. Bird lore . t breed in easternNorth America. Of course, onecould not expect to find all that numbernesting in one place for some are charac-teristic of the south and others of thenorth. The largest number are found inthe intermediate regions, and are aboutequally divided between the Canadianand Transition life-zones. Here, in cen-tral New York, we are located in theTransition Zone, but a few of the typi-cally Austral Warblers work their waythis far north and a number of Cana-dian species remain this far south onthe tops of the higher hills and in thedeeper ravines. Within the CayugaLake basi
. Bird lore . t breed in easternNorth America. Of course, onecould not expect to find all that numbernesting in one place for some are charac-teristic of the south and others of thenorth. The largest number are found inthe intermediate regions, and are aboutequally divided between the Canadianand Transition life-zones. Here, in cen-tral New York, we are located in theTransition Zone, but a few of the typi-cally Austral Warblers work their waythis far north and a number of Cana-dian species remain this far south onthe tops of the higher hills and in thedeeper ravines. Within the CayugaLake basin we have found the nests oftwenty-two species, though in the caseof one of these, the Prothonotary, thenest was built entirely by the male birdand never occupied, since no female everappeared. The commonest and most typicalspecies, in the order of their abundance,are the Yellow, Redstart, NorthernYellow - throat, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Black and White, and Black- * Concluded from Bird-Lore for April, WOOL- GATHERINGThe commonest Warblers of central NewYork are the Yellow, Redstart, Ovenbird, andNorthern Yellow-throat. Here is a YellowWarbler gathering nesting material. ISO Bird - Lore throated Green Warblers. The Louisiana Water-Thrush, which is typicallyan Austral bird, is found in every ravine and is perhaps more abundant thanthe Black-throated Green or the Bla^k and White, It seems strange to findthis Austral bird nesting in the same ravines with Blackburnian, Canadian,
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