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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  while 
  such 
  birds 
  as 
  the 
  Sora, 
  GaUinule, 
  Bittern, 
  Whip-poor-will 
  and 
  Screech 
  

   owl 
  may 
  be 
  recorded 
  as 
  heard 
  only. 
  Such 
  a 
  day 
  will 
  probably 
  begin 
  at 
  peep 
  

   of 
  dawn 
  in 
  the 
  familiar 
  coverts 
  near 
  home 
  ; 
  then 
  with 
  a 
  hope 
  born 
  of 
  promised 
  

   success 
  the 
  hunt 
  develops 
  with 
  wild 
  enthusiasm 
  through 
  the 
  forenoon 
  ; 
  

   continues 
  toward 
  sunset 
  w^th 
  a 
  grim 
  determination; 
  and 
  ends 
  at 
  dusk 
  in 
  

   utter 
  weariness. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  observation 
  will 
  hardly 
  commend 
  itself 
  

   to 
  the 
  ordinary 
  bird 
  student, 
  and 
  certainly 
  lacks 
  the 
  poise 
  which 
  appeals 
  

   to 
  the 
  sympathetic 
  student 
  of 
  nature. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  40 
  or 
  50 
  species 
  during 
  

   migration 
  time 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  morning's 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  lists 
  represent 
  the 
  longest 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  

   New 
  York 
  observers: 
  

  

  OBSERVED 
  BY 
  E. 
  H. 
  EATON, 
  AT 
  ROCHESTER, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  May 
  4, 
  1905. 
  Cobb's 
  hill, 
  Pinnacle, 
  and 
  Greenleaf 
  woods. 
  Cool 
  

  

  and 
  damp 
  in 
  the 
  morning. 
  East 
  wind, 
  but 
  mostly 
  clear 
  and 
  warmer 
  in 
  

   the 
  afternoon. 
  

  

  Pied-billed 
  grebe 
  i 
  

   Loon 
  I 
  

  

  Herring 
  gull 
  20 
  

   Ring-billed 
  gull 
  2 
  

   Bonaparte 
  gull 
  2 
  

   Red-breasted 
  merganser 
  20 
  

   Spotted 
  sandpiper 
  2 
  

   Mourning 
  dove 
  3 
  

   Sharp-shinned 
  hawk 
  i 
  

   Red-tailed 
  hawk 
  i 
  

   Broad-winged 
  hawk 
  i 
  

   Kingfisher 
  2 
  

   Downy 
  woodpecker 
  2 
  

   Red-headed 
  woodpecker 
  i 
  

   Sapsucker 
  3 
  

   Flicker 
  8 
  

   Chimney 
  swift 
  6 
  

   Whip-poor-will 
  i 
  9 
  

   Kingbird 
  4 
  

   Crested 
  flycatcher 
  2 
  

   Phoebe 
  2 
  

  

  Alder 
  flycatcher 
  i 
  

  

  Least 
  flycatcher 
  i 
  

  

  Prairie 
  horned 
  lark 
  i 
  

  

  Crow 
  10 
  

  

  Cowbird 
  8 
  

  

  Red-winged 
  blackbird 
  6 
  

  

  Meadowlark 
  3 
  

  

  Baltimore 
  oriole 
  5 
  

  

  Bronzed 
  grackle 
  12 
  

  

  Purple 
  finch 
  6 
  

  

  Goldfinch 
  12 
  

  

  Vesper 
  sparrow 
  10 
  

  

  Savanna 
  sparrow 
  3 
  

  

  White-crowned 
  sparrov.' 
  3 
  

  

  White-throated 
  sparrov/ 
  100 
  

  

  Chipping 
  sparrow 
  25 
  

  

  Field 
  sparrow 
  6 
  

  

  Junco 
  3 
  

  

  Song 
  sparrow 
  30 
  

  

  Swamp 
  sparrow 
  3 
  

  

  Lincoln 
  sparrow 
  i 
  

  

  Towhee 
  4 
  

  

  Rose-breasted 
  grosbeak 
  ic? 
  

  

  Scarlet 
  tanager 
  i 
  d^ 
  

  

  Barn 
  swallow 
  5 
  

  

  Bank 
  swallow 
  10 
  

  

  Tree 
  swallow 
  2 
  

  

  Rough-winged 
  swallow 
  2 
  

  

  Cedar 
  waxwing 
  8 
  

  

  Migrant 
  shrike 
  i 
  

  

  Warbling 
  vireo 
  2 
  

  

  Yellow-throated 
  vireo 
  2 
  

  

  Blue-headed 
  vireo 
  4 
  

  

  Black 
  and 
  white 
  warbler 
  2 
  5 
  

  

  Nashville 
  warbler 
  10 
  

  

  Parula 
  warbler 
  6 
  

  

  Yellow 
  warbler 
  10 
  

  

  Black-throated 
  green 
  warb- 
  

   ler 
  15 
  

  

  Black-throated 
  blue 
  warb- 
  

   ler 
  18 
  

  

  Mvrtle 
  warbler 
  20 
  

  

  