40 BIRDS OF SWOPE PARK 



fortunate that this is so, for the forty acres excluded from the 

 Park is one of the most picturesque regions to be found. It is 

 the lower part of a well wooded, rocky valley that has its be- 

 ginning at Sixty-ninth street and Cleveland avenue, and ex- 

 tends eastward for about three-fourths of a mile to the Blue 

 River. Great masses of limestone have broken off from the 

 ledge near the top of the bluff and have slid partly down the 

 steep slope. A fine alluvial flood plain borders the stream 

 below. Both slope and valley are well wooded. 



This beautiful valley is called Shiloh Hollow. It fur- 

 nishes an ideal walk for the nature lover, whether he be inter- 

 ested in birds or in flowers and trees, or merely in the beauty 

 of the scenery. It is one of the favorite migration routes for 

 hundreds of Warblers, Vireos, Sparrows and other birds, and 

 the whole region should be given some protection from the 

 vandals that are already beginning to despoil it. There are 

 few regions near the city that are its equal in picturesque 

 beauty, but it is not within the Park and hence its interesting 

 bird population cannot be included in this census.'* 



* Since this was written many changes have taken place. 

 Many of the trees in Shiloh Hollow have been cut. The woods 

 is closely pastured, the flowers mostly gone and the birds are 

 taking up their abode elsewhere. Not only have changes taken 

 place in Shiloh, but even in the Park. A fine boulevard has 

 been built along the eastern edge of the tract, and a wide 

 clearing made through the central part of the woods where the 

 seclusive Warblers and Flycatchers had made their frontier 

 stand. 



The bordering region that is included within the Park, is 



