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Heron. — This Heron has now become a perma- 

 nent resident in Bronx Park, N. Y. C, and Pros- 

 pect Park, Brooklyn. A flock of these birds perched 

 in a tree over the lake in Bronx Park one December 

 afternoon was the most abject picture of misery the 

 writer has ever seen in the bird world. Every bird 

 by his or her attitude had utterly abandoned hope. 



23. Philohela minor. Woodcock.— Messrs. Miller and 



Rogers flushed an individual of this species by a 

 spring in the Washington Valley, north of Plainfield, 

 on February 9. The surrounding woods were snow- 

 covered. Mr. Miller writes that this is the first 

 winter record for the vicinity of Plainfield. The 

 Woodcock is of rare occurrence near New York City 

 in winter. 



24. Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. — Miss 



Charlotte Bogardus records a Hudsonian Curlew 

 which was found in an exhausted condition in the 

 back yard of an apartment house at Rockaway 

 Beach, Long Island, on December 24. (See Auk, 

 Vol. XXX, No. 2, p. 270.) 



25. Colinus virginianus virginianus. Bob-white. — Now a 



rare bird around New York. With the exception of 

 a small flock in Van Cortlandt Park, found only in 

 the outlying districts and then in small numbers. A 

 permanent resident where found. 



26. Bonasa umbellus umbellus. Ruffed Grouse. — Now 



confined to the wild country near Plainfield, N. J., 

 Greenwich, Conn., and Yonkers, N. Y. It is no- 

 where common, and persistent persecution has made 

 it very wild. 



27. Phasianus colchicus. English Pheasant. — Mr. Miller 



reports a Pheasant, undoubtedly of this species, on 

 two occasions near Plainfield. 



28. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. — Usually rare in 



winter with us, disappearing after December. Last 

 winter reported throughout the entire season from 

 several localities. Its occurrence near Plainfield, 

 N. J., is especially noteworthy. 



