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prevent my preserving more than one specimen — a female. This was 

 submitted to Mr. Ridgway to learn if it bore any relationship to carolin- 

 ensis, and he has very kindly compared it and in a note to me states as 

 follows: "Your Junco from Coalport, Pa., is very close to J. h. carolin- 

 ensis. In fact, is quite typical of that race as to color of plumage and bill , 

 but bill is too slender. Possibly a larger series of female carolinensis 

 would show specimens with bill equally as slender, but we have only the 

 two specimens." It would of course be out of the question to conclude 

 that the Snowbirds of this section all belong to this subspecies on the evi- 

 dence of a single specimen, especially in view of Mr. Dwight's recent 

 researches on the subject. I regard the bird secured as being merely an 

 extreme case. 



Melospiza fasciata. — Abundant in suitable situations everywhere. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus. — A few found in the second-growth. 



Habia ludoviciana. — Abundant everywhere except in the original 

 forest. 



Passerina cyanea. — Of frequent occurrence; found mostly along the 

 roadsides. 



Piranga erythromelas. — Abundant in the woodland, especially so in the 

 hemlocks. 



Chelidon erythrogaster. — This species, the only Swallow found, was 

 very abundant about farmhouses. 



Ampelis cedrorum. — Numerous; seen every day in the trees about the 

 house. 



Vireo olivaceus. — Common, most so in the second-growth. 



Mniotilta varia. — This species seemed to share in the general abun- 

 dance of Warblers which is so characteristic a feature of the avifauna of 

 this locality, being much more numerous than in any other section I have 

 visited heretofore. It frequented the second-growth for the most. part. 



Compsothlypis americana. — Found in the original forest as well as in 

 the second-growth, and in both these situations abundant, but usually 

 keeping high up. 



Dendroica aestiva. — Met with only about houses, and apparently not 

 common. 



Dendroica caerulescens. — Abundant throughout both the second-growth 

 and the original forest. 



Dendroica maculosa. — Very abundant in the same situations as the last 

 species, but as a rule keeping lower down in the bushes and undergrowth. 



Dendroica pensylvanica. — Numerous in the second-growth, but not 

 nearly as abundant as several other Warblers, in spite of the apparent 

 suitability of the place to its needs. 



Dendroica blackburniae. — Another very abundant species, met with 

 both in the second-growth and in the original forest. 



Dendroica virens. — Abundant throughout the woodland in all situa- 

 tions. 



Seiurus aurocapillus. — Abundant everywhere in the woods. 

 Seiurus noveboracensis. — Several pairs were met with in a swampy 

 rhododendron thicket in a semi-wooded bottom, along a small stream. 



