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On Sunday morning, despite a cold drizzle, the zealous 
sought birds again. Another leader, Mr. H. C. Hasbrouck, who 
arrived Saturday evening, led one of the groups. The rain 
dwindled to occasional slight showers. While the insects refused 
to come and be observed, various students found birds, flowers, 
ferns, mosses and lichens in the neighborhood of the inn. A 
group led by Raymond H. Torrey took cars to High Point and 
hiked over a section of the Appalachian Trail, returning for 
dinner. 
Mrs. Chubb reported 56 species of birds, seen or heard by 
authorized observers in the various parties. 
Regarding the mosses Mr. Beals makes the following state- 
ment: “No new or unusual mosses were observed at Branchville 
this year, either about the hotel or on the trip to Pine Swamp, 
except the Thelia which was noted on the base of oak trees in 
woods along the old wood road that we travelled just before 
reaching Pine Swamp. Sixty-five species were listed, but this 
number could probably be increased to at least 200 with careful 
work, in three or four days, within five miles of Pine Hill. Per- 
haps the most frequent moss seen along the rocks back of the 
hotel is Ammonodon rostratus, of a yellow-green color: it forms 
a mat of yellow-green velvet on moist limestone rocks and 
about bases of trees in limestone regions. In the pasture to the 
north there were great beds of Polytrichum commune L. and 
P. juniperinum Willd., while in nearby woods there was an 
occasional small patch of P. ohioense Ren. and Gard.—all three 
in fine immature fruit. These are all common mosses and are 
found in New Jersey wherever suitable conditions exist in the 
hill country.” 
The fern and flowering plant life in this region is very rich. 
A few of the more interesting species are reported by Mr. Ray- 
mond H. Torrey: 
The most interesting plant discovery of the Branchville 
week-end was that made by Mr. Beals in the swamp nort 
Mashipicong Pond, namely, Arceuthobium pusillum, the dwarf 
mistletoe, parasitic on spruces and larches. It occurred on the 
