-Qiras observed m Naval Hospital 
Grounds. Brooklyn, G.H.Couea 
44. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Chewink. - Very abundant. 
Soil. N. 0.0. 4, Jan., 1879. p, 32 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.Jti.Memain. 
75- Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn s pr ,.„ , 
and confined to the borders of the Adirondack. 
Chewink. — R are, 
Bull. N, 0.0, 8, Oct, 1881, p, 230 
April 27, Pipilo erytlirophthalmvs, (587). 
Towhee. 
O.&O. XI. July. 1886 . p. 109 
%dsMt*aas>,N,Y. Alton Lo™, 
_ ush and margins of the woods. 
** ' 3 °“ S Vi fSKJ©, IQUQ, p.83 
vjiiHiuo, _ ty Nork, 
‘William L, Ralph & Egbert Bagg 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus. — A fine male killed in New Hartford, May 
12, 1889, is our second record. 
Auk, WL JuIJT'iSWp'. 23/. 
. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus.— What I saw of the Towhee was very differ- 
ent from Mr. Bicknell’s experience with it. He says: “Except on mv 
latest trip to the Catskills, when it was twice noted in the Big Indian 
Valley, this bird was not observed.” During my stay at Overlook Moun- 
tain (July 14-18) I found Towhees plenty all over the top of the moun- 
tain (altitude 3150 ft.), perhaps most so in a tract, burnt over some time 
ago, where a second growth of scrub oak five or six feet high had grown 
up among the dead oaks most of which were still standing. I heard them 
singing every day of my stay. July 15 I shot a full-grown young in first 
plumage, attended by both its parents. JStXlki Wit July, 18 & 0 , p„ 
Auk. XV, April, 1898, p. 1 1 6 
Wintering of the Towhee ( Pipilo erythrophthalmus ) at Rockaway 
Beach, L. I. On the 29th of January, 1898, I made a collecting trip to 
Rockaway Beach in the hope of seeing some winter birds, as the weather 
had been very cold for several days, and on the day in question the air 
was full of flying snow. While passing through a small thicket of 
brambles I felt sure I heard the Towhee’s note, and started in to investi- 
gate. Although he was exceedingly wild, I at length caught a glimpse of 
him, and by remaining quiet for some time eventually secured him. 
Later in the day, I found three more, all males, as was the one I shot. 
It is quite evident that this bird occasionally winters much further north 
than is generally supposed, as there are also records from Longwood, 
Mass., on Christmas, and Bedford, Mass., on Jan. 2 (Auk, July, 1896). 
Mr. L. S. Foster informs me that he secured a specimen on Feb. 22, 
near Oradell, N. J. — Harry Webb Floyd, New York City. 
