BIRDS OF SOMERSET HILLS 



CHAPTER I 



DESCRIPTION OF THE SOMER- 

 SET HILLS 



THE area covered by this book, as 

 shown in the adjoining map, is in Som- 

 erset County in the north-central part 

 of New Jersey. It is thirty-two miles, 

 as the crow flies, in a westerly direction 

 from New York City. Its altitude 

 ranges from three hundred to eight hun- 

 dred and fifty-seven feet. The country 

 is hilly, with many deep valleys, inter- 

 sected in two places by rivers or more 

 properly speaking, creeks as they are 

 not very large. One is in the eastern 



