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as common as the Winter wren and broods of young were found at an alti- 

 tude of 3500 feet. The Red-belHed nuthatch was abundant throughout 

 the region. The White -bcUied nuthatch was not found in Essex county, 

 but was observed by Messrs Fuller and Taylor near Saranac Inn and 

 Racquet lake. The Chickadee was common to an altitude of 3600 feet. 

 Families of Hudsonian chickadees with young recently from the nest were 

 found ill the Upper Ausable swamp and near Skylight camp. The Golden- 

 crowned kinglet was common from an altitude of 2000 to 4000 feet. A 

 single Ruby-crowned kinglet was seen on the slope of Mt Marcy at an alti- 

 ttide of 4000 feet. 



All species of the Thrush family, known to breed in the State, were found 

 within 7 miles of Mt Marcy. Several pairs of Wood thrushes were breed- 

 ing in the woods at the foot of the Upper Ausable lake, altitude 2000 feet, 

 and two of their nests were found. The Wilson thrush was fairh- common 

 at St Huberts and Elk lake, and Mr Richard found them all the way from 

 North Creek to Boreas River, but they were certainly not to be found in 

 the woods about the Ausable lakes, or on any of the mountain slopes we 

 visited which were above 2000 feet. In these localities they were replaced 

 by the Bicknell thrush, which was found on the Geological cobble, altitude 

 3300 feet, on the Bartlett ridge, and along the Marcy trail, altitude 3100 

 feet, and along the Colden trail from Mt Marcy. Near Skylight camp at 

 the foot of the Marcy slide a pair with young was found on July 12th. 

 From the summit of Marcy at twilight several were heard singing in the 

 scrubby spruce near the timber line. At Lake Colden, altitude 2750 feet, 

 several males were singing about our camp on the morning of Julv iSth, 

 and one male was taken. Both the Olive-backed and the Hermit thrushes 

 were common and nesting to an altitude of 4300 feet. The Robin was 

 fairlv common, even in the forests about the Upper Ausable, and a few were 

 noted at an altitude of 4000 feet. Bluebirds were nesting in Keene Valley, 

 Clear pond. Proctors, and Boreas camp and a single specimen was heard 

 as it flew over Skylight camp on July 12th. 



