OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 7 



Warbler, the Meadowlark and the Red-winged Blackbird as 

 breeding species, the last named having perceptibly gained in 

 numbers year by year. 



As a part of our homestead on the Highland upon the side 

 of Boy Mountain, and reaching to the river under neighbors' 

 ownership, is an extent of woodland of about fifty acres, com- 

 posed of most of the native trees, spruce, hemlock, fir, beech, 

 maple, birch, ash, poplar, elm, and also well furnished with 

 undergrowth such as hobble-bush, yew, young seedling trees, 

 and ferns and plants in great variety. Here almost daily early 

 morning records of the singing birds have been made with the 

 result that somewhat nearly the exact ornithological population 

 of the wood has been obtained season by season. This enumer- 

 ation shows that fourteen species of warblers commonly breed 

 therein and upon its borders. They are : Black and White 

 one or two pairs ; Nashville, one or two pairs ; Parula, eight to 

 ten pairs ; Black-throated Blue, three to five pairs ; Magnolia, 

 three or four pairs ; Chestnut-sided, two or three pairs ; Bay- 

 breasted, three or four pairs ; Blackburnian, ten to twelve pairs ; 

 Black-throated Green, two or three pairs ; Oven-bird, eight to 

 ten pairs ; Mourning, one or two pairs ; Maryland Yellow-throat, 

 two or three pairs ; Canada, three or four pairs ; and Redstart, 

 four or five pairs. These numbers are based on the records of • 

 the season of 1909, modified by those of other seasons. The 

 variations, however, are surprisingly small year by year. The 

 warbler representation in this woodland was not as large in the 

 season of 1910. With these warblers are associated as breeding 

 species or frequenters of the wood, represented by a single pair, 

 or two or three pairs, Canada Ruffed Grouse, Broad-winged 

 Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy and 

 Downy Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Pile- 

 ated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Wood Pew^ee, (five or six pairs). 

 Alder Flycatcher, (two or three pairs), I^east Flycatcher, Blue 

 Jay, Crow, Purple Finch, Goldfinch, White-throated Sparrow, 

 Slate-colored Junco, Song Sparrow, Rose-breasted Giosbeak, 



