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regarding this entrance resort, I made observations of the Indigo 
Bunting, singing and feeding young; Redstart, singing and feed- 
ing young; Song Sparrow, singing and active along the marsh; 
Towhee, singing, calling and caring for young; Phoebe, near the 
mouth of the brook; Red-eyed Vireo, singing and nesting; Chest- 
nut-sided Warbler, singing and nesting and feeding young; Blue 
Jay, active along the hillside; Maryland Yellowthroat, singing, 
nesting and feeding young along the marsh ; Black-hilled Cuckoo, 
gleaning food ; Least Flycatcher, calling and feeding ; Crested Fly- 
catcher, noisy and active; Yellow Warbler, singing and gleaning 
food; Veery, or Wilson Thrush, singing up the ravine of the brook; 
Wood Thrush, singing ; Robin, singing, nesting and feeding young ; 
Chipping Sparrow, singing and feeding young; Scarlet Tanager, 
singing in the tree-tops; Crow, working on the hillside; Catbird, 
singing and feeding; Red- winged Blackbird, active in the marsh 
and borders ; Swamp Sparrow, singing in the marsh ; Green Heron, 
frequenting the marsh ; Long-billed Marsh Wren, singing and nest- 
ing in the marsh ; Ruby-throated Hummingbird, f eeding at flower- 
ing plants ; Baltimore Oriole, singing and nesting ; Brown Thrasher, 
singing and nesting; Kingbird, calling and feeding; Blue-winged 
Warbler, singing; Golden-winged Warbler, singing; Flicker, noisy 
and active; Goldfinch, in flight-song and feeding; Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak, singing and feeding young ; Starling, on the river-bank ; 
Yellow-throated Yireo, singing; Cedar Waxwing, active in mating 
and nesting ; Downy Woodpecker, hunting food ; and Spotted Sand- 
piper, on the river-bank. 
Bear Mountain Trail and Crest. The base of Bear Mountain, 
which has been described somewhat in detail in a preceding sec- 
tion, is naturally included here, for the trail up the hill begins at 
the roadway skirting the mountain’s base. The trail ascends by a 
series of zigzags, of easy grades, up the southeastern slope, as a 
firm and clear path through woods in every way characteristic of 
the uniform Highlands forest. At a point about two-thirds of the 
way up the mountain, a little brook comes down the hillside along- 
side an angle of the trail, forming an attractive margin for birds 
at that point. The upper crest of the mountain is covered by a 
