The OoLOGisT. 



VOL. XV. NO. 7. 



ALBION, N. Y., JULY, 1898. 



Whole No. 146 



A Day With the Parulas. L\ke A more bt^auiiful .-^pot is hard 



ro tinrl It is one <f those wilderness 



In the south western portion <it like p^a'^es whii-h give the impression 



Rhode Island, close by the boundary ot of bejug mi'es from c'viiiz itioa. Two 



Connecticut, and jn<t in .sigh: of the .sidts :iietilh-fl ii. with iHigied masses 



'^mfssx' 



Nest of Parula Warbler. From Photo by F. J. B., Haversham. R. L 



eastern end of Long Island, is a small 

 post oflice district which gjoes by the 

 name of Ha.versham. It is a low lying 

 place facing the ocean and covereil by 

 numerous small swamps and sloughs. 

 The tide ])oud in front is open to the 

 sea only by a narrow branch, in ami 

 out through which the tide surges with 

 great rapidity. The east end of this 

 pond is styled Inonocontang, and four 

 miles back from its shore is Wauchog 



of cedar and alder growth, one end is 

 partially cleared off, and the remaining 

 side forms a forest of tall Hornbeams. 

 It was to this lake that ou June 1st I 

 directed my way in company with a 

 friend. The day was not particularly 

 tine, a strong north east wind wind 

 was chtirning up the surface of the lake 

 and every little while great drops of 

 rain splashed down. Securing one of 

 the fishing ^kiff-t of the i»iace we started 



