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 13+ Bird-Lore Hlackl>ircl; Septcmlier 5, Kincrhirii, Crested Flycatclier, Least Fl(atrlier, Baltimore Oriole, Barn Swallow, Chimney Swift); September 10, lioholink, W'hippoorwill, Wilson's Thrush; September 15, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Wood Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak; September 20, Green Heron, Hummingbird, Xighthawk ; September 25, Black and White Warbler, Ovenbird, Redstart ; September 30, Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Pewee, Short-billed Marsh Wren, Long-billed Marsh Wren, Nashville Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Spotted Sandpiper. Arrivals and Departures of Mii^rants in Aiii^us/ and September. — August i- October i. Solitary Sandpiper, Blue Heron; August 20-October i, Northern Water Thrush; September i-October 15, Red-bellied Nuthatch*; September, early, Canada Warbler, Wilson's Blackcap; September 7-October 15, Blackpoll Warbler; September 13-30. Connecticut Warbler ; September 15-October 5, Magnolia Warbler, Parula Warbler; September 15-October 10, Lincoln's Finch; September 15-October i. Western Palm Warbler; September 15-November 20, White-throated Sparrow; September 19, Brown Creeper; September 20-November 10, Myrtle Warbler J, Winter Wren; September 20- October 5, Black-throated Blue Warbler ; September 20-October 10, Olive-backed Thrush, Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's Thrushes; September 20-October 15, Solitary Vireo; September 22, Golden -crowned Kinglet; September 25-October 10, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; September 25-November 5, Rusty Grackle, American Pipit ; September 28-Octo- ber 25, Ruby-crowned Kinglet; September 30-October 15, Yellow Palm Warbler. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD-LIFE NEAR NEW YORK CITY By Frank M. Chapman The first week in August sees practically the conclusion of the nest- ing season and of the song period. Goldfinches, Waxwings, and three- brooded Song Sparrows may still be in attendance on their young; Red -eyed Vireos and Wood Pewees will still be in voice, but their conspicuousness at this season marks them as striking exceptions. Birds are now molting and are difficult to find, and until the southward migration becomes pronounced the woods often seem deserted. Careful, skilled observers will find migrants beginning to arrive from the north as early as August, but it is not until about the 20th that the first real ' wave ' appears. Among the interesting migrants to be found, so far as records go, only at this time is the northeastern form of the Loggerhead Shrike, which nests in northern New England. For bird students near New York city the Hackensack marshes will be found of unusual interest. Each night the Swallows return to roost in them, and, as the wild rice ripens, Soras, Bobolinks and Red-winged Blackbirds become more numerous. In September migrants from the north grow rapidly more abundant, and the height of the fall migration is reached between the lOth and 20th. About the latter date, the Junco, Brown Creeper, and some other winter visitants mav be looked for.
 * Sometimes absent. t Individuals often much later. t Individuals often much earlier.