122 ■ The Wilson Bulletin — No. 57. 



made me think them the Rough-winged, since I am not very 

 familiar with either species, but a closer view showed plainly 

 the light rump, placing their identity beyond question. At 

 Ivaquette Lake two telephone wires extend from the mainland 

 to an island, unsupported for 400 or 500 feet, perhaps more ; 

 and for more than half this distance swallows lined these wires 

 at sunset one evening as we paddled below them. We esti- 

 mated the number of birds on the wires at fully 500, and the 

 air over the lake as far as we could see was lively with 

 others. It was almost too dark to be certain of the identity 

 of these swallows, but they were probably Tree Swallows. At 

 other times we saw both the Bank and the Rough-winged Swal- 

 lows, while Barn Swallows and Chimney Swift were noted 

 near the village of Old Forge, Blue Mountain Lake, and Long 

 Lake. 



In nearly all our camps the early morning call of the Red- 

 eyed Vireo was almost as penetrating and insistent as the scold- 

 ing of the English Sparrow near the settlements. Yellow-throat- 

 ed and Blue-headed Vireos were also seen, though rarely : but 

 no Warbling, White-eyed, or Philadelphia Vireos were either 

 heard or seen ; possibly because they had already begun the 

 fall migration. This was certainly true of many warblers, since 

 only late stayers were in evidence — Myrtle, Black-throated 

 Blue, Black-throated Green, Pine, Canadian, Yellow, and Black 

 and White, were fairly common, as were the Oven-bird and 

 Water-Thrush ; while one or more individuals were seen of 

 Northern Parula, Cape May, Magnolia, and Chestnut-sided 

 W^arblers, and American Redstart and Northern Yellow-throat. 



The calls of many flycatchers were heard at various times, 

 but upon one of our side trips — ^to Little Moose Lake — we 

 found about an old lumber camp what appeared to be a para- 

 dise for these alert insect hunters. In less than ten minutes, 

 and without leaving my seat upon a convenient stump beside 

 the road, I was able to identify positively the Kingbird, Phoebe, 

 Wood Pewee, Crested Flycatcher, Least Fhcatcher, and Yel- 

 low-bellied Flycatcher, wdiile what was probably the Olive- 

 sided obstinately kept disappointingly out of range. All of these 



