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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  only 
  in 
  late 
  fall 
  and 
  winter 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  only 
  two 
  within 
  1 
  5 
  years. 
  Bobo- 
  

   links 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  meadows 
  of 
  Keene 
  Valley 
  and 
  Boreas 
  camp. 
  Red-winged 
  

   blackbirds 
  bred 
  sparingly 
  at 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  Elk 
  lake, 
  Clear 
  pond 
  and 
  Boreas 
  

   pond. 
  Bronzed 
  grackles 
  were 
  nesting 
  at 
  Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Boreas 
  camp, 
  but 
  

   were 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  common. 
  We 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  meadowlarks, 
  cowbirds 
  

   or 
  orioles 
  within 
  15 
  miles 
  of 
  Marcy, 
  but 
  Baltimore 
  orioles 
  were 
  living 
  at 
  

   Ausable 
  Forks, 
  and 
  both 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  Orchard 
  orioles 
  were 
  observed 
  

   on 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Boreas 
  River 
  to 
  Port 
  Henry. 
  

  

  The 
  family 
  Fringillidae 
  was 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  by 
  the 
  Purple 
  

   finch. 
  Pine 
  siskin, 
  White 
  -throated 
  sparrow, 
  Junco, 
  and 
  Rose-breasted 
  

   grosbeak; 
  the 
  Junco 
  and 
  White-throat 
  being 
  among 
  the 
  commonest 
  birds 
  

   of 
  the 
  region. 
  The 
  Purple 
  finch 
  was 
  fairly 
  common 
  about 
  the 
  swamps 
  

   and 
  streams. 
  Several 
  large 
  flocks 
  of 
  Pine 
  siskins 
  containing 
  immature 
  

   birds 
  were 
  seen 
  from 
  June 
  17th 
  to 
  July 
  5th, 
  both 
  at 
  Beede, 
  the 
  Upper 
  

   Ausable 
  and 
  Boreas 
  pond. 
  Mr 
  Cox 
  of 
  the 
  Boreas 
  camp 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  they 
  

   had 
  been 
  there 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  and 
  spring 
  and 
  had 
  nested 
  very 
  early 
  in 
  

   the 
  season, 
  as 
  was 
  proven 
  by 
  several 
  specimens 
  taken 
  on 
  June 
  17th 
  which, 
  

   though 
  feeding 
  themselves, 
  were 
  in 
  immature 
  plumage. 
  The 
  Rose-breasted 
  

   grosbeak 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  three 
  occasions 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  

   and 
  Elk 
  lake, 
  and 
  on 
  July 
  2 
  2d 
  a 
  pair 
  with 
  young 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Elk 
  

   lake 
  trail 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2200 
  feet. 
  Swamp 
  sparrows 
  were 
  common 
  at 
  

   Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  inlet 
  and 
  the 
  Flowed 
  land. 
  Song 
  sparrow^s 
  

   were 
  common 
  about 
  all 
  the 
  clearings 
  and 
  one 
  pair 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   the 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  the 
  Stillwater 
  above 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable. 
  

   Field 
  sparrows 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  Beede 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Elk 
  lake 
  road. 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  goldfinches. 
  Vesper 
  sparrows, 
  Savanna 
  sparrows 
  and 
  Chipping 
  spar- 
  

   rows 
  were 
  breeding 
  about 
  all 
  the 
  clearings 
  visited. 
  One 
  Indigo 
  bird 
  was 
  

   seen 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  Keene 
  Valley. 
  The 
  English 
  sparrow 
  was 
  common 
  

   at 
  Elizabethtown 
  and 
  Beede, 
  but 
  had 
  not 
  yet 
  reached 
  Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Boreas 
  

   pond. 
  One 
  flock 
  of 
  crossbills 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable, 
  and 
  as 
  Dr 
  

   Merriam 
  and 
  Dr 
  Ralph 
  have 
  found 
  them 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Adiron- 
  

   dacks, 
  they 
  probably 
  breed 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Mt 
  Marcy. 
  Mr 
  Richard 
  

  

  