GUIDE TO THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE BEAR MOUN- 
TAIN AND IIARRIMAN PARK SECTIONS OF 
THE PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK* 
By P. M. SlLLOWAY 
INTRODUCTION 
General Remarks. As the representative of The New York 
State College of Forestry at Syracuse, and acting through the 
courtesy of the Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park, it 
was my privilege to study the bird life of the Palisades Interstate 
Park, particularly the Bear Mountain and Harriman Park regions, 
from May 27 to August 8, 1918. The purpose of this study was 
to obtain such general information regarding the birds as might 
serve for a basis for a popular preliminary report designed to aid 
beginners to form acquaintance with the common birds of the 
region; also, to make such observations as might be of value for a 
publication of more technical character concerning the relation of 
birds to the forests of the Palisades Interstate Park. Owing to the 
extent of the Park domain and its lack of continuity, it was deemed 
advisable to confine the available time in the season of 1918 to 
limited centers of observation. Therefore two locations were 
selected, — Bear Mountain, and Little Long Pond of the Kanah- 
wauke Lake group, — as typical of the main unit including the 
Bear Mountain locality and the Harriman Park region. 
Method ol’ Treatment. The treatment of the subject herein 
presented will consist of three parts: a brief general description 
of the Bear Mountain and Harriman tracts of the Palisades Inter- 
state Park as an environment or habitat for birds ; a more specific 
account of the ecological features — those concerned with the rela- 
* For a general descriptive account of the Park, see Silloway and Brown, 
The Palisades Interstate Park: A Study in Recreational Forestry, etc.; 
Bulletin No 10 of this same series, 1920. 
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