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in the immediate vicinit\^ of New York city, but during July and 

 August roosts in great numbers in our Hackensack marshes. Here, in 

 early July, it is joined by the Red-winged Blackbirds, and now the 

 careful observer may find many changes in the character of the bird-life 

 of a district with which he has become familiar in June, as birds no 

 longer confined by the cares of the nesting season, and not as yet 

 impelled to migrate, wander irregularly about the country. 



BIRDS OF THE SEASON 



For permanent residents see Bird-Lore, Dec, 1900, p. 184. 



Wood Duck,* Green Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, American Bittern,* Least 

 Bittern,* Clapper Rail, King Rail,* Virginia Rail,* Woodcock, Spotted Sandpiper, 

 Mourning Dove, Osprey, Barn Owl,* Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, 

 Belted Kingfisher, Nighthawk, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hum- 

 mingbird, Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Phoebe, Least Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, 

 Traill's Flycatcher,* Wood Pewee, Baltimore Oriole, Orchard Oriole, Red-winged Black- 

 bird, Purple Grackle, Bobolink, Meadowlark, Cowbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Henslow's 

 Sparrow,* Seaside Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Field Sparrow, 

 Vesper Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Towhee, Indigo Bunting, 

 Scarlet Tanager, Barn Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow,* Cliff Swallow,* Bank Swal- 

 low, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin,* Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated 

 Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Worm- 

 eating Warbler,* Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler,* Redstart, 

 Hooded Warbler, Ovenbird, Louisiana Water-Thrush, Maryland Yellow-throat, -Ken- 

 tucky Warbler,* Yellow-breasted Chat, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Short-billed Marsh 

 Wren,* Long-billed Marsh Wren, Veery, Wood Thrush, Robin, Bluebird. 



* Rare or local 



JUNE AND JULY BIRD ■ LIFE NEAR PHILADELPHIA 



By Witmer Stone 



June and July mark the summer period of rest in bird-life, so far as 

 migration is concerned, but a period of intense activity to the birds 

 themselves. It is then that all species are on their breeding-grounds 

 and consumed with the care of nests and young. Owing to the early 

 nesting of many species, however, we find them scattering over the 

 country or beginning to flock long before others have guided their 

 young from the nest. The Goldfinch, Cedarbird and Dove may be 

 found breeding later than any other species, the last, however, like many 

 other birds, raises more than one brood in a season. Occupied with 

 family cares the birds become less musical and less conspicuous, and 

 these months seem almost commonplace after the excitement and bustle 

 of May, were it not for the interest to be found in watching the nests 

 and studying the development of the young. 



About ninety species breed within ten miles of Philadelphia, but half 

 that number is a fair average for one's immediate neighborhood. 



