Summer Birds of Pocono. 



BY JOHN D. CARTER. 



The following paper is intended to give an outline of our 

 information regarding the summer birds of the Pocono district, 

 Monroe Co. , Penna. , and includes some observations which have 

 been published previously. Such a paper, of course, cannot be 

 made exhaustive without growing into a volume and becoming 

 exhausting. Many of the commoner species, whose habits are 

 well known, are passed with very brief reference. 



In every case where comprehensive statements are made, the 

 reader should mentally add the reservation, ' 'So far as the writer 

 is aware." 



It is freely admitted that our knowledge is verj^ far from com- 

 plete. Observations have nearly all been made during brief va- 

 cation trips. These have mostly fallen during June, July and 

 August, with one in May. Nests of species which breed early 

 have therefore been found seldom or not at all. This applies 

 among others to the Chickadee and most of the hawks and owls. 

 Large tracts have not been visited at all and only a few spots 

 have been subjected to intensive search, so it is quite to be 

 expected that other species will be found as local or occasional 

 summer residents. Furthermore, most of our attention has 

 been given to the rarer species, or those not found in more ac- 

 cessible parts of the Delaware watershed. The district there- 

 fore still awaits the microscopic examination of the ornitholo- 

 gical gentlemen of leisure. 



For convenience of reference, the birds in this list are ar- 

 ranged nearly according to standard practice. The Wood Duck 

 is the only one of its family recorded from the Pocono district 

 as a summer resident. No nests have been found and no broods 

 of young have been discovered, so its breeding there remains 

 conjectural. 



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