20 THE BIRDS OF SOMERSET HILLS 



followed at 3:38 by a Chipping Spar- 

 row. At 3:50 the caw-caw of the Crow 

 was heard, and at 4:02 the beautiful song 

 of the Wood Thrush came to my ears. 

 A Mourning Dove cooed at 4:08, and a 

 Catbird uttered its call at 4:25. The 

 clucking of the Grackle was heard at 

 4:30, and I heard the Black-and-White 

 Warbler's thin wiry note at 4:38, which 

 was followed twelve minutes later 

 (4:50) by the sad minor notes of the 

 Field Sparrow. At 5:05 the Warbling 

 Vireo sang its song, and the low, pene- 

 trating and strongly contrasting notes of 

 the Pewee fell upon the air at 5:25. 

 Finally at 5:29 A.M. I heard the nasal 

 note of the Nuthatch. 



While most of these are not typically 

 ^' House Birds " yet they all feed or 

 roost at times in the vicinity of our 

 homes. 



