62 Bird -Lore 



The opening of ponds and bays is followed, as we have seen, by the 

 return of the Ducks and Geese ; the Woodcock comes when the thawing 

 ground releases his fare of earthworms ; the Sparrows appear when the 

 melting snow uncovers the remains of the preceding season's crop of seeds. 

 It is not, therefore, until a higher temperature brings into activity myriad 

 forms of insect life that we may expect to find Warblers and Flycatchers. 



The region about New York is a favored one during the migrations. 

 The nearness of the coast, the great highways of migration formed by the 

 Hudson River valley and Long Island Sound give to the observer exceptional 

 opportunities. But in no place, hereabout, can the migration be studied to 

 better advantage than in Central Park, in the heart of New York city. The 

 park, in effect, is an island surrounded by a sea of houses, and during the 

 migration receives a greater number of bird visitors than any area of similar 

 size with which I am acquainted. As a matter of local interest, therefore, 

 in place of general notes on the spring migration in this vicinity — which 

 have already been published in the ' Hand-Book of Birds ' and ' Bird-Life ' 

 — I append records of the spring migrations of 1899 and 1900, in the Park, 

 which have been contributed by Mr. S. H. Chubb. 



SPRING MIGRATIONS OF 1899 AND IQOO IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YCRK CITY 



By S. H. Chubb 



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April Migrants. — April 22, Yellow Palm Warbler, Myrtle Warbler; 24, Black and 

 White Warbler, Pine Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo; 28, Yellow Warbler; 30, Parula 

 Warbler, Wilson's Thrush. 



May Migrants . — May i, Chimney Swift, Baltimore Oriole, Redstart, Ovenbird, War- 

 bling Vireo, Maryland Yellow-throat, Water-Thrush, Black -throated Green Warbler, 

 Brown Thrasher, Catbird; 2, Little Green Heron, Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated 

 Vireo, Wood Thrush, Hermit Thrush ; 3, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, 

 White-eyed Vireo, Nashville Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, 

 Black-poll Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler; 5, Red-eyed Vireo, Magnolia Warbler; 

 6, Prairie Warbler; 8, Olive-backed or Gray-checked Thrush; to, Worm-eating Warbler, 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler; 11, Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat; 13, Wilson's 

 Blackcap, Canada Warbler; 14, Bay-breasted Warbler. 



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April Migrants . — April 29, Parula Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Water-Thrush. 



May Migrants. — May i, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, 

 Brown Thrasher; 2, Towhee, Blue-headed Vireo, Catbird; 3, Wood Thrush, Prairie 

 Warbler; 4, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Canada Warbler; 6, Kingbird, Balti- 

 more Oriole, Purple Finch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swamp Sparrow, Blue-winged War- 

 bler, Magnolia Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat, Hermit Thrush; 7, Red-eyed Vireo, 

 Nashville Warbler, Wilson's Thrush; 8, Scarlet Tanager, Black-throated Blue Warbler, 

 Olive-backed or Gray-checked Thrush; 9, Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Pewee, White- 

 eyed Vireo, Blackburnian Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, House Wren; 10, Eave Swal- 

 low; 14, Black-poll Warbler, Wilson's Blackcap; 17, Olive-sided Flycatcher; 31, 

 Mourning Warbler. 



