Birds of Greenwood Lake and Vicinity 
159 
Pipilo erythroph tlialmus — Towhee. 
Common summer resident. Arrives about April 1 and departs about 
October 15. Nests regularly each year all about the vicinity. 
Zumclodia ludoviciana — Rosetbreasted Grosbeak. 
Common summer resident. Arrives about May 5 and departs Octo- 
ber 1 to 10. Nests quite regularly at various points about the lake. 
Pcisserina cyanea — Indigo Bunting. 
Common summer resident. Arrives about May 8 and leaves Septem- 
ber 25 to 30. Nests regularly each year in the low thickets near the 
likeside. 
Piranga erythromelas — Scarlet Tanager. 
Common summer resident. Arrives May 5 and departs October 5. 
Breeds throughout the district. Prefer the oak trees for nesting sites. 
Progne subis — Purple Martin. 
Occasional visitant. Observed at Brown’s Hotel on May 15, 1908, 
and at Greenwood Lake, N. Y., September 4, 1917. 
Petrochelidon lunifrons — Cliff Swallow. 
Common summer resident. Arrives April 30 and leaves August 25 to 
September 1. Nests are found quite regularly on the barns in the dis- 
trict and on the ice houses near Sterling Forest. 
Hirundo erythrogastra — Barn Swallow. 
Common summer resident. Arrives about April 10 and leaves early 
in September. Common breeder throughout district. 
Iridoprocne bicolor — Tree Swallow. 
Common summer resident. Arrives April 5 and leaves about Octo- 
ber 25. They doubtlessly nest here as they are present throughout the 
nesting season, but the writer has never found a nest of this species near 
the lake. 
Riparia riparia — Bank Swallow. 
Common summer resident. Arrives April 10 and departs September 
5 to 10. Nests regularly wherever there are sand banks in the vicinity. 
Stelgidopteryx serripenis — Rough-winged Swallow. 
Occasional summer visitant. Two pair have been observed quite reg- 
ularly for a number of years past near the dam of the lake at Greenwood 
Lake. 
Bombycilla garrula — Bohemian Waxwing. 
Rare winter visitant. Observed but once. Five were positively iden- 
tified on January 3, 1919, near Hewitt Station on the Erie Railroad in a 
wild cherry sapling, where they were perched for about ten minutes. 
Bombycilla cedrorum — Cedar Waxwing. 
Common summer resident. Occasional in the winter. Nests quite 
regularly in the adjacent orchards. 
Lanins borealis — Northern Shrike. 
Occasional winter visitant. Observed at Brown’s, Storm Island, and 
at Greenwood Lake, N. Y. 
Lanius ludovicianus migrans — Migrant Shrike. 
Rare migrant. Observed August 20, 1908, at Sterling Forest, and on 
September 15, 1917, at Belcher Creek. Only single birds in each case. 
Vireosylva olivacea — Red-eyed Vireo. 
Common summer resident. Arrives May 5 and departs September 
