. The ornithology of Chester County, Pennsylvania . istic bird of the Schuylkill river banks. The southern part of the county is only less undul-ating ; the eastern section drained by the headwatersof the Darby, Crum, Ridley and Chester creeks,which, with the united streams of the Brandywineriver, the Red Clay and the White Clay creeks;flow into the Delaware. The Big Elk creek emptiesinto the head of the Chesapeake bay, and the Octor-aro into the Susquehanna river. It is from thisregion that we occasionally have record of strag-glers from the Austroriparian fauna. While the county is abundantl
. The ornithology of Chester County, Pennsylvania . istic bird of the Schuylkill river banks. The southern part of the county is only less undul-ating ; the eastern section drained by the headwatersof the Darby, Crum, Ridley and Chester creeks,which, with the united streams of the Brandywineriver, the Red Clay and the White Clay creeks;flow into the Delaware. The Big Elk creek emptiesinto the head of the Chesapeake bay, and the Octor-aro into the Susquehanna river. It is from thisregion that we occasionally have record of strag-glers from the Austroriparian fauna. While the county is abundantly watered by sma,llstreams, the absence of large bodies of water ac-count for the comparative scarcity of water fowland shore birds. As early as 1748, according toPetpr Kalm, the woods were mainly deciduous, ^ndfree of underbrush on account of the annual burn-ing indulged in by the small bands of the LenniLenapes located in Willistown and along theBrandywine. The Chester Valley and Brandywine hills arefamous breeding grounds of the Turkey Vulture,. IDEAL SKETCH OF WESTTOWN BOARDING SCHOOL IN 181O
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