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Middle Saranac lake and Pollywog pond, and one was heard singing on 

 the shore of Lake Placid. A family of Migrant shrikes was found near 

 Long Lake and I notice an instance of its breeding in Essex county, on the 

 Ausable river, recorded by Dr Merriam. 



Seventeen species of wood warblers were found nesting in the region, 

 but neither the Tennessee warbler which was found by Roosevelt and 

 Minot in Franklin county, and by Merriam in the western Adirondacks, 

 nor a single specimen of the Bay-breasted, Cape May or Wilson warbler, 

 which we had hoped to secure, could be found. The Black -throated green, 

 Black-throated blue, Myrtle, and Magnolia warblers, as well as the Oven- 

 bird, were common and generally distributed. Slightly less common and 

 less generally distributed were the Blackbumian, Canadian, Chestnut- 

 sided, Mourning, and Black and White warblers and Redstart. Common 

 in the swamps were the Water-thrush and Northern yellow-throat up to 

 an altitude of 2750 feet. The Mourning warbler was commonest in the 

 burnt tracts which were grown over with a tangle of weeds and bushes. 

 Chestnut -sided and Canadian warblers seemed to prefer the slashings up 

 to an altitude of 3000 feet. Nests of the Black and White warbler were 

 found by Mr Achilles at Elk lake and we noted old birds feeding their young 

 near the top of Indian head. The BlackpoU warbler was found nesting 

 near the summit of Indian head by Mr Bradstreet and old birds were 

 observed carrying food to their young on the Geological cobble, Bartlett 

 ridge, Marcy trail 2500 feet, Colden trail. Elk lake road 2000 feet, and also 

 near the summit of Skylight, Marcy, Haystack and Whiteface. The Parula 

 warbler was found in full song at Boreas pond. Elk lake and the Upper 

 Ausable, but the nest was not located. The Yellow warbler was seen only 

 at Beede's near the head of Keene Valley. 



The Catbird was found nesting at St Huberts and Boreas camp. The 

 Brown thrasher was said to occur at Elk lake, but we saw no specimens. 

 One family of House wrens was located at Elizabeth town. The Winter 

 wren was generally distributed in the woods, and broods of young were 

 frequently seen to an altitude of 3900 feet. The Brown creeper was about 



