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change are obvious. Cold may have driven some away or 

 killed them; the food supply may have partially failed, or 

 been covered up with snow. From the foregoing it is easy to 

 conclude that the best and most satisfactory '^winter record" 

 is that made in mid- winter. A Robin seen the first of 

 February is more noteworthy than one seen the end of Decem- 

 ber. On the other hand, from what has been said, a Pine 

 Warbler seen on December 8 is a better winter record than a 

 Red-winged Blackbird recorded two weeks later, because the 

 Warbler leaves us during the middle of October, and mild 

 weather only affects its stay with us a week or so. Bearing the 

 facts discussed above in mind, the winter of 1912-13 is remark- 

 able in that the usual decrease in numbers as the season ad- 

 vanced did not take place, to so great a degree as usual. The 

 best day's list for the entire winter was 35 species, observed 

 by the writer at Englewood, N. J., on February 12, one better 

 than the list from the same locality on December 29. More- 

 over, a day's Hst of 35 species is, so far as the writer knows, the 

 biggest ever made in winter around New York City. 



A few words regarding the territory covered by this article. 

 It includes, roughly speaking, the immediate vicinity of the 

 city and such points at a greater distance as are regular all-day 

 trips of members of the Linnsean Society. Long Beach, L. I., 

 is unquestionably the best locality for water birds; Plainfield 

 and Englewood, N. J., the best places inland. Plainfield, 

 being the more remote locality with a great variety of favor- 

 able country in the vicinity, contributes the greatest number 

 of unusual or local species. Englewood, with a comparatively 

 small amount of good ' country, contributes the biggest lists 

 for one day's work, chiefly because all favorable spots can be 

 visited in one day, a thing entirely impossible at Plainfield. 



The notes contained in this article are mainly the result of 

 the combined observations of the more active members of the 

 Linnaean Society. Messrs. John Treadwell Nichols and 

 Charles H. Rogers have been especially helpful in furnishing 

 full records of their work in the field during the winter. Many 

 of these notes have already been pubhshed in Bird-Lore^ s last 

 Christmas Census. Records pubhshed there, not made by 



