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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  overlooking 
  the 
  Cascade 
  lakes, 
  but 
  evidently 
  was 
  not 
  breeding 
  nearer 
  than 
  

   Taylor 
  pond 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  of 
  Whiteface, 
  in 
  1905. 
  

  

  Neither 
  species 
  of 
  cuckoo 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  

   they 
  were 
  sometimes 
  observed 
  in 
  Keene 
  Valley 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  about 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  woods. 
  Kingfishers 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams, 
  

   but 
  were 
  decidedly 
  uncommon 
  on 
  the 
  heavily 
  wooded 
  waters. 
  Wood- 
  

   peckers 
  of 
  all 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  Red- 
  

   bellied 
  woodpecker, 
  were 
  unquestionably 
  breeding 
  within 
  15 
  miles 
  of 
  Mt 
  

   Marcy. 
  The 
  Red-headed 
  woodpecker 
  was 
  not 
  found 
  nearer 
  than 
  3 
  miles 
  

   below 
  Elk 
  lake, 
  and 
  the 
  Flicker 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  clearings 
  and 
  slashings. 
  

   The 
  Hairy 
  woodpecker 
  was 
  decidedly 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  Downy, 
  

   and 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  Yellow-bellied 
  sapsucker, 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  commonest 
  

   woodpecker 
  in 
  the 
  forests. 
  Sapsuckers 
  were 
  abundant 
  and 
  invariably 
  

   awoke 
  us 
  at 
  dawn 
  by 
  their 
  loud 
  and 
  continuous 
  drumming. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   their 
  nests 
  containing 
  young 
  Vv^ere 
  found 
  in 
  beech 
  and 
  birch 
  stubs, 
  usually 
  

   about 
  25 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  almost 
  without 
  exception, 
  under 
  cover 
  

   of 
  the 
  dense 
  woods. 
  The 
  Black 
  -backed 
  three-toed 
  woodpecker 
  was 
  fairly 
  

   common 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  spruce 
  swamps 
  about 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  wooded 
  ridges 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3900 
  feet. 
  The 
  American 
  three-toed 
  

   woodpecker 
  was 
  nearly 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  Black 
  -backed 
  species, 
  but 
  only 
  

   two 
  families 
  of 
  young 
  were 
  found, 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  Mt 
  

   Marcv 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4000 
  feet. 
  Pileated 
  woodpeckers 
  were 
  not 
  seen 
  

   by 
  any 
  of 
  our 
  party 
  but 
  were 
  heard 
  on 
  three 
  occasions, 
  and 
  we 
  learned 
  on 
  

   good 
  authority, 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  breeding 
  near 
  St 
  Huberts 
  and 
  at 
  Boreas 
  pond. 
  

  

  Chimney 
  swifts 
  were 
  common 
  about 
  clearings 
  and 
  old 
  lumber 
  camps, 
  

   their 
  nests 
  being 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  boards 
  in 
  the 
  gable 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  deserted 
  

   shacks. 
  Hummingbirds 
  were 
  frequently 
  noticed, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  dense 
  woods, 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  growth 
  about 
  the 
  lumber 
  camps. 
  Nighthawks 
  were 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  at 
  Boreas 
  pond 
  and 
  Elk 
  lake, 
  but 
  whip-poor-wills 
  were 
  not 
  living 
  

   nearer 
  than 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Elizabethtown 
  to 
  Placid. 
  

  

  Kingbirds 
  were 
  observed 
  at 
  Elizabethtown, 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  

   Boreas 
  pond; 
  Crested 
  flycatchers, 
  at 
  Elizabethtown 
  and 
  North 
  River. 
  

  

  