30 ri!ocf:EDiKGs of the 



the water for about tlireo miles. This quiet water is Pocono 

 lake. Although made for strictly utilitarian ends — the produc- 

 tion of ice — the lake is not without beauty of its own type, and 

 interest to the bird-lover. Since the lake is of rather recent 

 date, the trees along its edges killed by the rise of the water are 

 in many places still standing. A canoe may often be worked 

 in among them for some distance. Many of those which once 

 stood nearest to the stream have been cut off near the present 

 water level. The resulting logs have drifted intoTafts which 

 skirt the shores in many places. 



The woodland surrounding the lake is strikingly different 

 from the scrubby region before mentioned. The trees mostly de- 

 ciduous, have attained a good growth. Occasional groups of 

 white pines, hemlocks, sj:)ruces and balsams serve to diversify 

 the scenery and provide accommodations for certain kinds of 

 birds. 



Speaking broadly, the birds of the region near Pocono lake 

 may be divided into three or more classes according to the na- 

 ture of the districts which they inhabit. In such a classification 

 it must not be supposed that most of the species confine them- 

 selves entirely to those places of which they are characteristic. 

 Comparatively little of my stay of two weeks, following the 16th 

 of 7th month, was spent in the scrubby region. My list for 

 this locality is therefore confessedly incomplete. 



Combining those species found in the cultivated spots, with 

 those frequenting the scrubby growth, the birds observed by me 

 are as follows: 



Turtle Dove, Song Sparrow, 



Flicker, Chipping Sjiarrow, 



Night Hawk, Field Sparrow, 



Chimney Swift, Indigobird, 



Hummingbird, Cedarbird, 



Kingbird, Barn Swallow, 



Phoebe, Cliff Swallow, 



Meadow Lark, Maryland Yellow-throat, 



Red-winged Blackbird, Brown Thrasher, 



Purple Crackle, Catbird, 



Baltimore Oriole, House Wren, 



