SUMMER BIRDS OF SULLIVAN AND WYOMING COUNTIES. 21 



The cutting of the timber and the fires which so frequently follow 

 totally change the aspect of the country and completely exterminate 

 many of the boreal plants, while the altered conditions admit of the 

 introduction of a more southern fauna, as evidenced by the presence of 

 late years of the Cottontail Rabbit, Quail, Towhee, Indigo Bird, Yellow 

 Warbler, Thrasher, Chat, etc. The absence of the Crackle and Or- 

 chard Oriole is interesting. The list of summer birds follows : 

 Colinus virginianus, Bob White. Not common, more so since the timber has 



been cut. 

 Bonasa utnbellus, Pheasant. Abundant. 



Ectopistes migratorius, Wild Pigeon. Formerly very abundant; not fonnd now. 

 Zenaidura macroura, Dove. Common. 

 Circus hudsonius, Marsh Hawk. 

 Accipiter velox, Sharp Shinned Hawk. 

 Accipiter cooperi, Coofer's Hawk. 



Accipiter atricapillus, Goshawk. Breeds regularly. (See Stone, Aui 1897, p. 317). 

 Buteo borealis, Red-tailed Hawk. 

 Buteo lineatus, Red-shouldered Hawk. 

 Buteo latissimus, Broad-winged Hawk. 

 Falco sparverius, Sparrow Hawk. 

 Asio accipitrinus, Short-eared Owl. 

 Syrnium nebulosum, Barred Owl. Common. 

 Nyctala acadica, Saw Whet Owl. Common; obtained young m juvenal plumage, 



June, 1898. 

 Megascops asio, Screech Owl. 

 Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Black-Billed Cuckoo. Common. 

 Ceryle alcyon, Kingfisher. Common along streams. 

 Dryobates viilosus, Hairy Woodpecker. Common. 

 Dryobates pubescens medianus, Downy Woodpecker. Less common than the 



preceding. 

 Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Very common, and many trees, 



both birch and hemlock, attest its drilling abilities. 

 Ceophloeus pileatus abieticoia, Pileated Woodpecker. Formerly common, 



rapidly disappearing during the last few years. 

 Melanerpes erythrccephalus, Red-Headed Woodpecker. Very rare, noted in 



the cleared ground east of Lopez in June, 1899. 

 Colaptes auratus luteus, Flicker. 

 Antrostomus vociferus, Whippoorwill. Common now; not found at all before 



the lumbering began. 

 Chordeiles virginianus, Night Hawk. Not common. 

 Chaetura pelagica, Chimney Swift. Abundant. 

 Trochilus colubri>', Hummingbird. Common. 

 Tyrannus tyrannus, Kingbird. Common. 

 Sayornis phoebe, Phoebe. Common. 

 Contopus borealis, Olive-sided Flycatcher. Rather common; scattered at 



intervals over the mountains, its penetrating call heard continually. Nest found 



June, 1898. 



