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until the series was completed as sev- 

 eral of our old works on birds used 

 to be published. In this way the 

 money received from the sale of the 

 first parts could be used to help 

 finance the remainder of the series. 



Let us hope that some of our art- 

 ists who have the necessary ability 

 will try some thing along this line in 

 the near future, for we all wish to 

 see the science or ornithology and 

 oology kept well up in the front ranks 

 of the world's general progress. 



H. O. GREEN, 



Wakefield, Mass. 



A Pleasant Day on the Halifax River, 

 Near Daytona, Fla. 



The morning of December 22d, 1915, 

 broke clear and pleasant. The breeze 

 from the ocean was just strong enough 

 to quicken the ambition of a northern- 

 er and set on fire his inclination for 

 the wilds. I got up with the sun and 

 after breakfast started for the jungles 

 south of town in search of bird. The 

 thick foliage of the underbrush making 

 small birds very difficult to see. Still 

 I identified several species such as 

 Myrtle Warbler, Woodcock, Whip-poor- 

 will and Florida Yellowthroat. In the 

 open and about town I met Robins, 

 Bluebirds, Phoebes and Meadowlarks. 

 While the Mockingbird is by far the 

 most numerous of the small species. 

 After a half day's tramp among a 

 growth so dense that in places one 

 must force a way through, I went to 

 the river front in the city limits where 

 I passed a most pleasant afternoon, 

 with almost an endless stream of Gulls 

 passing, among which I identified sev- 

 eral species. 



Following are the birds I listed on 

 this date: Crow 6, Robin 10, Cowbird 

 4, Southern Flicker 1, Bluebird 6, Red 

 Shouldered Hawk 3, Florida Quail 7, 

 Great Blue Heron 2, Louisiana Heron 

 4, Snowy Egret 3, Osprey 2, Bald Eagle 

 3, Mallard 2, Lesser Scaup Duck 2, 



Phoebe 3, Red bellied Woodpecker 3, 

 Bluejay 5, Belted Kingfisher 8, Red- 

 winged Blackbird 8, Mourning Dove 2, 

 Coot 1, Whip-poor-will 1, Woodcock 1, 

 Cardinal 3, Mockingbird 20, Bronze 

 Grackle 30, Killdeer 10, Semipalmated 

 Plover 70, Ducky Seaside Sparrow 5, 

 Meadowlark 14, Brown Pelican 3, 

 Bachman's Sparrow 10, Spotted Sand- 

 piper 2, Turkey Vulture 15, Ringbilled 

 Gull 3, Franklin Gull 4, Bonaparte Gull 

 6, Black Vulture 9, Loggerheaded 

 Shrike 3, Vesper Sparrow 2, Sparrow 

 Hawk 1, Myrtle Warbler 4, Florida 

 Yellow-throat 5, Ground Dove 2. Mak- 

 ing 45 species and 249 birds observed 

 — not so bad. 



All shooting is forbidden within the 

 city limits of Daytona and many spe- 

 cies of birds and especially waterfowl 

 have taken advantage of this protec- 

 tion. Mallards and Scaup Ducks were 

 swimming within a few feet of the 

 walk, while many people were passing. 

 At times the river here seems full of 

 ducks, while few are seen in the un- 

 protected parts. 



The Louisiana Herons allowed me 

 to come within fifty feet of them. The 

 Semipalmated Plovers let me get fully 

 as near; also did a large flock of Gulls 

 stand on a small island not fifty feet 

 from me while I sorted out the differ- 

 ent species. The Turkey Vulture has 

 become a nuisance and I understand 

 a bounty has been placed on his head. 

 S. V. Wharram. 



New Jersey Bird's Notes. 

 In early July, 1913, I camped for 

 three days near Lenola on the north 

 branch of the Pensuaken Creek and 

 during that period I observed several 

 birds not supposed to occur in South 

 Jersey at this season. These were the 

 Black Tern, Green-winged Teal, Coot 

 and Blue-winged Warbler. A few re- 

 marks from Stone's "Birds of Eastern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey," with 



