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48. Catbird. Common summer resident. 
40. House Wren. Rare migrant. 
50. Winter Wren. Rare migrant. 
51. Brown Creeper. Common migrant. 
52. White-breasted Nuthatch. Rare migrant. 
53. Red-breasted Huthatch. Rather common migrant. 
54. Chickadee. Few in summer; common winter resident. 
55. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Common migrant. 
56. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common migrant. 
57. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Common migrant. 
58. Wood Thrush. Rare migrant. 
59. Wilson Thrush. Common migrant. 
60. Gray-cheeked Thrush. Uncommon migrant. 
61. Olive-backed Thrush. Rather common migrant. 
62. Hermit Thrush. Common migrant. 
63. Robin. Common; nests. 
64. Blue Bird. Rare migrant. 
65. Rusty Blackbird. Common migrant. 
66. Spotted Sandpiper. Common resident in summer. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE FOREST (STA. III.) 
The forest includes a portion of the flood-plain, the wooded slope leading 
up On the west side to the cemetery, and the bluffs, extending back to the 
cultivated fields. This last area includes the cemetery where the conditions 
are somewhat modified by man. 
With the filling in of the marshy lowland by the combined action of vege- 
tation and deposition the conditions become favorable for the dense woods 
which we now find covering this part of the flood-plain. The first families 
to appear are the elm, ash, and maple, the white elm ( Ulrrius americana), silver 
maple ( Acer saccharinum) , swamp maple ( Acer rubrum), red ash ( Fraxinus 
Pennsylvania), black ash ( Fraxinus nigra), and buttonwood ( Platanus 
occidentals), forming the major portions of the forest. Following closely 
upon these are the trees characteristic of still drier areas, such as the black 
walnut ( Juglans nigra), butter-nut ( Juglans cinerea ) bur oak (Americus 
platanoids) bitter-nut ( Hicoria minima ); blue beech ( Carpinis caroliniana ) , 
andiron wood (Ostrya virginiana) . As the bluffs are reached the conditions 
again change. Where the earth is not very porus, which insures consider- 
able soil moisture, several varieties of oak and hickory are found. Among 
these should be mentioned the shag-bark ( Hicoria ovata), pig-nut ( Hicoria 
glabra), red oak (Americas rubra), white oak ( Americus alba), and black 
oak (Americus velutina). The last two extend up into the dry, sandy bluffs 
where they constitute the principal trees. Scattered about the cemetery 
are small groups of evergreen, mostly balsam, but some cedar and ornamental 
trees. The balsams were native here, but the arbor vitae have been trans- 
planted. The forest of the flood-plain has considerable undergrowth, con- 
sisting of low bushes and many herbaceous species such as the fringed hous- 
tonia (Iloustonia ciliolata), pale Indian plantain (Mesadenia atriplici folia) , 
white grass (Homalocenchrus virginicus ), and meadow garlic (Allium cana- 
dense). The undergrowth on the higher ground among the red and black 
oaks is quite different than that found on the flood-plain, the prevailing 
species are as follows: round-headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata), com- 
mon bush clover ( Lespedeza violacea), blue-stemmed golden-rod (Solidago 
