Naushon Island, Mass.
1900. 
May 20, 21
(No 5)
  The most numerous and characteristic birds of the
old oak & birch woods are Wilson's Thrushes, Chickadees,
White-breasted Nuthatches, Black & White Creepers, Usnea Warblers,
Redstarts, Oven birds, Red-eyed Vireos, Great Crested Flycatchers,
Wood Pewees, and Downy Woodpeckers; of the wooded
swamps Usnea Warblers and Maryland Yellow-throats;
of the cultivated grounds about the houses Robins, 
Yellow Warblers & Chipping Sparrows; of briary thickets
about the cultivated grounds, along the wood edges
& in hollows near the shore, Cat birds, Wilson's Thrushes &
Towhees swarmed. I saw nothing else there except
a single Prairie Warbler.
Numerous
&
characteristic
birds
  The following is a complete list of all the species
that I noted during my visit: -
Complete 
list of
birds noted
  1. Merula migratoria. - Very common about the houses and
sparingly distributed over the greater
part of the island. One was sitting on
a nest built on a rafter under the roof
of the piazza of Mr. Wm Forbes's house.
  2. Turdus fuscescens. - Abundant throughout the birch &
oak woods as well as in briary thickets
near the shore. Singing freely.
  3. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. - Abundant in briary
thickers near the shore & along the
wood edges.
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