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spring and its stream were investigated for red salamanders hut 

 only very large dusky salamanders were found. 



After being rewarded for getting up in the wee small hours 

 and hiking up to sky-top In- seeing the sun rise between showers, 

 a few of us went "birding." More birds were heard than seen 

 due to dense foliage. Those recorded were: Robin, Chipping 

 Sparrow, Towhee, Flicker, Ovenbird, Black and White Warbler, 

 Chicadee, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Junco, Hawk (Buteo 

 sp.). White-throated Sparrow, Winter Wren, Blue Jay, Blue- 

 headed V'ireo. 



A few of us who were not to be phazed by a little rain spent 

 Sunday morning exploring on wooded hills and in a swamp. 

 Mosses and lichens w^ere in excellent condition due to the rain. 

 Umbilicaria Muhlenbergii was seen growing with U. pustulata, 

 U. Dillenii, and U. pennsylvanica. A lichen expert would have 

 been an asset to the party. 



Trillium undiilatum in fiower and a sturdy stand of Clintonia 

 borealis were revealed to us and afforded us more pleasure than 

 any other specimens seen during the week-end. Caltha paliistris, 

 Panax trifoliiim, Trillium erectum, Dentaria diphylla and many 

 others were seen in flower. A splendid stand of Viburnum 

 alnifoliiim in flower was seen growing with Kalmia latifolia along 

 the edge of the swamp. 



Eleanor Friend 



Field Trip of May 3 



In alternate sunshine and thunder showers, ten members and 

 guests of the Club explored the ledges and valley of Inwood 

 Park, Manhattan, on Sunday afternoon, May 3. Sixty-three 

 species of woody plants were seen, of which twenty-five were in 

 bloom. Of these, the most conspicuous was the cloud of fragile 

 white flowers of the shadbush (Amelanchier canadensis), and 

 the most interesting were the greenish flowers of the hackberry 

 (Celtis occidentalis) , with their curious horn-like stigmas, long- 

 pointed and recurved. 



The fine stands of oaks on the hillsides, and the tall tulip 

 trees in the Glen appear to be but slightly affected by the exten- 

 sive draining, grading, and road-building operations which are 

 still in progress. But the delicate herbaceous plants in Shor-a- 

 kapkok Glen are fast retreating before the advance of the steam 



