THE OOLOGIST 



were observed In addition to these 

 the Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Wood- 

 pecker, Flicker, Blue Jay, Goldfinch, 

 White-throated Sparrow, Tree Spar- 

 row, Junco, Song Sparrow, Brown 

 Creeper, White-breasted Nuthatch, 

 Chickadee and Bluebird were record- 

 ed here. 



On December 21st, the locality about 

 Hawthorne, Midland Park and Wor- 

 tendyke was traversed and one male 

 Ring-necked Pheasant was observed 

 on Goffle Hill in Hawthorne; Barred 

 Owl, one at Midland Park, Screech 

 Owl, one at Wortendyke adjacent to 

 the Susquehanna railroad tracks in a 

 copse of conifers; Winter Wren (one 

 in a brush pile near Midland Park 

 railroad depot; and Hermit Thrush 

 (one at Wortendyke). 



On December 28d, a Cardinal was 

 observed in a copse of weeds in Haw- 

 thorne. 



On December 25th, the writer took 

 the usual Census for Bird Lore in 

 Hawthorne, Ridgewood, and Glen 

 Rock, and on this trip observed the 

 Horned Lark, Purple Finch, Pine Sis- 

 kin, Cedar Waxwing and Bluebird, 

 which are rather unusual species for 

 this section. 



On December 29th, the Sparrow 

 Hawk was observed at Riverside 

 Paterson and since that time has 

 been rather common in this locality, 

 and elsewhere along the Passaic 

 River. 



January 1st, 1920, the section includ- 

 ing Caldwell, Fairfield, Singac, Little 

 Falls and West Paterson were can- 

 vassed and a single Mallard was ob- 

 served at Pine Brook on the Passaic 

 River; a Red-shouldered Hawk was 

 observed in Fairfield, Horned Lark 

 (five along the roadside in Singac), 

 Pine Grosbeak (one male seen in 

 some conifers adjacent to the Passaic 

 River at Little Falls. The writer 



spent a half hour studying this bird 

 at close range and positively identified 

 it by so doing) ; Purple Finch (four 

 males and six females near the Lack- 

 awanna railroad bridge in West Pat- 

 erson) ; Fox Sparrow (two at Little 

 Falls; Northern Shrike (one at Fair- 

 field); and Winter Wren (one at West 

 Paterson). 



January 18th, the section in Rich- 

 field and Allwood and along the Mor- 

 ris Canal to Paterson was traversed 

 and the Sharp-shinned Hawk, (one at 

 Richfield); Screech Owl (one along 

 the canal at Richfield) ; Pine Siskin 

 (three in Allwood) ; and Bluebird (one 

 in South Paterson) were observed. 



February 1st, the section about 

 Pompton Lake was visited and the 

 Ruffed Grouse, Hairy Woodpecker, 

 Horned Lark, Meadowlark, Pine Sis- 

 kin, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet and Bluebird were observed 

 in addition to the usual winter species. 



February 8th, a single male Redpoll 

 was observed at Hawthorne. 



February 12th, the section in North 

 Halden and Totowa was canvassed 

 and the Snowfiake and Horned Lark 

 were observed. 



February 23d, the section in Char- 

 lottesburg, Smith Mills and Butler 

 was visited and the following were ob- 

 served: While enroute to Char- 

 lottesburg the following were observed 

 from the train window: Starling 

 (common) ; Blue Jay (two) ; Tree 

 Sparrow (two) and Song Sparrow 

 (one) at Hawthorne; Barred Owl (one 

 at Wortendyke) ; Meadowlark (one at 

 Wyckof ) ; and Crow (one at Pomp- 

 ton Lakes). From Charlottesburg to 

 Butler the trip was continued on foot 

 and the following species were ob- 

 served : Golden-crowned Kinglet was 

 the first bird to be observed. A single 

 Junco was next observed near the 

 Newark Waterworks in an open shed. 



