Vol. Xixn Getter al Notes. 297 



1902 J 



The White-winged Crossbill {Loxia Icticoptcra) does not seem to have 

 been recorded from any part of Massachusetts in summer. In the 

 wonderful spring of 1900, when, amid an unusually copious ^'g^'^tton of 

 birds from the south, the Lesser Red-poll Linnets lingered about the 

 lower Hudson River till the last days of April, and White-winged Cross- 

 bills at least till May 29, and almost certainly later, the stay of the latter 

 birds in Berkshire, Mass., lapped over into June. On the 3d and 4th of 

 that month I saw a flock of five or six in the town of Lanesboro, and 

 there is little doubt that they might have been found still later on Mt. 

 Grevlock; especially as they seem to be rarely wholly absent at any 

 season from the spruce woods of Mt. Monadnock, only 56 miles to the 

 east-northeast. -Gerald H. Thayer, Monadnock. N. H. 



Notes on the Spring Migration of Birds in the Northern Adirondacks 

 New York.- During the latter half of the second semester, from April 

 until June, it is customary for the students of the Junior and Senior 

 classes of the Cornell College of Forestry to spend their time in practi- 

 cal work in the demonstration forest at Axton, in the northern Adiron- 

 dacks. It was while doing work as a student under the above conditions 

 that I found time to make a hasty survey of the bird population of the 

 region, and to prepare a check-list covering the period from April 16 to 



Tune 12, 1901. , ,. , ^„ 



Arriving as we did while snow still covered the ground, we found on 

 hand few birds except the native winter residents, and hence were able to 

 watch and note accurately the date at which the migrating birds reached 

 this northern forest. Our work, too, was of a nature which took us 

 daily into the woods and fields, and covered a wide range of territory, 

 hence new arrivals were promptly seen and recorded. , , ., 



To the best of mv knowledge no list has been published giving dates at 

 which birds in their northern migration arrive in this part of the Adiron- 

 dack region, so I have ventured to append the result of my observations, 

 claiming for the same no special merit or absolute degree of accuracy. 

 The errors, however, lie rather in sins of omission than commission as 

 no birds are mentioned in the list which were not seen and identified 

 with certainty. On the other hand, it is certain that several species 

 visited the region which were not recorded, owing to the fact that they 

 : fused to pos^ before the opera glass long enough to have their identity 

 established. Surrounding the Forester's camp at Axton is a cleanng o 

 several hundred acres, thus combining in close relation the conditions o 

 open fields and dense forests, and in consequence broadening the field toi 



^^The tiuowing is a condensed copy of the check-list, showing first, 

 under date of April 16, the birds seen on the day of our arrival : 



April lb. Also occurring during the -.vhole season. 



Red-winged Blackbird. Common. 

 Rustv Crackle. Numerous flocks. 



