IOO Chadbourne on the Summer Birds of the White Mts. [April 



5, 1878, three specimens were obtained on Cape Cod. This is 

 the last visit recorded to date. 



The confusion in regard to the Glossy Ibises of the United 

 States, as partially indicated above, has been cleared up only at 

 a comparatively recent date. I.falcinellus (now Plegadis autum- 

 nalis) is the species occurring from Florida northward along the 

 Atlantic coast and in the West Indies, and is identical with the 

 Old World bird. I. guarauna (now Plegadis guar ■anna) is 

 the southwestern and western species ; and the supposed new 

 species, thalassinus, has proved to be the latter in immature 

 plumage. 



Note. — References not given in the above may all be found in 

 .Stearns and Coues's 'N. E. Bird Life,' II, p. 255 et seq. 



A LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE 



PRESIDENTIAL RANGE OF THE WHITE 



MOUNTAINS, N. H. 



BY ARTHUR P. CHADBOURNE. 



The following list of the summer birds found in the Presiden- 

 tial Range of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, is based 

 on numerous trips of from one to three days made during the 

 summer of 1884, and on two weeks spent in the 'Great Gulf early 

 in July, 1SS6. The number of species observed is very small, 

 but the mere fact that so few were found is of interest, and the 

 absence of many birds which are abundant in the country below 

 makes the summer fauna of the mountains stand out in much 

 stronger contrast. The eastern and northern slopes of Mt» Wash- 

 ington itself were the most carefully worked up. though one or 

 two trips were made to the 'Northern Peaks' (Mt. Madison, Mt. 

 Adams, etc.) in September, 18S4. The southern and western 

 slopes were not visited, excepting a small part of the old 'Crawford 

 Bridle Path.' 



Mr. William Brewster, who was with me on two occasions in 

 1884, and Messrs. C. R. Lamb and J. L. Goodale, who camped 

 with me in Great Gulf in 1S86, have generously placed their notes 



