. The oist . ayed acrossour path on the ridges. Goldfincheswere common at every point of thetrip. The English Sparrow occupieseven the very most remote hollowtrees in the depths of the hills. Chip-pys ard Field Sparrows are also com-mon along the river as well as on theuplands. The Towhee was found abundantlyalong the river. Cardinals were pres-ent in amazing abundance, seeming tohave produced well this season es-pecially along the river. We seemedto find no willow thicket or ravinewithout its quota of Redbirds. Sev-eral pairs of Blue Grosbeaks wereoth seen and heard. All of themshowed a prefe
. The oist . ayed acrossour path on the ridges. Goldfincheswere common at every point of thetrip. The English Sparrow occupieseven the very most remote hollowtrees in the depths of the hills. Chip-pys ard Field Sparrows are also com-mon along the river as well as on theuplands. The Towhee was found abundantlyalong the river. Cardinals were pres-ent in amazing abundance, seeming tohave produced well this season es-pecially along the river. We seemedto find no willow thicket or ravinewithout its quota of Redbirds. Sev-eral pairs of Blue Grosbeaks wereoth seen and heard. All of themshowed a preference for uplandbrushy pastures. The Indigo Bunt-ing is more common than ever be-fore; never have we feen so many ofthese gaudy little birds. Dickcisselsrre rather common on all parts of thetrip, although more so in the realprarie regions than in the woodedcp*ions. Pnrple Martins are com-mnii. for no native of the hills failsto havp his small Martin box. BarnSwallows were seen at a few points THE OOLOGIST 163. An Orioles Nest. Drawing by Leda W. Chace, Lawrenceville. Pa. i6i THE OOLOGIST en route to the river. Bank andRough-winged Swallows were veryscarce this summer, for the reasonsmentioned before. One or two Mi-grant Shrikes were seen on the drive,but they are not abundant. I had the interesting sight of lyingunder a papaw bush and watchingtwo busy Red-eyed Vireos search itstop for insects. They were at no timeover four feet from my head, and Ihad an excellent view of these birdswhich are very abundant in all thewoodlands of the Ozarks. A pair ofYellow-throated Vireos frequentedthe spring and its surrounding heavywoods and shrubbery. White-eyedVireos were heard at intervals, butwere loath to appear in open the three species, the former isby far the commonest. Black and White Warblers are mostabundant breeders along the twostreams that we visited this are a common sight in all thewoodlands, even on the uplands,where they have strayed after nest-ing in the
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