BIRDS, 27.5 



Field Sparrow*, Song Sparrow*, Swamp Sparrow, Towhee*, Indigo 

 Bunting*, Scarlet Tanager, Purple ^lartin, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swal- 

 low*, Tree Swallow*, Bank Swallow*, Rough-winged Swallow*, Cedar 

 Bird*, Red-eyed Vireo*, Black and White Warbler, Yellow Warbler, 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green 

 Warbler, Pine Warbler*, Oven-bird*, Northern Yellow-throat*, Ameri- 

 can Redstart*, Catbird*, Brown Thrasher, House Wren*, Winter 

 Wren, Carolina Wren, Long-billed Marsh Wren, AYhite-breasted Nut- 

 hatch, Black-capped Chickadee*, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*, Wilson's 

 Thrush*, Robin, Bluebird*. . 



Doubtful Summer Residents: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Prairie Warb- 

 ler, Canadian Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Migrants: Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-billed Gull, Knot, Pectoral Sand- 

 piper, Least Sandpiper, Red-backed Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sand- 

 piper, Sanderling, Greater Yellow-legs, Yellow-legs, Semipalmated 

 Plover, Turnstone, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Savanna Spar- 

 row, Golden-wdnged Warbler, Nash\'ille Warbler, Cape May Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warl^ler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Magnolia 

 Warbler, Baybreasted Warbler, Grinnell's Water Thrush, Mom-ning 

 Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 

 Red-Tailed Hawk, Red-Shouldered Hawk. 



]\Iigrants began to appear in the sand region about August 1. The 

 exact observations will be found in the list of species. In regard to 

 the migration one thing that was very striking was the apparent differ- 

 ence in the routes of the warblers and sandpipers. At Sand Point the' 

 warblers were ver^' abundant during the migration, while sandpipers, 

 particularly three or four species, were rather scarce. Between Oak 

 and Hat Points this condition was reversed; only a few warblers were 

 noted, while the beach from Oak Point northward fairly teemed "uith 

 sandpipers. One could stand there and see the latter coming in flocks 

 from across the Bay, lighting on the beach to feed and working con- 

 tinually northw'ard along the shore. They were first seen in large 

 numbers on August 20, and did not seem to diminish up to August 27, 

 on which date the party left the region. In fact some species, as the 

 turnstone, seemed to be increasing in numbers. The first of these 

 migrants were seen farther north along the beach than Oak Point 

 (where the largest flocks seemed to alight), between Hat Point and 

 Port Crescent. Here a small flock of sanderling was seen August 18, 

 and two semipalmated sandpipers were noted the same day. Later 

 the\^ struck the beach farther down, mostly about Oak Point, a few 

 even as far west as Sand Point. Few prol)ably cross farther west than 

 Sand Point, as there are no suitable beaches. 



