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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
SOME NOCTURAL MIGRANTS. 
By Maj. a. G. Wolf, Keeper of Absecom Light-house, Absecom, Atlantic 
City, New Jersey. 
List of Birds Striking Lantern of Absecom Light House, Atlantic City, 
N. J., FROM August 22, 1889, to November 30, 1889. 
Name of Bird. 
Date. 
Hour of striking. 
Birds Strik- 
I N G Lan- 
tern OF 
Tower. 
Direction and force 
of wind. 
: 1 
Weather.: clear, fog, 
rain, or snow. 
Number 
striking. 
Number 
killed. 
Sharp-tailed Finch, ....... 
Aug. 22, 
11 p. m.. 
2 
0 
NW., light, . . . 
Cloudy. 
Small Beach Snipe 
Aug. 23, 
10.55 p. m.. 
6 
ti 
East, light, . . . 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Sept. 18, 
8 p. m.. 
43 
10 
W., NW., light. 
Rain. 
Blue Yellow-back Warbler, . . . 
i * * * 
4 
1 
4 * 4 4 
Reedblrd 
8.30 p. m.. 
6 
1 
• ‘ * * 
Connecticut Warbler, 
2 
2 
Red- throated Woodpecker, . . . 
9 p. m.. 
1 
1 
NW.. light. . . . 
Red-eyed Vireo 
11.20 p. m., 
4 
1 
Cloudy. 
Blue Yellow-back Warbler, . . . 
. . 
5 
1 
Cedarbird, 
1 
0 
Red-eyed Vireo, 
Sept. 19. 
3.15 a. m.. 
20 
7 
Reedblrd 
5 
1 
Yellow-shafted Flicker 
3.40 a. m.. 
1 
1 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
• * 
2 
0 
Cedarbird, 
• • • » 
1 
1 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
* . * * 
4 
1 
Red-eyed Vireo 
3 
3 
English Sparrow 
* ‘ * • 
1 
1 
Brown Thrush 
• » . » 
1 
0 
Olive-backed Thrush 
8.30 p. m.. 
2 
0 
West, light, . . 
Blue Yellow-back Warbler, . . . 
5 
0 
* * ‘ ‘ . • 
Connecticut Warbler, 
• * * * 
1 
1 
Maryland Yellow Throat 
10.50 p. m.. 
15 
4 
• t 4 * 
Reedblrd. 
\ V 
4 . .4 
3 
1 
Black-throated Blue Warbler. . . 
. » 
1 
1 
English Sparrow 
* * « . 
2 
0 
Scarlet Tanager 
• * • * 
4 
0 
i 4 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
Sept. 21, 
9 p. m.. 
1 
1 
NW.. light, . . . 
Clear. 
Red-eyed Vireo, 
* * 4 . 
7 
0 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
8 
1 
Golden Crowned Thrush, .... 
* ‘ * • 
2 
0 
Olive-backed Thrush 
4 4 
7 
1 
Creeping Warbler 
10.30 p. m., 
1 
0 
Connecticut Warbler 
Sept. 22. 
2.30 a. m.. 
1 
1 
Catbird 
2 
0 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
7 
1 
Reedbird 
1 
1 
Olive-backed Thrush. 
3 
0 
Herring Gull 
1 
3 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
10 p. m.. 
2 
0 
Sharp-tailed Finch 
• • * ‘ 
1 
0 
Red-eyed Vireo 
4 . 
13 
1 
Olive-backed Thrush 
Sept. 23. 
2.30 a. m.. 
4 
1 
Cedarbird 
1 
0 
Scarlet Tanager 
‘ * 
1 
0 
Red-eyed Vireo 
10 
1 
Golden Crowned Thrush 
3.10 a. m.. 
0 
0 
Blue Yellow-back Warbler. . . . 
5 
1 
Catbird 
2 
0 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Sep.. 24. 
9.50 p. m.. 
2 
0 
E. . NE. . moder’e. 
Rain. 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
1 
0 
Small Beach Snipe 
3 
3 
Red-eyed Vireo 
Sept. 21). 
9 p. m., 
7 
0 
NW. . light, . . . 
Olive-backed Thrush 
2 
0 
Maryland Yellow-throat 
2 
0 
Cedarbird 
Sept. 27, 
1.30 a. m. . 
2 
0 
Red-eyed Vireo 
25 
4 
Olive-backed Thrush 
3 
0 
English Sparrow, 
2 
0 
Yellow-shafted Flicker 
1 
0 
Beach Snipe 
1 
1 
1 4 
