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vialis on deciduous wood. Lenzites sepiaria and Trametes pini on 

 red spruce and hemlock trees. Forties applanatus, F. fomentarius, F. 

 connatus, F. fulvus, F. igniarius and F. obliquus on deciduous trees 

 and wood; Forties carneus and F. tsugae on coniferous wood, F. pinicola 

 on both kinds of wood. Merulius tremellosus on paper birch wood. 

 Polyporus aclustus, P. resinosus, P. brumalis. P. chioneus, P. conchifer, 

 P. ftssus. P. gilvus, P. perplexus and P. sulphureus on deciduous wood. 

 Polystictus abietinus on coniferous wood. Polystictus biformis, P. 

 cinnabarinus, P. hirsutus, P. pergamenus and P. versicolor on decidu- 

 ous woods. Hydnum caput-ursi, H. ochracenm, H. erinaceus, Irpex 

 lacteus and I. sinuosus on deciduous wood. Corticium pezezoideum on 

 poplar twigs. Hymenochatete tabacinus and Stereum jmrpureum on 

 deciduous wood. 



There are numerous leaf and twig fungi which cannot be men- 

 tioned here. What has been done is but a beginning. Collections of 

 the flowering plants are also being made but special emphasis has 

 so far been given to the woody stemmed plants and the larger tree 

 fungi. 



BIRDS ALONG THE SOURCE OF THE BLACK RIVER. 



Mrs. W. H. Moore. 



For several years past I have spent some days at a time in 

 Plymouth and vicinity near the source of the Black river and along its 

 tributaries. Sometimes in the spring, but more often in the fall, we 

 have taken trips over the hills and mountains and around the lakes 

 near Tyson. The study of bird life in this locality is very interesting. 



Some of the representatives which we class as our more northern 

 birds are common residents here, around the lakes and in the higher 

 altitudes: Juncoes, golden-crowned kinglets, red-breasted nuthatches, 

 red crossbills, olive-backed thrushes, olive-sided flycatchers, white- 

 throated and Savannah sparrows, winter wrens, and some of the 

 warblers. 



In May of two different seasons I have heard the winter wren in 

 full song, and felt sure that his nest was near by although I have never 

 found it. About midway down the Notch road I saw a wren singing, 

 and it hardly seemed possible that the exquisite music which filled the 

 notch cleft between the hills could come from that mite of a bird 

 perched on a stake by the side of the road! He was very shy on 



