22 BEACH GRASS 



white-throated sparrow came out of the thicket 

 and it was apparent they were present in consid- 

 erable numbers. Although both of these birds 

 have on rare occasions bred as far south as Essex 

 County, it is unusual to find them in numbers at 

 such an early date in the fall. A few Savannah 

 sparrows and goldfinches completed the list of 

 twenty-two different species in this circumscribed 

 area. A half a dozen more species are, however, 

 to be added as they were seen or heard as 

 they flew over: namely, purple finch, tree and 

 barn swallow, herring gull, pipit, and duck 

 hawk. The hawk struck terror to all the 

 birds in the grove as he skimmed low over the 

 trees, but my presence, probably, prevented a 

 catastrophe. 



Nearly all the twenty-eight species enumer- 

 ated were birds that are not found in summer in 

 this sand dune region and it is probable that even 

 the Maryland yellow-throat, robin, song and 

 Savannah sparrows, purple finches, and gold- 

 finches, tree and bam swallows were also mi- 

 grants from the North. 



Let it not be supposed that all my nights spent 



