538 NOTES ON CERTAIN INLAND 
February (22d) 1865, a nest with eggs was also found by 
the writer, in a large elm, on the Shabbaconk Creek, near 
Lawrence, Mercer county, New Jersey. Young specimens 
in pin-feathers have been killed, in August and November, 
by a cousin of the author, which were seen and identified by 
the latter. 
New Jersey seems to be a sort of neutral ground, as well 
as half-way house in the matter of NEGERI RAE distribution. 
It is the northernmost limit of the range of some ; the south- 
ernmost limit of the range of others ; and occasional breeding 
ground of many species. From unascertained, and we im- 
agine unascertainable causes, there are many visiting species 
that remain or pass on, as it may happen. An: ornitho- 
logical note-book will for one year record probably a dozen 
species, of which no trace will be found during the following 
year, except during their passage north or soothe, In 1859, 
a cold storm overtook the Red-starts (Setophaga ruticilla) as 
well as many of the warblers. During the following month 
(June) there were more nests -of aio about Mercer 
county than the writer has found in the ten summers since. 
Since 1865, we have seen no Pigeon-hawks between the 
dates of March 15th and October 15th. They may have es- 
caped our notice, but we opine not. Next summer Mercer 
county may have a dozen nests of this species. 
2. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Centurus Carolinensis). 
This Woodpecker makes its appearance in April very regu- 
larly, and reappears in equal or greater numbers in October, 
and some few have been met with during the winter. It 
seems strange that it does not breed within state limits, but 
it certainly does not, except in a few isolated instances ; at 
least this is the conclusion the writer has airived at, as in 
accordance with his own observations. Correspondents in 
the extreme northern and southern sections of the state have 
written me, however, that they have found both them and 
their nests in May. These letters were from Sussex and 
pe May counties. As it undeniably breeds in Pennsyl-. 
