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worth mentioning. On the top of a hill between Bolivar 

 Brook and Bennett Brook I have found Red-headed and 

 Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers very abnndant. 



Bennett Brook flows through a narrow valley bounded by 

 hills of medium height and for the most part heavily wooded. 

 This part of the country, being in oil country language, 

 " off the belt," has not been materially changed by any 

 operations for oil, consequently it has remained in possession 

 of the orio'inal owners who are flirmers. It was aloncj; this 

 stream that I did most of my collecting. Wagoner's Run is 

 a small stream of which I know but little having visited it 

 but a few^ times. Marilla Run is quite a large stream and 

 near the upper end presents a very favorable location for 

 investigation; but on account of the distance I have only 

 been to the upper end twice, though often to the lower, 

 and there found one of the best locations I have seen. 



There is no large body of water here, neither have I 

 found any extensive swamps. In places along the several 

 streams are small tracts of marshy land, but nothing that 

 can be compared with the fresh water marshes which border 

 some of our rivers in Massachusetts. 



The land lies at an elevation of from 1440 feet, at the 

 Erie Depot, to 2500 feet, the highest point in McKean Co. 

 The hills around Bradford vary from 200 to 500 feet in 

 height. ^' The forests consist principally of Hemlock, Spruce, 

 White Pine, Beech, Cucumber, Wild Cherry, Maple, Poplar 

 and Oak trees (White and Scrub). Occasionally Chestnut 

 Birch, Ash, and Willow. The undergrowth is made up 

 mostly of. Laurel, Rhododendron, and Hazel." (Report P. — 

 Second Geo. Survey.) 



1. TuEDUS ]SHGEATORius. — Aljout as abundant as at home, 

 though not seen as plentifully in the city proper, on account 

 of the scarcity of trees. I have never seen this species 



