﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  45 
  

  

  Phoebes 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  inhabited 
  

   locaHties, 
  but 
  Wood 
  pewees 
  were 
  found 
  about 
  the 
  old 
  lumber 
  camps 
  and 
  

   slashings 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3500 
  feet 
  within 
  5 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Mt 
  

   Marcy. 
  Least 
  flycatchers 
  lived 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  burnt 
  tracts 
  and 
  clearings 
  

   which 
  had 
  grown 
  up 
  to 
  poplars, 
  one 
  pair 
  being 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  Mt 
  

   Colvin 
  above 
  the 
  Lower 
  Ausable 
  lake 
  and 
  several 
  pairs 
  about 
  Elk 
  lake. 
  

   Alder 
  flycatchers 
  inhabit 
  the 
  swamps 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  and 
  

   about 
  Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Boreas 
  pond, 
  being 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  Olive-sided 
  flycatcher 
  the 
  

   most 
  conspicuous 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  The 
  latter 
  species 
  was 
  fairly 
  

   common 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  swamps 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  slashings 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   3800 
  feet. 
  Yellow-bellied 
  flycatchers 
  were 
  confined 
  mostly 
  to 
  the 
  cool, 
  

   mossy 
  slopes, 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  Indian 
  head 
  and 
  Geological 
  cobble, 
  Marcy 
  and 
  

   Haystack, 
  where 
  we 
  found 
  them 
  nesting 
  in 
  July. 
  During 
  our 
  second 
  visit 
  

   to 
  Elk 
  lake 
  on 
  July 
  23d, 
  several 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  also 
  seen 
  and 
  heard 
  

   in 
  different 
  localities 
  about 
  the 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  both 
  this 
  species 
  

   and 
  the 
  Alder 
  flycatcher 
  were 
  actually 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  Olive-sided, 
  but 
  

   were 
  more 
  often 
  overlooked 
  as 
  usually 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  be 
  within 
  20 
  

   rods 
  of 
  them 
  before 
  they 
  were 
  discovered, 
  while 
  the 
  Olive-sided 
  flycatcher 
  

   could 
  often 
  be 
  seen 
  and 
  heard 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  several 
  hundred 
  yards 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  we 
  came 
  in 
  its 
  vicinity. 
  A 
  brood 
  of 
  Prairie 
  horned 
  larks, 
  just 
  able 
  

   to 
  fly, 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  Elizabethtown 
  but 
  none 
  at 
  Elk 
  lake 
  or 
  at 
  Boreas 
  pond 
  

   clearing, 
  although 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  bird 
  nests 
  generall)- 
  about 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  the 
  wilderness 
  wherever 
  there 
  is 
  grass 
  land 
  of 
  sufficient 
  extent. 
  

   The 
  Blue 
  jay 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  generally 
  distributed 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  

   being 
  conspicuous 
  everywhere, 
  both 
  about 
  the 
  clearings 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  depths 
  

   of 
  the 
  forest 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4000 
  feet. 
  The 
  Canada 
  jay 
  was 
  confined 
  

   mostly 
  to 
  the 
  dense 
  swamps 
  about 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable, 
  Elk 
  

   lake 
  and 
  Boreas 
  ponds, 
  but 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Bartlett 
  ridge, 
  

   July 
  3d. 
  Crows 
  were 
  uncommon 
  at 
  this 
  season, 
  except 
  about 
  the 
  larger 
  

   clearings, 
  and 
  none 
  were 
  seen 
  nearer 
  than 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  Clear 
  pond, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Flowed 
  land. 
  No 
  ravens 
  inhabited 
  the 
  region. 
  We 
  were 
  told 
  by 
  Mr 
  

   Scott 
  Brown, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  Reserve, 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  found 
  

  

  