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damp earth, and sometimes they stagger along the river bank in plain 
view of the spectators above. 
Since my visits to the region are usually with groups of about 
a hundred people, little can be accomplished in the identification of 
birds. Then too, many wet spots afford places for myriads of 
mosquitoes. 
On June 30 and July 1, 1937, I was able to spend three hours 
each morning in quiet observation. Merrill Isely, an accurate bird 
student once of Kansas but now of Gaziantep, Turkey, assisted in tak- 
ing the census. 
The following birds were identified as summer residents: Green 
Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, Bob-white, Woodcock, Spotted Sand- 
piper, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 
Belted Kingfisher, Flicker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Kingbird, Crested 
Flycatcher, Phoebe, Acadian Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Wood 
Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Crow, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted 
Nuthatch, House Wren, Carolina Wren, Robin, Wood Thrush, Yellow- 
throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Black and White 
Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana 
Water Thrush, Redstart, Meadowlark, Orchard Oriole, Bronzed 
Grackle, Cowbird, Scarlet Tanager, Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 
Indigo Bunting, Goldfinch, Vesper Sparrow and Song Sparrow. 
Esther A. Craigmile, Maywood. 
A Florida Bird List for New Year's Day 
Perhaps this ought to be called a “Lazy Lady’s List” for it is not a 
Christmas list and neither is it one that covers all the birds in the country 
’round as a Christmas list is supposed to do. I was visiting Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles W. Melcher whose cozy home is in a true Florida jungle, three 
miles from the nearest habitation at Homosassa Spring's, about one hun- 
dred miles north of Tampa. Making myself comfortable on a couch on 
the porch, I faced south with the river about fifteen feet away and the 
landscape stretching to the east, south and west, giving a view of a dis- 
tance varying from a quarter of a mile to a mile. Across the river the 
rushes extend back almost a mile, with palmettos here and there, and then 
the jungle beyond. So, on the couch with my books and binoculars, I just 
played lazy, not caring whether or not I ever moved. One time during the 
day, however, I drove about five miles on an errand with my hostess. 
Here is my day’s list: Anhinga 10; Pied-billed Grebe 25; Florida 
Cormorant 50; Ward’s Heron 6; American Egret 5; Louisiana Heron 2; 
Snowy Egret 15; Black-crowned Night Heron 50; Mallard 15; Baldpate 50; 
Turkey Vulture 25; Red-shouldered Hawk 1; Marsh Hawk 1; Osprey 2; 
Sparrow Hawk 8; Florida Gallinule 10; American Coot 25: Killdeer 6; 
Solitary Sandpiper 1; Mourning Dove 5; Horned Owl 1; Kingfisher 2; 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3; Pileated Woodpecker 1; Phoebe 2; Tree Swallow 
50; Blue Jay 8; Florida Crow 12; Fish Crow 1; Tufted Titmouse 2; Florida 
Wren 1; Mockingbird 10; Robin 50; Bluebird 5; Loggerhead Shrike 2; 
Myrtle Warbler 4; Palm Warbler 6; Florida Yellowthroat 1; Meadowlark 
3; Red-winged Blackbird 100; Boat-tailed Grackle 6; Florida Grackle 15; 
Cardinal 5; White-eyed Towhee 1; Savannah Sparrow 1. Total, 45 species; 
594 individuals.—Catherine A. Mitchell. 
