Some Notes on the Summer Birds of Monongalia Co., 

 West Virginia. 



In the spring of 1895, when I brought into use the bicycle, as 

 a part of my outfit for bird study, I found it so convenient that 

 I concluded to make several trips into West Virginia to record 

 notes on the summer birds of Monongalia County, adjoining 

 Greene County, Pennsylvania, on the south. 



Business interests at home, however, intervened to prevent 

 more than two of these trips and these for only a day at a time. 

 Both trips were made to Blacksville, a little town just over the 

 State line, fourteen miles south of W'aynesburg, and the run 

 south was made in the evenings. 



On the afternoon of May 31, 1895, I prepared to make the 

 first trip. At the suggestion of a member of the family, I al- 

 lowed the picture of myself and outfit to be taken, and is pre- 

 sented here in memory of my brother's good old dog Fred, an 

 English Setter, a faithful old friend, who accompanied me on 

 many of my trips to the woods and fields, making his last trip 

 in the Summer of 1897, a short time before he went the way of 

 all worldly flesh. He was fourteen years old. 



Leaving Waynesburg at 4:45 P. M., I arrived at the Strosnid- 

 ei House, the village inn of Blacksville, at 7:30, having stopped 

 a few minutes at different points along the route to record notes 

 and allow the old dog to rest. 



Along the route, and before I reached the State line, I ob- 

 served thirty-five species of birds. Twenty-three of these were 

 seen in abundance as follows : Cardinal, Catbird, Bronzed 

 Crackle, Song Sparrow. Towhce, Indigo Bunting, Belted King- 

 fisher. Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, Yellow-breast- 

 ed Chat, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Robin, Northern 

 Yellow-throat, Cliff, Bank and Barn Swallows, Warbling Vireo, 

 Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Green Heron, Wood Thrush 

 and Field Sparrow. 



Nine species were observed to be fairly common: Meadow- 



