58 BULLETIN No. 36 



56 degrees at the start to near 70 degrees. Bird voices filled 

 every cubic centimeter of air, and our spirits and hopes rose 

 accordingly. Just in the edge of the woods an unkno>vn song 

 occupied our attention for full fifteen minutes, until the singer 

 gave us a full view of his yellow body and shining black hood — 

 Hooded Warbler. He is the first of his species for both of us, and 

 an addition to the county list. In another part of the woods we 

 stumbled upon a pair of the rare Golden-winged Warbler, appar- 

 ently in search of a dwelling place. While we were at breakfast 

 another Golden-wing sang for us from a bush hard by. 



At 8 o'clock we left the woods and pushed on for the lake 

 shore and its swamps, picking up several species by the way. 

 While there were surprises in the appearance of some species 

 which we had not reason to expect, there were also disappoint- 

 ments in the absence of many which there was every reason to 

 expect, so that the outcome of the day's work was in consider- 

 able doubt. The way some unusual species had of coming out 

 to show themselves at just the right time for us to record them 

 became not simply encouraging but even amusing. No doubt 

 the foggy morning had something to do with that condition. 



At the lake shore the American Herring Gull was the only 

 bird to be seen which might not have been found elsewhere ; 

 but the swamps graciously yielded a plentiful crop of interesting 

 species. During lunch our list grew amazingly. The birds 

 seemed to focus their attention upon us in spite of ourselves. 

 • There can scarcely be a doubt that several more species would 

 have been seen here if there had been time to beat about for an 

 hour or two longer. The field was by no means exhausted 

 when the hour for returning came. But in spite of the limita- 

 tions the list numbered 109 species for the day's work, falling 

 but three below the best record. 



A scrutiny of the appended list will show that of the 109 

 species but eleven are water birds, and of the eleven only five 

 were seen outside of the distinctively Oberlin fauna. The list 

 includes seven birds of prey, four out of the six woodpeckers, 

 seven flycatchers, but thirteen sparrows, but four of the six 

 swallows, all four vireos, twenty-one warblers, and all but one 

 of the thrushes. 



