﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  47 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  observed 
  a 
  Chewink, 
  on 
  July 
  5th, 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  

   Boreas 
  River 
  to 
  Port 
  Henr}- 
  and 
  we 
  were 
  informed 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  sometimes 
  

   seen 
  at 
  Elk 
  lake 
  clearing. 
  A 
  Lincoln 
  sparrow 
  was 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  Upper 
  

   Ausabie 
  swamp 
  by 
  Mr 
  Taylor, 
  but 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  extreme 
  shyness, 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  secured. 
  The 
  Junco 
  and 
  White-throated 
  sparrow 
  

   were 
  common 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Elizabethtown 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Mt 
  Marc}^ 
  

   and 
  were 
  singing 
  throughout 
  our 
  stay 
  of 
  six 
  weeks. 
  These 
  two 
  species 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  Myrtle 
  and 
  Blackpoll 
  warblers 
  were 
  conspicuous 
  near 
  

   the 
  summit 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  mountains 
  visited, 
  particularly 
  Skylight, 
  Marcv, 
  

   Haystack 
  and 
  Whiteface, 
  but 
  the 
  juncoes 
  were 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  commonest 
  on 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  summits 
  where 
  they 
  frequently 
  gathered 
  to 
  feed 
  upon 
  the 
  

   remnants 
  of 
  lunches 
  left 
  by 
  tourists. 
  

  

  The 
  Scarlet 
  tanager 
  was 
  fairly 
  common 
  at 
  Beede, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Elk 
  lake 
  

   trail 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2500 
  feet 
  a 
  pair 
  with 
  young 
  was 
  discovered 
  on 
  July 
  

   6th. 
  Cliff 
  swallows 
  were 
  common 
  about 
  all 
  the 
  clearings, 
  and 
  breeding 
  

   colonies 
  were 
  noted 
  at 
  Westport, 
  Spruce 
  hill, 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  Boreas 
  camp. 
  

   Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Proctors. 
  On 
  July 
  14th, 
  while 
  our 
  party 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  

   of 
  Skylight, 
  a 
  single 
  Cliff 
  swallow 
  was 
  seen 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  summit, 
  but 
  no 
  

   nests 
  were 
  discovered 
  about 
  the 
  rocky 
  ledges. 
  Barn 
  swallows 
  were 
  common 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  clearings 
  and 
  often 
  were 
  found 
  nesting 
  over 
  the 
  cabin 
  doors. 
  

   Tree 
  swallows 
  were 
  noticed 
  in 
  several 
  localities 
  and 
  were 
  breeding 
  com- 
  

   monly 
  at 
  Elk 
  lake 
  and 
  Boreas 
  pond. 
  Small 
  colonies 
  of 
  Bank 
  swallows 
  

   were 
  found 
  at 
  Beede 
  and 
  Boreas 
  pond. 
  Mr 
  Richard 
  found 
  them 
  common 
  

   at 
  Port 
  Henry 
  and 
  Boreas 
  River 
  and 
  also 
  noticed 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Rough-winged 
  

   swallows 
  at 
  the 
  latter 
  place, 
  altitude 
  1700 
  feet. 
  The 
  Cedar 
  wax 
  wing 
  was 
  

   common 
  along 
  the 
  swamps 
  and 
  streams. 
  

  

  Only 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Vireo 
  were 
  found 
  within 
  10 
  miles 
  of 
  Mt 
  Marcy. 
  The 
  

   Red-eyed 
  species 
  was 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  woods 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  

   3300 
  feet. 
  Blue-headed 
  vireos 
  were 
  found 
  nesting 
  in 
  the 
  Ausabie 
  swamp 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  Marcy 
  trail 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2200 
  feet. 
  Although 
  no 
  Warbling 
  

   vireos 
  were 
  met 
  with, 
  Mr 
  C. 
  F. 
  Batchelder 
  says 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  found 
  about 
  

   the 
  streets 
  of 
  Elizabethtown. 
  The 
  Yellow-throated 
  vireo 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  

  

  