104 THE BIRDS OF SOMERSET HILLS 



Grasshopper Sparrows; Cliff, Tree and 

 Bank Swallows (none of the last named 

 have been seen for two years, but for- 

 merly they were occasional) ; Brown 

 Thrashers (only a few seen in 1910, and 

 in 1911 they were even scarcer than in 

 the previous year), and all the 

 Thrushes not already mentioned. 



The following birds are rapidly de- 

 creasing: Shore birds of the order 

 Limicola, Ruffed Grouse and Bob- 

 whites. 



