. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ich the nest is lo-cated bears an important part onthese moonlight sonatas. At numer-ous points in Northern Passaic Coun-ty, pairs have been observed through-out their nuptial periods and thenightly concerts have been rather ab-breviated as to those which I now hearnightly. At Butler, Midvale, PomptonLakes and Hawthorne, where I hadtime to spend in intensive work, thenight songs only consisted of a fewsnatches uttered probably once ortv/ice during a night. But here inRichfield, the males sing sometimesfor fifteen or twenty minutes
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . ich the nest is lo-cated bears an important part onthese moonlight sonatas. At numer-ous points in Northern Passaic Coun-ty, pairs have been observed through-out their nuptial periods and thenightly concerts have been rather ab-breviated as to those which I now hearnightly. At Butler, Midvale, PomptonLakes and Hawthorne, where I hadtime to spend in intensive work, thenight songs only consisted of a fewsnatches uttered probably once ortv/ice during a night. But here inRichfield, the males sing sometimesfor fifteen or twenty minutes at onetime and they may be heard in similarperiods throughout the night. Is ispossible that the nearer they are lo-cated to the northern limits of theirnatural range in their respectivefaunal area bears any significance ontheir night singing? I would verymuch like to hear from observers inthe southern New York counties alongthe northern border of New Jerseyand adjacent Pennsylvania countiesbordering on the Delaware north ofthe 41st parallel. Louis S. THE OOLOQIST 109 TWO NOTABLE RECORDS On January 30th, last (1923),I waswatching a mixed group of Chickadees,Nuthatches (White and Red-breasted),Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, feed-ing on dormant wood ants, exposed bywood cutters splitting up a large deadbasswood tree in a 20-acre wood-lot,located on the south edge of the townof Chili, Monroe County, New York. It was an extremely cold day, tem-perature hovering around zero, witha stiff west wind and snow squalls. I noticed a small bird in the under-brush, evidently keeping company withthem, the first glimpse reminding meof a Purple Finch in fall plumage. On closer inspection, I recognizedthe Gray-crowned Leucosticte (RosyFinch). I have had skins of this birdon several occasions, but this wasmy first chance to observe a live stayed close around for half anhour, at times as close as fifteen feet,and there was no question as to iden-tity. Eaton did not find a state rec
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