CONTENTS 



i. The Summer Birds of the Allegany pag e 



State Park Aretas A. Saunders. 239 



2. The Ruffed Grouse, with Special 



Reference to its Drumming Edmund J. Sawyer. 355 



3. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. 385 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



Plate 25. Birds of the Open Fields, Allegany State Park. 



1, 2, Bobolink (male and female); 3, Meadowlark; 4, Barn Swal- 

 low; 5, Vesper Sparrow; 6, Savannah Sparrow; 7, 8, Cowbird 



(male and female). Drawn by Edmund J. Sawyer 



Facing 239 

 Plate 26. Birds of the Upland Thickets and Woods Margin. 



1, Brown Thrasher; 2, 3, Indigo Bunting (male and female) 14,5, 

 Towhee (male and female) ; 6, Field Sparrow; 7, 8, Mourning 

 Warbler (male and female); 9, Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 Drawn by Edmund J. Sawyer Facing 277 



Plate 27. Birds of the Forest Floor and Undergrowth. 



1, Hermit Thrush; 2, 3, Hooded Warbler (male and female) ; 4, 5, 

 Junco (male and female); 6, Chickadee; 7, 8, Black-throated 

 Blue Warbler (male and female); 9, Winter Wren; 10, Oven- 

 bird; 11, Wood Thrush. Drawn by Edmund J. Sawyer. . . . 



Facing 283 

 Plate 28. Birds of the Upper Branches and Forest Crown. 



1,2, Scarlet Tanager (male and female) ; 3, Red-eyed Vireo; 4, 5, 

 Magnolia Warbler (male and female); 6, Wood Pewee; 7, 

 White-breasted Nuthatch; 8, 9, Black-throated Green War- 

 bler (male and female); 10, Blackburnian Warbler; 11, 12, 

 Parula Warbler (male and female); 13, Blue-headed Vireo. 

 Drawn by Edmund J. Sawyer Facing 294 



Plate 29. A Grouse Family in Early Summer. 



The scene is here idealized. The presence of the male, standing 

 on guard, is only occasional at this time. Copyright, July, 

 191 7, by Edmund J. Sawyer. Courtesy of artist Facing 355 



FIGURES 



Figure 71. Quaker Run Valley; showing tree- tops in foreground, with edge 

 of meadows, upland pastures and forested slopes in the dis- 

 tance 257 



Figure 72. Allegheny River, near Tunesassa. Frequented by the Spotted 

 Sandpiper, Killdeer, Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, and 

 occasionally Black Ducks, Herring Gulls and Bald Eagles. 

 Mountains of State Park in the distance 257 



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