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members of this Society, have been included for the sake of 

 completeness. The writer wishes to express his obligations 

 to Mr. W. deW. Miller, of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, for kindly permitting the incorporation of his notes 

 on the winter birds of Plainfield, N. J. Most of the unusual 

 records made this season were made by Mr. Miller, who spent 

 every available day in the field and reports 56 species from his 

 territory, a region not boasting a single marsh or a body of 

 open water. 



Below follows the annotated list of the ninety-seven species 

 of birds observed last winter around New York City, a truly 

 extraordinary number. All observers are given full credit 

 for their notes of any kind. The writer wishes it under- 

 stood that he is in no way responsible for any records except 

 his own. As a matter of interest he has, at the close of the 

 article, arranged the species given in the list into groups to 

 show their comparative abundance. 



1. Colymbus holboelli. Holboell's Grebe. — An uncom- 



mon winter resident and common winter visitant in 

 cold weather. Very few were noted during the 

 winter. 



2. Colymbus auritus. Horned Grebe. — Usually a com- 



mon winter resident along the beaches, but very few 

 observed last winter. 



3. Gavia immer. Loon. 



4. Gavia stellata. Red-throated Loon. — Both Loons 



are winter residents with us, the Red-throated 

 slightly preponderating in numbers. Both species 

 very scarce last winter. 



5. Rissa tridactyla tridactyla. Kittiwake. — A pelagic 



species, rarely noted from the beaches. The best 

 way of observing it is from the fishing steamers. Less 

 common than usual. 



6. Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. — Ar- 



rived very late, and was a decidedly rare bird during 

 the first part of the winter. With the advent of cold 

 weather, however, it appeared in its usual numbers. 

 Although commonest along the beaches, this Gull 



