visit Foxon connlry get off at first road on the right after cross- 

 ing under the raih'oad hridge and follow this road for about a 

 mile. To get to Aluddy River continue on car beyond five cent 

 limit and ask conductor to stop at road to Muddy River. 



A. W. H. 



WEST SHORE. 



'riie Sandspit so often referred to in this bulletin is one 

 of the best places about here to see shore birds as well as many 

 other kinds. It is best reached by taking the West Haven 

 trolley to the corner of First avenue and Main street and the 

 going south along First Avenue till you reach the salt marsh 

 back of it. One may then either cross the marsh directly to the 

 beach or go round by way of the road. On the beach one may 

 often see in late Summer and Autumn numbers of shore birds. 

 Along shore to W'oodmont and beyond is a good place to look 

 for gulls and ducks when they are here. 



P. L. B. 



THE EAST SHORE. 



This district may be said to begin at the east end of the 

 Tomlinson bridge ; running from that point along the harbor 

 shore to Lighthouse I'oint, then along the Sound shore to Bran- 

 ford Harbor. Included within the district are muddy, sandy, and 

 rocky stretches of shore; salt marshes traversed by small rivers 

 and creeks ; and several areas of swampy woods and fields. 

 During the Winter and Spring Herring Gulls may be seen in 

 great numbers feeding on the mud-flats in the harbor ; and far- 

 ther out many ducks of several kinds. Along the Sound shore 

 ducks, loons, grebes and gulls are to be found at the proper sea- 

 sons, with occasional shore-birds on the beaches and rocky 

 points. At low tide sandpipers of several kinds run about in 

 the beds of the water-courses ; kingfishers make their nests along 

 at least one of the streams, — the East Haven River ; and in the 

 grasses and sedges of the salt marsh may be found Marsh Wrens 

 and rails. In the wooded tracts numerous warblers, thrushes, 

 and other small birds make their temporary or permanent home 

 according to habit; in some of the low woody places the songs 

 of the Veery and the Ovenbird make a trip well worth while in 

 the late Spring or the early Summer. Altogether, the district 



