ILLUSTRATIONS 



THE SILVER MAPLE (Acer saccharinum), which a 

 Blackburnian Warbler occupied during a four 

 days' visit Frontispiece 



THE EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH (Betula alba), and 

 the cove of the pond round which visiting Sand- 

 pipers have walked 60 



THE WHITE WILLOW (Salix alba), in which many 

 Warblers congregate and sing and where the 

 Cuckoo sat silent and inactive 68 



THE ISLAND, which attracts the Crackles and 

 Robins and calls to its protection many a migrant 

 bird 94 



THE BASIN AND THE WEEPING BEECH, where the 

 Cape May Warbler sought and secured its bath. 

 Under the weeping beech the Lincoln's Sparrow 

 sometimes hides 150 



THE OLD WILLOW GROUP, in which many of the 

 rarer Warblers have been seen and beneath which 

 the Oven-bird often walks 168 



