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Common summer resident. Arrives May 6 to 26 and departs Sep- 
tember 24 to October 5. Common breeder and home builder throughout 
the section. 
Empidonax flaviventris — Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 
Occasional visitant. Observed May 19, 1914, at Hewitt, N. J., and 
on September 6, 1917, at Warwick Woodlands, N. Y. 
Empidonax virescens — Acadian Flycatcher. - ' 
Occasional visitant. Observed at Surprise Lake, May 9, 1916, and at 
Finigan’s Cove on May 12, 1917. 
Empidonax trailli alnorum — Alder Flycatcher. 
Occasional summer visitant. June 18, 1909, at Mount Peter, N. Y., 
one was found dead. Another was observed near the dam at Greenwood 
Lake Glens, N. J., on July 2, 1917. 
Empidonax minimtis — Least Flycatcher. 
Common summer resident. More plentiful some years than in oth- 
ers, but may be found quite abundantly every year. Arrives April 28 
to May 5 and departs September 19 to October 1. Nests in many places 
about the lake. This bird shows a distinct preference to the wild cherry 
saplings for nesting sites and of about fifty nests found by the writer 
during the past fifteen years in this vicinity, sixty per cent were in these 
trees. 
Octocoris alpestris — Horned Lark. 
Occasional autumn and winter visitant. Observed along the Jersey 
Road on the west side of the lake, both in New Jersey and New York, 
feeding usually on the manure of the horses which travel this road 
continually. 
Cyanocitta cristata — Blue Jay. 
Common permanent resident. Breeds and nests throughout the sec- 
tion. During the college days the first bird usually to greet the observer 
is the Blue Jay. I have found them even on days when the temperature 
was from five to ten degrees below zero just as plentiful as during the 
seasons of the year when they are naturally expected to be at the heighth 
of their abundance. 
Corvus hrachyrliynchos — Cbow. 
Common permanent resident. Breeds in all the more sparsely set- 
tled sections all about the lake. Nests have been located with eggs as 
early as April 10 and as late as June 15. 
Eiurnus vulgaris — European Starling. 
Common permanent resident. They first were recorded about this 
lake on June 18, 1908, and since that time have increased with surpris- 
ing rapidity every year, plainly indicating this increased abundance. They 
nest in every conceivable place. 
DolicJionyx oryzivorus — Bobolink. 
Common summer resident. Arrives in early May and departs from 
September 15 to 30. Common breeder in all the open fields of the farms 
about the lake. 
Molothrus ater — Cowbird. 
Common summer resident. Arrives March 15 to April 5 and depart 
October 15 to November 1. Their eggs have been found in nests of the 
Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Yellow Warbler and Redstart. 
