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For a week the time was spent from sunrise to sunset, except- 

 ing during one of the rainy days, almost entirely afield. Con- 

 siderable ground was covered in a great variety of country, the 

 object being to cross the breeding ground of every species pos- 

 sible. Three days were spent on the two sides of the lake and 

 in nearby mountains, climbing on the eighth to Little Pond on 

 the top of Greenwood Mountain, where tamarack, tall spruce, 

 and pitcher plant grew in the alder swamp just below this ele- 

 vated body of water which is about half a mile in extent. 



June seventh was spent at Wawayanda Lake, 1200 feet ele- 

 vation, ten miles to the westward in Sussex County ; another 

 beautiful lake two miles long and considerably higher than 

 •Greenwood, and where we saw our only Black-throated Blue 

 Warbler. An extensive swainp of tall spruce, cedars and hem- 

 lock, almost impenetrable except for a path through the center, 

 was disappointing in that it seemed to contain few birds and 

 nothing new on the trip. 



The ninth brought a cold, hard rain through which Rhoads 

 and Baily drove nine miles to Macopin or Echo Lake, 1000 feet 

 elevation, the waters of which flow northward into Greenwood 

 Lake. Dr. Hughes left on the third day of the trip and Baily 

 on the sixth day. S. N. Rhoads alone continued westward by 

 railroad and wagon to Beaver Lake formerly Losee Pond and 

 Wallkill Valley, Sussex County, where for two days he covered 

 swamp and mountain with considerable success, carrying the 

 number of breeding birds observed from 74 to 92, the highest 

 mountains in these neighborhoods being of 1200 feet elevation. 

 Mr. Rhoads paid another visit to Wallkill Valley early in 

 August and found several additional species of much interest. 



The comparative proportion of Canadian to Carolinian species 

 deserves special comment. One might expect among this rugged 

 mountainous region to find a reasonable number of more boreal 

 birds, as the country is much like the Poconos in Pennsylvania 

 and not much lower in elevation, but apparently it is just below 

 the limit to attract these birds. The Black- throated Blue at 

 Wawayanda Lake and a few Canadian Warblers, several on 

 Wawayanda Lake and one or two at Greenwood Lake, were 

 seen : then there were the Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black- 



