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while such birds as the Sora, Gallinule, Bittern, Whip-poor-will and Screech 

 owl may be recorded as heard only. Such a day will probably begin at peep 

 of dawn in the familiar coverts near home ; then with a hope bom of promised 

 success the hunt develops with wild enthusiasm through the forenoon; 

 continues toward sunset with a grim determination; and ends at dusk in 

 utter weariness. This method of observation will hardly commend itself 

 to the ordinary bird student, and certainly lacks the poise which appeals 

 to the sympathetic student of nature. A list of 40 or 50 species during 

 migration time is a good morning's work. 



The following lists represent the longest which have been received from 

 New York observers: 



OBSERVED BY E. H. EATON, AT ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



May 4, 1905. Cobb's hill, Pinnacle, and Greenleaf woods. Cool 

 and damp in the morning. East wind, but mostly clear and warmer in 

 the afternoon. 



Pied-billed grebe i 

 Loon I 



Herring gull 20 

 Ring-billed gull 2 

 Bonaparte gull 2 

 Red-breasted merganser 20 

 Spotted sandpiper 2 

 Mourning dove 3 

 Sharp-shinned hawk i 

 Red-tailed hawk i 

 Broad-winged hawk i 

 Kingfisher 2 

 Downy woodpecker 2 

 Red-headed woodpecker i 

 Sapsucker 3 

 Flicker 8 

 Chimney swift 6 

 Whip-poor-will i 9 

 KingVjird 4 

 Crested flycatcher 2 

 Phoebe 2 



Alder flycatcher i 



Least flycatcher i 



Prairie horned lark i 



Crow 10 



Cowbird 8 



Red-winged blackbird 6 



Meadowlark 3 



Baltimore oriole 5 



Bronzed grackle 1 2 



Purple finch 6 



Goldfinch 12 



Vesper sparrow 10 



Savanna sparrow 3 



White-crowned sparrov.- 3 



White-throated sparrov.' 100 



Chipping sparrow 25 



Field sparrow 6 



Junco 3 



Song sparrow 30 



Swamp sparrow 3 



Lincoln sparrow i 



Towhee 4 



Rose-breasted grosbeak id' 



Scarlet tanager i cj* 



Barn swallow 5 



Bank swallow 10 



Tree swallow 2 



Rough-winged swallow 2 



Cedar waxwing 8 



Migrant shrike i 



Warbling virco 2 



Yellow-throated vireo 2 



Blue-headed vireo 4 



Black and white warbler 25 



Nashville warbler 10 



Parula warbler 6 



Yellow warbler 10 



Black-throated green warb- 

 ler 15 



Black-throated blue warb- 

 ler 18 



Mvrtle warbler 20 



