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records are September 23 in 1909, September 24 in 1907, and 

 September 27 in 1901. The usual time of disappearance is from 

 September 13 to 18. 



165. Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. 



An abundant summer resident in all deciduous and mixed 

 woods up to 3000 feet or higher, and a common fall migrant. It 

 is seldom found outside of woodland tracts during the breeding 

 season. Like the Canada Warbler the Redstart is a persistent 

 singer. The song period extends through July with little abate- 

 ment, and the song is heard frequently throughout August and 

 into early September. Four or five pairs occupy the fifty-acre 

 piece of Highland woodland. Twenty to twenty-five birds have 

 been heard singing along the road up into Jefferson Notch on 

 many occasions, the last songsters singing in the pass itself at 

 an elevation of 3000 feet. Forty singing birds were recorded 

 on the round drive through Bretton Woods and returning over 

 the old Cherry Mountain road on June 11, 1907 ; thirty-nine on 

 the same drive on June 12, 1908 ; and fort3'-two on June 10, 

 1909. The latest records are October 6, 1907, a female bird, 

 and October 8, 1902, a male bird. In three other years the last 

 bird has been recorded on September 25 or 26. 



166. Anthus rubescens. Pipit. 



A common fall migrant, appearing sometimes in quite large 

 flocks. The earliest records are September 8 in 1908 and Sep- 

 tember 12 in 1907 and 1910, a single bird each time passing 

 over in flight. Few appear before the last of September and 

 early October, when flocks of many birds have been recorded. 

 In 1904, on September 26, a flock of about a hundred was seen 

 on the North Road in lyancaster. On October 4 and 5 of the 

 same 5^ear a flock of similar size was seen in a field midway be- 

 tween the Highland and the Hill in Jefferson. In 1905 flocks 

 of thirty, fifty, and eighty birds were observed in different local- 

 ities, including Randolph and the Glen, in the last days of Sep- 

 tember. In 1908 a flock numbering quite a hundred and fifty 



