. The oist . sectionalong west shore of lake. Cliff Swal-lows were very common here todayover this lake. September 2, 1911. An Osprey ap-peared locally for the first time. Birdwas an adult and was perched upona low stump near stream flowing fromDaveys Pond, a small pond in north-ern end of town. September 10, 1911. A male Caro-lina Wren, a rather uncommon birdhere, appeared today in thicket nearEast Orange line. First of this spe-cies seen locally since August 7, 1910. Se])tember .11, 1911. A femaleBlackburnian Warbler found in thissame thicket today. September 24, 1911. Two male Pied-bill Gre
. The oist . sectionalong west shore of lake. Cliff Swal-lows were very common here todayover this lake. September 2, 1911. An Osprey ap-peared locally for the first time. Birdwas an adult and was perched upona low stump near stream flowing fromDaveys Pond, a small pond in north-ern end of town. September 10, 1911. A male Caro-lina Wren, a rather uncommon birdhere, appeared today in thicket nearEast Orange line. First of this spe-cies seen locally since August 7, 1910. Se])tember .11, 1911. A femaleBlackburnian Warbler found in thissame thicket today. September 24, 1911. Two male Pied-bill Grebes found at Pompton Lakes,in Passaic Co. Both birds were adultsin full plumage. October 8, 1911. Pine Warblers,Pipits and Wood Thrushes very com-mon at Pompton Lakes today. Anothermale Pied-bill Grebe found on Pomp-ton Lake. October 25, 1911. Another maleCarolina Wren appeared in same placeas one found on September 10th. Thisbird sang continually from noon untilnightfall when it disappeared. 294 THE OOLOGIST. Nest and Eggs of White-eyed Towhee —Photo by O. E. Baynard. THE OOLOGIST 295 Xovember 19, 1911. A Catbird wasfound in Branch Brook Park at noonamong the low shrubbery. This is anunusually late record for this bird lo-cally. The latest previous record wasmade on October .23d, 1903, twenty-seven days earlier than that of bird was feeding upon the fewbay-berries and other available foodwhich remained and appeared verycontented. Louis S. Kohler. From Texas. On two different occasions thisspring I have found American Crownests containing, respectively, seveneggs and four young just hatched andthree eggs ready to hatch. This isthe only instances under my obser-vation in twenty-five years wherethere was more than six in a it out of the ordinary? For the last two or three weeks Ihave been watching a female EnglishSparrow on the streets of bird has a white head and abouthalf down the neck is white. A glanceat it reminds one of the head of a Scisso
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