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birds hovered high over us, almost sta- 

 tionary against the blue. 



Later a visit was made to the dunes near 

 the Ughthouse, across the Ipswich River. 

 Approaching across the edge of the salt 

 marsh, Bitterns and Green Herons were 

 seen, and a single Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 

 sneaking through the short grass with 

 some Savannah Sparrows. Crossing the 

 dune country, about sixty Black Ducks 

 and one female Mallard were flushed from 

 a small pond, and as we approached the 

 outer line, near the beach, an immature 

 Bald Eagle rose from a hollow. Imme- 

 diately some Crows gave chase, following 

 him down across the dunes, and then 

 back up the beach. As we ran forward to 

 get a better viewpoint, another immature 

 Eagle rose from the drift on the beach at 

 high water mark, and made off in leis- 

 urely flight after the first bird. 



A flock of twenty-five Black-bellied 

 Plover, one Ruddy Turnstone and a num- 

 ber of Sanderlings were running along the 

 edge of the beach very near where the 

 second Eagle had been, and apparently 

 paid no attention to the Eagles. More 

 Sanderlings, and Least and Semipalmated 

 Sandpipers, were seen, and, as the after- 

 noon waned, Herring Gulls began flying 

 across the dunes toward the salt marshes, 

 a brace of Black Ducks returned to one of 

 the little ponds among the dunes, a few 

 Red-breasted Mergansers and a pair of 

 Surf Scoters passed by off-shore, and one 

 of the Eagles sailed slowly back with his 

 retinue of noisy Crows. 



A list of the birds seen during the day 

 is as follows: Herring Gull, Red-breasted 

 Merganser, Mallard, Black Duck, Surf 

 Scoter, American Bittern, Green Heron, 

 Black-crowned Night Heron, Least Sand- 

 piper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Sander- 

 ling, Spotted Sandpiper, Black-bellied 

 Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Pheasant, Red- 

 shouldered Hawk, Bald Eagle, Sparrow 

 Hawk, Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, 

 Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hum- 

 mingbird, Kingbird, Phoebe, Least Fly- 

 catcher, Prairie Horned Lark, Crow, 

 Bobolink, Cowbird, Red-winged Black- 

 bird, Meadowlark, Starling, Baltimore 



Oriole, Bronzed Grackle, Purple Finch, 

 Goldfinch, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah 

 Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Chipping 

 Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, 

 Towhee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo 

 Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, Cliff Swallow, 

 Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, Bank Swal- 

 low, Rough-winged Swallow, Red-eyed 

 Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated 

 Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Black and 

 White Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, 

 Nashville Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, 

 Northern Parula Warbler, Yellow Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, Chestnut- 

 sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, 

 Black-throated Green Warbler, Pine 

 Warbler, Ovenbird, Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, Catbird, Chickadee, Wood Thrush, 

 Wilson's Thrush, Robin, Bluebird. — John 

 B. May, M.D., Waban, Mass. 



Warblers Breeding about Atlanta, Ga. 



For a number of years I have believed 

 that the southern breeding-range of many 

 of our birds could be considerably extended 

 if there were more ornithologists in the 

 South at once competent and able to 

 spend much time in the field. This view 

 was strengthened today when I was re- 

 reading Chapman's 'The Warblers of 

 North America', and noted the limits set 

 to several species, qualified by the excep- 

 tion that rarely and locally the summer 

 habitat was extended. I am satisfied that 

 several Warblers breed much more com- 

 monly in Georgia than was formerly 

 supposed. 



There is a large tract of woods on the 

 outskirts of Atlanta which is peculiarly 

 rich in bird-life, and seldom can more 

 breeding Warblers be found in an equal 

 area. Prof. D. C. Peacock lives within 

 walking distance of this woodland, and 

 has spent much time there during recent 

 years, and several times I have gone with 

 him to verify discoveries or to see with 

 my own eyes birds or nests already posi- 

 tively identified. Within this tract the 

 following Warblers breed: 



Black and White Warbler. One nest 

 found; others unquestionably breed there. 



