Preakness at noon resting on a 

 fence post near the road and afforded 

 us an excellent opportunity to ob- 



serve him. This is the first to come 

 to the writer's attention since Febru- 

 ary 22d, 1909 when one male was ob- 

 served at Midvale, Passaic ('ounty. 



White-breasted Nuthatch — Two were 

 observed at Preakness and two in Up- 

 per Preakness. This species was par- 

 ticularly conspicuous because of its 

 rarity during the day. 



Tufted Titmouse — Two were ob- 

 served in Totowa, the only ones of 

 the day's outing. 



Chickadee — Common at Little Falls, 

 Lower Preakness, Preaknesss and 

 Pompton Lake. 



There were a number species which 

 were very conspicuous because of 

 their total absence and the writer is 

 at a loss to offer suggestion as to why 

 we did not meet with them. These 

 were the Goldfinch, Brown Creeper, 

 Flicker, Meadowlark, Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk, Bluebird, Purple Finch, Fox 

 Sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, 

 ^Vliite-throated Sparrow, Yellow-bel- 

 lied Sapsucker, Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker, Ruffed Grouse and Winter 

 Wren, Frequent trips in the section 

 during the past decade and a half have 

 brought these species to light and it 

 is strange to have to note their ab- 

 sence. Louis S. Kohler. 

 Bloomfield, N. J. 



Late Dates. 



The following seemed unusually late 

 dates for this locality: Bernardsville, 

 N. J., August 6th, flushed a Vesper 

 Sparrow from nest on golf course, 

 (this nest was in the line of play and 

 many people passed within a few feet 

 of it daily.) On the 7th I collected 3 

 slightly incubated. 



New Hamburg, N. Y., August 15th, 

 found 2 nests of the Cedar Waxwing 

 in an orchard. One nest contained a 

 fresh set of 4 eggs, the other 3, slight- 

 ly incubated, one of these is marked 

 entirely around the smaller end, leav- 



