offers a large variety of conditions, and gives opportunity for 

 observation of a goodly number of interesting birds. 



That portion of the district which borders <^he harbor may 

 be reached by the Steamboat car, with a change at the freight 

 tracks; or at the other end by the Lighthousv- car without 

 change : — the latter also makes accessible a portion of the Sound 

 shore and some tracts of marsh and swamp. Other portions of 

 the district farther to the east are reached by the Bran ford 

 and Momauguin cars. F. F. B. 



THE S ALTON STALL REGION. 



Lake Saltonstall is a body of water about two miles in 

 length, the lower end of which is near the East Haven Green. 

 Along the entire west side is a narrow ridge of trap rock rising 

 about one hundred feet above the Lake, sloping very steeply to 

 the water and less precipitously to the bottom lands of the 

 Foxon river. This ridge is covered about equally with conifers 

 and hardwoods although the evergreens predominate at each 

 end. 



The railroad tracks cross the Lake near its south end and 

 all of it which is of any interest to ornithologists lies north of 

 these tracks. 



On the east side the land slopes gently to the water from 

 a hill of about the same height as the ridge on the west. Open 

 meadows, cedar thickets, and small patches of woodland alter- 

 nate for about three-quarters of the distance to the upper end, 

 from which point fairly heavy timber extends the rest of the 

 way to the head, where there is a small sandy plain, once a 

 village site of the Ouinnipiac Indians. Above this plain and 

 the head of the Lake rises a steep and heavily wooded slope 

 which is an extension of the western ridge. 



Several small streams and numerous springs flow into the 

 Lake from the east, and there are many sandy beaches along 

 this shore. 



The variety of country together with its isolated position 

 makes Saltonstall an ideal place at which to find many of the 

 rare and wilder varieties of birds, as well as for many common 

 ones. 



Among the evergreens Hawks, Owls and many snviller 

 birds are found, including some species which breed only locally 



