﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  Winter 
  wren 
  and 
  broods 
  of 
  young 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  an 
  alti- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  3500 
  feet. 
  The 
  Red-belhed 
  nuthatch 
  was 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  region. 
  The 
  White-belHed 
  nuthatch 
  was 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Essex 
  counts-, 
  

   but 
  was 
  observed 
  by 
  Messrs 
  Fuller 
  and 
  Taylor 
  near 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  and 
  

   Racquet 
  lake. 
  The 
  Chickadee 
  was 
  common 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  3600 
  feet. 
  

   Families 
  of 
  Hudsonian 
  chickadees 
  with 
  young 
  recently 
  from 
  the 
  nest 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  swamp 
  and 
  near 
  Skylight 
  camp. 
  The 
  Golden- 
  

   crowned 
  kinglet 
  was 
  common 
  from 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2000 
  to 
  4000 
  feet. 
  A 
  

   single 
  Ruby-crowned 
  kinglet 
  was 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  slope 
  of 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  at 
  an 
  alti- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  4000 
  feet. 
  

  

  All 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Thrush 
  family, 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  were 
  found 
  

   within 
  7 
  miles 
  of 
  Mt 
  Marcy. 
  Several 
  pairs 
  of 
  Wood 
  thrushes 
  were 
  breed- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable 
  lake, 
  altitude 
  2000 
  feet, 
  

   and 
  two 
  of 
  their 
  nests 
  were 
  found. 
  The 
  Wilson 
  thrush 
  was 
  fairly 
  common 
  

   at 
  St 
  Huberts 
  and 
  Elk 
  lake, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Richard 
  found 
  them 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  

   North 
  Creek 
  to 
  Boreas 
  River, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  certainly 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  woods 
  about 
  the 
  Ausable 
  lakes, 
  or 
  on 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  we 
  

   visited 
  which 
  were 
  above 
  2000 
  feet. 
  In 
  these 
  localities 
  they 
  were 
  replaced 
  

   by 
  the 
  Bicknell 
  thrush, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  cobble, 
  altitude 
  

   3300 
  feet, 
  on 
  the 
  Bartlett 
  ridge, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Marcy 
  trail, 
  altitude 
  3100 
  

   feet, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Colden 
  trail 
  from 
  Mt 
  Marcy. 
  Near 
  Skylight 
  camp 
  at 
  

   the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Marcy 
  slide 
  a 
  pair 
  with 
  young 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  July 
  12th. 
  

   From 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Marcy 
  at 
  twilight 
  several 
  were 
  heard 
  singing 
  in 
  the 
  

   scrubby 
  spruce 
  near 
  the 
  timber 
  line. 
  At 
  Lake 
  Colden, 
  altitude 
  2750 
  feet, 
  

   several 
  males 
  were 
  singing 
  about 
  our 
  camp 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  July 
  i8th, 
  

   and 
  one 
  male 
  was 
  taken. 
  Both 
  the 
  Olive-backed 
  and 
  the 
  Hermit 
  thrushes 
  

   were 
  common 
  and 
  nesting 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4300 
  feet. 
  The 
  Robin 
  was 
  

   fairlv 
  common, 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  about 
  the 
  Upper 
  Ausable, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  

   noted 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  4000 
  feet. 
  Bluebirds 
  were 
  nesting 
  in 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  

   Clear 
  pond, 
  Proctors, 
  and 
  Boreas 
  camp 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  was 
  heard 
  

   as 
  it 
  flew 
  over 
  Skylight 
  camp 
  on 
  July 
  12th. 
  

  

  