. Vögel von New York. Er letzte Woche im Februar. Ein Jahr (1906) bemerkte ich Bluebirds am 24. Februar in Ithaca, Genf, Canandaigua und Rochester. Im Herbst verschwinden sie vom 6. Bis zum 29. Oktober, manchmal bis zur Luth November oder sogar später. Während des strengen Winters von 1895 wurden die Blauvögel unserer nordosternstates dezimiert. Im folgenden Sommer machte ich eine sorgfältige Suche 538 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM für die Arten in vielen Grafschaften des zentralen und westlichen New York, nur um vielleicht ein Paar Nisting, wo, im Vorjahr, 20 oder morepairs würde zu finden
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. Birds of New York . he last week of February. One year (1906) I noticed bluebirds com-mon on the 24th of February at Ithaca, Geneva, Canandaigua andRochester. In the fall they disappear from the i6th to the 29th of October, sometimes remaining until the loth of November or even later. During the severe winter of 1895, the bluebirds of our northeasternstates were decimated. The following summer I made a careful search 538 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM for the species in many counties of central and western New York, onlyto find perhaps one pair nesting, where, the previous year, 20 or morepairs would certainly have been found. I noted, however, that the broodsreared were exceptionally large. Often 7 eggs were found in each of the fewnests which I examined. I am inclined to think this indicates simply theexceptional vitality of the birds which survived the severe weather intheir winter home, and the result was that within 5 years this species wasas abundant as ever throughout the State. It is even possible that the. Young Bluebirds Photo by L. S. Horton elimination of all weaker individuals was of final benefit to the stock.A similar catastrophe occurred during the winter of 1911-12. This isreported by Professor Cook in Bird Lore i: 59. In the country aboutthe central lakes I believe that during the summer of 1912 there was notmore than 10 per cent of the usunl abundance of bluebirds. Now, asI am writing this paragraph (March 15, 1913), the bluebirds have justbecome common in their spring migration and it seems to me they arenearly as abundant as I had noticed them during the last 10 years. It BIRDS OF NEW YORK 539 remains to be seen how soon those that nest in this immediate vicinitywill be as abundant as they were from 1900 to 1911. Haunts and habits. The Bluebird is one of our familiar summerbirds, frequenting the orchard and garden as well as the edges of openwoodlands. It is, however, characteristically a bird of the open, anddelights in vineyards, stump lots, pastures
