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of the State Museum observed a Chewink, on July 5th, along the road from 

 Boreas River to Port Henry and we were informed that they were sometimes 

 seen at Elk lake clearing. A Lincoln sparrow was observed in the Upper 

 Ausable swamp by Mr Taylor, but on account of its extreme shyness, the 

 specimen could not be secured. The Junco and White-throated sparrow 

 were common all the way from Elizabethtown to the summit of Mt Marcy 

 and were singing throughout our stay of six weeks. These two species 

 together with the Myrtle and Blackpoll warblers were conspicuous near 

 the summit of all the mountains visited, particularly Skylight, Marcy, 

 Haystack and Whiteface, but the juncoes were by far the commonest on 

 the extreme summits where they frequently gathered to feed upon the 

 remnants of lunches left by tourists. 



The vScarlet tanager was fairly common at Beede, and on the Elk lake 

 trail at an altitude of 2500 feet a pair with young was discovered on July 

 6th. Cliff swallows were common about all the clearings, and breeding 

 colonies were noted at Westport, Spruce hill, Keene Valley, Boreas camp, 

 Elk lake and Proctors. On July 14th, while our party was on the summit 

 of Skylight, a single Cliff swallow was seen flying over the summit, but no 

 nests were discovered about the rocky ledges. Barn swallows were common 

 in all the clearings and often were found nesting over the cabin doors. 

 Tree swallows were noticed in several localities and were breeding com- 

 monly at Elk lake and Boreas pond. Small colonies of Bank swallows 

 were found at Beede and Boreas pond. Mr Richard found them common 

 at Port Henry and Boreas River and also noticed a pair of Rough-winged 

 swallows at the latter place, altitude 1700 feet. The Cedar wax wing was 

 common along the swamps and streams. 



Only two species of Vireo were found within 10 miles of Mt Marcy. The 

 Red-eyed species was common throughout the woods to an altitude of 

 3300 feet. Blue-headed vireos were found nesting in the Ausable swamp 

 and on the Marcy trail at an altitude of 2200 feet. Although no Warbling 

 vireos were met with, Mr C. F. Batchelder says that they are found about 

 the streets of Elizabethtown. The Yellow-throated vireo was found at 



