OF OLD NEW YORK
 

Our Migratory Friends

Readers of Old New York delight to hear of the days
when snipe shooting, trout fishing and rabbit hunting
were common in streets now pierced with subways and
submerged with skyscrapers. So recent has this change
occurred that some men still living can speak of such
things from their own personal experience. Yet to most
of us it seems strange and unusual.

How long will it be ere this story of the birds in Fort
Washington Park will seem equally romantic? On be¬
half of our readers we return thanks to Mr. W. C. and
Mr. F. L. Starck for this valuable contribution to the
urban delights of our city.

To the Editor of the Sun.

Sir:    Never  having seen  a  list
Park, we believe the following list
at various times this spring will be
Belted kingfisher.
Downy woodpecker.
Hairy woodpecker.
Flicker.

Crested flycatcher.
Acadian flycatcher.
Least flycatcher.
Wood pewee.
Blue jay.
Starling.
Crow.

Purple grackle.
Orchard oriole.
Baltimore oriole.
Redpoll.
Goldfinch,
Pine siskin.

White throated sparrow.
Chipping sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Tree sparrow.
Slate colored junco.
Song sparrow.
Chew ink.

Rose breasted grosbeak.
Indigo bunting.
Scarlet tanager.
Cedar waxwing.
Red eyed vireo.
Yellow throated vireo.
Solitary vireo.
Black and white warbler.
Worm eating warbler.
Blue winged warbler.
Tennessee warbler.
 

of birds observed in Fort Washington
of sixty-eight birds which we saw there
interesting to many readers of The Sun:

Parula warbler.

Cape May warbler.

Yellow warbler.

Black throated blue warbler.

Black throated green warbler.

Myrtle warbler.

Magnolia warbler.

Chestnut sided warbler.

Blackburnian warbler.

Black poll warbler.

Pine warbler.

Palm warbler.

Prairie warbler.

Hooded warbler.

Wilson warbler.

Canadian warbler.

Connecticut warbler.

Oven bird.

Northern water thrush.

Maryland yellow throat.

Redstart.

Catbird.

Brown thrasher.

Carolina wren.

House wren.

Brown creeper.

White breasted nuthatch.

Chickadee.

Ruby crowned kinglet.

Wood thrush.
 

Wilson thrush.
Hermit thrush,
Robin.
 

W. C. STARCK,
F. L. STARCK.
 

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