THE OOLOGIST 



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two days. Thirty species of birds 

 were seen as follows: 



Large Hawk — This bird, probably a 

 Red Tail was seen hovering around 

 the high rocky precipice on the left 

 of the pike, as we passed through the 

 "gap" before entering Cumberland. 



Sparrow Hawk — A small species 

 exhibiting a peculiar flight alternating 

 a few rapid wing beats with a short 

 sail is one of the easiest hawks to 

 recognize Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Chimney Swift. 



King Bird — This Flycatcher was 

 first noticed as we were leaving Union- 

 town and was again the characteristic 

 bird but not as many were seen as on 

 the first trip. 



Phoebe — The nervous tail twitch of 

 this Flycatcher is always noticeable. 



Crow, Red-winged Black Bird, 

 Meadow Lark. 



Baltimore Oriole — It was a surprise 

 to run past this, a rare species in the 

 mountain, at the crest of Chalk Hill, 

 one of the high points of the trip. 



Grackle, Goldfinch, Vesper Sparrow, 

 Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, 

 Song Sparrow, Towhee, Indigo Bunt- 

 ing. 



Purple Martin — Nearly every village 

 has its big Martin box with a colony 

 of these sociable swallows. 



Cliff Swallow — This swallow was 

 first observed at Farmingham, 12 

 miles east of Uniontown and seemed 

 to be common between there and Bed- 

 ford. 



Barn Swallow. 



Bank Swallow — At Bedford we ate 

 dinner at Hoffman's, on a porch over- 

 hanging the Juniata River. My atten- 

 tion was equally divided between the 

 chicken and waffles and a dozen of 

 these small Swallows perched on a 

 wire, about sixty feet away. Every 

 now and then a few would sally forth 

 to partake of a succeeding course of 

 their insectorous dinner. In flight, 



their fuscous wings are several shades 

 darker in color than their brownish- 

 gray back, when seen in a good light. 

 A field mark not given in any bird 

 book but noted in Bird Lore, Vol. 18, 

 page 371. The Rough Winged Swal- 

 low in flight shows one shade of 

 brown on its wings and back in contra 

 distinction to the Bank Swallow. 



Parula Warbler — This was noted 

 less than a mile east of Grantsville, 

 Md. From the moving car the writer 

 saw a Warbler with white wing bars 

 and some red on sides of breast, the 

 general effect was that from a Bay- 

 breasted Warbler, but since this bird 

 does not breed here and it was late 

 for a migrant, the bird may have been 

 a Parula Warbler, which is common 

 at some points in the hemlocks in the 

 Alleghanies. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, Catbird. 



Wood Thrush — Heard and observed 

 while stopping to change a tire at the 

 east end of Frostburg, Md. 



Veery — A short tour and stop to ob- 

 serve the magnificent view from Saint 

 John Rock revealed the Veery. Its 

 ringing circles of music were heard 

 from all sides as we climbed these 

 rocks and gazed down the mountains. 



Robin. 



Blue Bird — This bird seems able to 

 hold its own in the mountains, prob- 

 ably due to the general scarcity of 

 that deplorable pest, the English Spar- 

 row. 



Referring to the second trip at 

 Grantsville, after supper we walked 

 a few miles eastward over the Nation- 

 al pike to the stone arch spanning a 

 beautiful mountain creek to take the 

 "kinks" out of our legs. As darkness 

 settled over the silent mountains it 

 was that a Whip-poor-will would be 

 heard, but a whistled imitation of 

 whip-poor-will was the only notes to 

 break the serene silence of the chilly 

 mountain air. Had we been here a 



