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ON THE SUMMER BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
BY WALTER FAXON. 
| Concluded from Vol. VI, p. 46.) 
List oF BIRDS OBSERVED ON AND NEAR GRAYLOCK MOUNTAIN, JUNE 
28—JuLY 16, 1888. 
1. Actitis macularia. SporrED SANDPIPER.—Several seen on Hopper 
Brook and Green River, Williamstown. 
2. Bonasaumbellus. RuFrep GrousE.—Common in woods nearly 
to the summit of Graylock.* 
3. Buteo borealis. RrED-TAILED HAwK.—Rather common. 
4. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. BLAcCK-BILLED CucKoo.—A few seen 
in the Notch and one on the Graylock carriage road, 2100 feet above the 
sea-level. 
5. Dryobates villosus. Harry Woopprecker.—Rather common on 
the Saddle-Back range, from an altitude of about 2500 feet to the sum- 
mit of Graylock, 3505 feet. 
6. Dryobates pubescens. Downy WooppPEcKER.—Rare. Only one 
or two were seen. These were at the head of the Hopper, about 2000 
feet above the sea-level. 
7. Sphyrapicus varius. YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. — Several 
specimens seen at different times on the Graylock carriage road, between 
two and three miles from the summit. Approximate altitude, 2800 feet. 
8. Colaptes auratus. GOLDEN-WINGED WoOODPECKER. — Common 
about the base of the mountains and in the Notch. Also found on Gray- 
lock at an elevation of about 2800 feet, but at this altitude Dryobates v7l- 
losus is the commonest Woodpecker. 
g- Antrostomus vociferus. WHIP-POOR-WILL.—A few were heard in 
the Notch, altitude 1200 feet. 
10. Chordeiles virginianus. NIGHTHAWK.—A few were seen in the 
Notch. 
11. Chetura pelagica. CHIMNEY SwiFT.— Common. Frequently 
seen flying about the summit of Graylock. 
12. Trochilus colubris. RuBy-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.— Observed 
several times in the Notch. 
* Colinus virginianus undoubtedly occurs at the base of the Saddle-Back range. I 
heard from trustworthy sources that a Quail’s nest was found in the Notch, North 
Adams, during the season of 1888. 
t Although Ceophleus pileatus was not seen by me, the peculiar mortise-like holes 
which Mr. Brewster assures me are solely the work of this bird, were often noted. 
Mr. Brewster met with the birds themselves in the Hopper in 1883. 
