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Blackbird; September 5, Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Baltimore 

 Oriole, Barn Swallow, Chimney Swift t ; September 10, Bobolink, Whippoorwill, 

 Wilson's Thrush; September 15, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Warbling 

 Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Wood Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak; September 20, 

 Green Heron, Hummingbird, Nighthawk ; September 25, Black and White Warbler, 

 Ovenbird, Redstart ; September 30, Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Pewee, 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren, Long-billed Marsh Wren, Nashville Warbler, Black-billed 

 Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Spotted Sandpiper. 



Arrivals and Departures of Migrants in August and September. — August i- 

 October i. Solitary Sandpiper, Blue Heron; August 20-October i. Northern Water 

 Thrush; September i-October 15, Red-bellied Nuthatch*; September, early, Canada 

 Warbler, Wilson's Blackcap; September 7-October 15, BlackpoU Warbler; September 

 13-30, Connecticut Warbler ; September 15-October 5, Magnolia Warbler, Parula 

 Warbler; September 15-October 10, Lincoln's Finch; September 15-October i, Western 

 Palm Warbler; September 15-November 20, White-throated Sparrow; September 19, Brown 

 Creeper; September 20-November 10, Myrtle Warbler j. Winter Wren; September 20- 

 October 5, Black-throated Blue Warbler ; September 20-October 10, Olive-backed 

 Thrush, Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's Thrushes; September 20-October 15, Solitary 

 Vireo; September 22, Golden-crowned Kinglet; September 25-October 10, Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker; September 25-November 5, Rusty Grackle, American Pipit; September 28-Octo- 

 ber 25, Ruby-crowned Kinglet; September 3a-October 15, Yellow Palm Warbler. 



* Sometimes absent. t Individuals often much later. t Individuals often much earlier. 



AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD-LIFE NEAR NEW YORK CITY 



By Frank M. Chapman 



The first week in August sees practically the conclusion of the nest- 

 ing season and of the song period. Goldfinches, Waxwings, and three- 

 brooded Song Sparrows maj^ still be in attendance on their young; 

 Red-eyed Vireos and Wood Pewees will still be in voice, but their 

 conspicuousness at this season marks them as striking exceptions. Birds 

 are now molting and are difficult to find, and until the southward 

 migration becomes pronounced the woods often seem deserted. 



Careful, skilled observers will find migrants beginning to arrive from 

 the north as early as August, but it is not until about the 20th that 

 the first real ' wave ' appears. Among the interesting migrants to be found, 

 so far as records go, only at this time is the northeastern form of the 

 Loggerhead Shrike, which nests in northern New England. 



For bird students near New York city the Hackensack marshes will 

 be found of unusual interest. Each night the Swallows return to roost 

 in them, and, as the wild rice ripens, Soras, Bobolinks and Red-winged 

 Blackbirds become more numerous. 



In September migrants from the north grow rapidly more abundant, 

 and the height of the fall migration is reached between the lOth and 

 20th. About the latter date, the Junco, Brown Creeper, and some 

 other winter visitants may be looked for. 



