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nith()l()i;ical expedition, but the l>ir(l sUulent should know at 

 least a little botany and entoinoloi^v, each overlapping- the other. 

 We tind a bird's nest in some bush and right away we ask, 

 " What kind of a Imsh is th.is ? " We catch a bird dining- upon 

 some insect and ag-ain we want to know what species of insect 

 it is. I recently heard a bird student remark that he did not 

 know a chestnut tree from an oak. How much pleasure he 

 must miss when afield ! The trees are the best of companions 

 when one is on speaking terms with them and especially are 

 the}- the friends of the bird student : for are they not the very 

 homes of the birds ? 



And what bird-lover is there but knows how the wild flowers 

 till in the little gaps in a day spent afield? Especially is this 

 true during the long summer noons when bird-life is so quiet — 

 all save the warble of the Red-eyed Vireo and the occasional 

 long-drawn note from a Wood Pewee. All the birds seem to be 

 taking a mid-day nap. Perhaps we have been on the bird quest 

 since early morning and now we begin to realize how hot the 

 day is. The vireo's warble grows monotonous and we think of 

 turning homJeward. But instead let us turn to the wild flowers 

 and who knows but that while stooping to examine some plant 

 we may unexpectedly flush a bird from her nest? How many 

 an ornithological treasure would have remained hidden had not 

 some flower's bright color lured me thither ! 



The New Jersey coast is cut up by inlets and sounds. These 

 sounds are separated from the ocean by stretches of salt marsh 

 and sandy beaches. Stone Hollow is situated at the southern end 

 of what is knowiii as Seven ^lile Beach in Cape INIay County. 

 It is the terminus of a little branch railroad which runs south 

 from Sea Isle City and, as one of the Botanists expressed it, 

 "is the only place yet wild." Here we have the natural beach 

 (unbroken by unsightly board walks) with the sand dunes 

 stretching away 1)ehin(l it, amd behind them the salt marshes. 



September 2d was a rainy day and when we arrived at Stone 

 Harbor we found there were only four in the party. We went 

 to sleep that night with a southeast gale blowing in from the 

 ocean and the waves thundering along the beach. The follow- 

 ing morning the wind continued southeast with a cloudv sky 



