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of the hills in the eastern portion are capped by woodland and 

 in the southern portion quite large woods extend over the low 

 level areas. 



With such a varied topography Licking county is able to 

 attract a very rich avifauna. In the spring the reservoir abounds 

 in water-fowl and shore birds, the woodlands are thronged with 

 Warblers, Kinglets and Vireos and the fields are alive with 

 Sparrows, Larks and Doves. In the past three years nearly all 

 of the following 203 species of birds have been recorded, rep- 

 resenting fourteen orders and forty-four families. Of these 27 

 are permanent residents, 79 are summer residents, 9 are winter 

 residents, 80 are transient visitants and 8 are accidental visitants. 



It seems clear that the Robin, Bluebird and Redheaded 

 Woodpecker are gradually becoming adapted to endure the 

 winters of this region. When favored by a good supply of 

 beech nuts, large numbers of Redheaded Woodpeckers may be 

 found, on the coldest winter days, in the Spring Valley Glen. 

 Bluebirds are fairly common in this same locality during the 

 winter and Robins have been recorded on the college campus 

 in January and F'ebruary. It is quite evident that where there 

 is an abundance of food for these birds the cold of winter has 

 but little influence in driving them south. 



Quite a large number of birds recorded in the county are 

 very local in their distribution. Most of the aquatic birds are 

 local to the Licking reservoir. The Traills Flycatcher is found 

 only at the Licking reservoir and Hass lake during the breed- 

 ing season. The Dickcissel, though pretty generally distributed 

 through the count)-, is found most abundantly in Granville, 

 Newark and Newton townships. The increase in the number 

 of these birds in the past tliree years has been something phe- 

 nomenal. In the spring and summer of 19OI I recorded one 

 Dickcissel. In the spring and summer of 1902 I foiuid them 

 fairly common and this year, 1903, they are really abundant. 

 Going from Granville to Newark by wheel I have counted as 

 many as thirty along the roadside. They were perched on the 

 telephone wires, in trees, on the fence or some waving weed 

 from which they ceaselessly poured forth their monotonous 



