8 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 50. 



go, was suspended from a two-inch limb, containing little or 

 no muss outside of that of which the nest was constructed; 1>nt 

 this I do not consider a typical nest. 



The inside measurements of the nests vary, ranging 

 about one and a half to two inches both in depth and diameter. 



The eggs show a remarkable variation both in size and shape. 

 They have a white ground color, and are more heavily dotted 

 with reddish brown and lilac at the larger ends, often forming 

 a ring around them. 



I lamden, X. T. 



SUMMER BIRDS OF SI '.MM IT (UNION COUNTY), 

 NEW JERSEY, AND VICINITY. 



Q\ l.A RUE K. HOLMES. 



Summit is located on the crest of the Second Mountain, at an 

 elevation varying from 300 to 520 feet above sea level. The 

 surrounding hills were at one time well wooded, lint most of 

 the timber now standing is of recent growth, only a few small 

 tracts of virgin forest now remain and these are being rap- 

 idly cut. The cover is for the most part deciduous, there heing- 

 hnt few proves of coniferous trees in this neighborhood that I 

 know of. The ground is furrowed in every direction by 

 streams, mostly of a small size and a river (the Passaic), runs 

 through the center of the territory covered by this list. Several 

 fresh-water swamps of considerable area are within walking 

 distance of Summit and are frequently visited. 



As will be seen from the list. Summit is located between the 

 Carolinian and Alleghanian zones; and such Carolinian birds 

 as Bseolophus bicolor, Thryothorus ludovicianus, [cteria vi- 

 rens ; and Alleghanian birds as Dendroica pensylvanica, Ha- 

 hia ludoviciana, etc.. are found breeding here. 



1. Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. — A rare summer resident, formerly 

 more common. A pair succeeded in rearing a brood of 8, this last 

 summer (1904) within three miles of Summit. The parent birds 

 with the young were seen daily by many people and were appar- 

 ently devoid 'of fear. 



2. Botaurus lentiginosis. American Bittern. — A rare summer 

 resident in the large fresh-water marshes. I only know of three 

 nests having been found. 



