THE - 



WILSON BULLETIN 



NO. 49 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 



VOL. XVI DECEMBER, J904 NO. 4 



• KKARSARGE" BIRDS. 



BV K. II. AXn H. E. PORTKK. 



Kear.sarge, N. H., is situated in a narrow \alle\ of the 

 White Mountains, having Moat Mountain and tlie noted White 

 Horse ledges on the west, Mt. Kearsarge on the north, and 

 Rattlesnake Range on the east. Through a "notcli" to the 

 northwest, the railroad leads to P'ab^-ans and the higher peaks. 

 Three villages are situated in this valley: Kearsarge, North 

 Conwa>' and Inter\-ale. These villages are all interesting 

 from an ornithologieal standpoint owing to the \er\- varied 

 countr}-, but at Kearsarge village the birds are niainl\- lho.se 

 of the woods and fields, alnio.st the only water being tlie dimin- 

 utive Kearsarge Ijrook. 



Our summer home is some two hundred feet from the road, 

 the inter\ening space being lawn, on which the (ioldfinches 

 and Robins are especially numerous. With the exception of a 

 few acres of haj'-fields, the remaining twenty-four acres of 

 land are woods, througli which Kearsarge brook runs. 



This li.st was compiled during July, August and a ])art of 

 September. Barel>- six /oiio hunts were made during that 

 period, the birds seen mereh- chanced to meet our sight, but 

 we always carried gla.s.ses. In the list those s])ecies 

 marked * were .seen on our own place, tho.se marked f breed- 

 ing there. 



In addition to those s])ecies named, the Towhee, Black - 

 throated Blue Warbler and Pileated Woodpecker were heard. 



1. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. This sijecie.s was seen 

 once in July. l)ut .scvcimI times afterwiirds. Breeds in the Interval* 

 marshes, 



2. Ardea herodias. (ireut Blue Heron. Only once .seen, the only 



