a beautiful poem, "The Veery," oriole, whip-poor-will, king- 

 bird, white crowned sparrow, catbird, goldfinch, in summer 

 plumage, bobolink, house wren and hummingbird. 



The olive-sided and crested flycatchers while nesting at 

 North Auburn and No Name pond have not been seen in 

 migration near the city for several years. 



The most exciting day of all the spring is warbler day 

 about May 20th. From then on the remaining warblers and 

 other birds arrive. These are the Canadian, baybreasted, 

 blackburnian, Tennessee, Wilson's (black cap), Cape May 

 (still rare) and black poll warblers, the olive-backed thrush, 

 black billed cuckoo (Prof. Stanton told me the yf^llow billed 

 was here some years), nighthawk, scarlet tanager, the bird 

 that causes the most excitement because of his beautiful 

 red and black plumage, wood pewee, cedar waxwing, indigo 

 bunting, alder flycatcher and now and then a yellow bellied 

 flycatcher. 



John Burroughs says June of all the months the ornitholo- 

 gist can least afford to lose. Birds are then in full song and 

 plumage. Birds we find after the middle of June presumably 

 nest with us. These are redwing blackbird, bluebird, 

 bobolink, indigo bunting, bittern, catbird, chebec, 

 chickadee (black cap,) cowbird, crow, black billed 

 cuckoo, purple finch, flicker, goldfinch, bronzed grack- 

 le, rose breasted grosbeak, we see the herring gull every day 

 over the river but I do not know of its nesting, ruffed grouse 

 or partridge, American sparrow, marsh, red shouldered and 

 sharp-shinned hawks, green heron, hummingbird, kingbird. 

 I have seen a nest with eggs of the junco on David's Moun- 

 tain in June, indicating that the first brood was raised here, 

 kingfisher, prairie horned lark, purple martin, meadowlark, 

 nighthawk, oriole, ovenbird, wood pewee, phoebe, redstart, 

 robin, spotted sandpiper, shrike (migrant), chipping, En- 

 glish, field, savanna, song, swamp, vesper, and white throat- 

 ed sparrows, starling, bank, barn, eave, and tree swallows, 

 chimney swift, brown thrasher, hermit and Wilson's thrush, 

 redeyed, warbling and yellowthroated vireos, black and 

 white, black throated green, chestnut-sided, myrtle, Nash- 

 ville, pine, and yellow warblers, cedar waxwing, whip-poor- 

 will, downy woodpecker, house wren, and Maryland yellow- 

 throat, nuthatches nest at Lake Auburn and woodcock at No 

 Name Pond. They may nest in the locality covered by this 

 paper. I have seen a bald eagle over Riverside Cemetery, 

 but it does not nest here. I have said little about water 

 birds as we have so little chance to observe them. Those I 



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