THE BIRDS OF PRINCETON. IOI 



In the first place, as was to be expected, 

 I have heard sing in Princeton nearly all 

 the birds we hear sing in Worcester. The 

 scarlet tanager, the indigo-bird, the king- 

 bird, the wood-thrush, and the humming- 

 bird, which had long escaped me, I have 

 at last succeeded in finding. But there are 

 others which still remain unfound. The 

 chief of these are the veery, or Wilson's 

 thrush, the warbling-vireo, the rose-breasted 

 grosbeak, the red-shouldered blackbird, 

 the crow blackbird, the barn-swallow, the 

 white-breasted swallow, and the night- 

 hawk. On the other hand, there are 

 many species of birds, the individuals of 

 which are much more numerous here than 

 at home. 



Of all Princeton birds, the most abun- 

 dant, persistent, and self-asserting is the 

 chewink. Chewinkville, or Towheetown, 

 would be a most appropriate denomina- 

 tion of Princeton upon any ornithological 

 system of nomenclature of our Worcester 

 County towns. Then the sweet-singing 

 vesper-sparrow is to be found everywhere, 



