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required by the different species in these woods, especially 

 throughout the extents of pine and hemlock forests. 



A number of birds of far northern migratory range are 

 found during the winter on the mountain, and the traveling 

 crowds stop here on their passage north and south, spring 

 and fall. In these instances, the mountain is of course only 

 "a tent of the night," the birds being strangers and visitors 

 merely. 



The catalogue of the birds of the mountain will include 

 some notice of constant visitors, but particularly those spe- 

 cies that remain there during the breeding season, or that 

 pass the summer there, building their nests as regular homes, 

 producing their young, and thus establishing permanet citi- 

 zenship by actual settlement. Many of the shy solitary spe- 

 cies seem to prefer the mountain fastnesses for their lines of 

 migration and permanent homes, and make glad the most 

 savage places. They will be noticed in the hasty catalogue 

 which follows, with something occasionally of their habits 

 and peculiarities. 



As already observed, the mountain is visited by many birds 

 that remain there during the summer, and breed there, some 

 in the forests and glens, others in open and cultivated parts, 

 while others seek the most rugged knobs and inaccessible 

 spots. The following list comprises many of the most 

 commonly observed birds of the range, either as migrating 

 travelers or regular inhabitants. 



RAPACIOUS BIRDS. 



HAWKS. 

 (Family Falconidas.) 



FALCO Columbarius, (Linn.) Pigeon hawk. This is a 

 shy and wary little hawk, very wild, watchful, and rarely 

 seen. Nuttall states that it has been met as far north as 

 48, " even extending its migrations as far as Hudson's Bay," 

 although chiefly an inhabitant of the Southern States, and 



