New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03
ABOUT THE BIRDS IN CENTRAL PARh
THE LEAVES ARE FALLING FAST AND SOON MoSi
OF THE FEATHERED TRIBE WILL
LEAVE The PLACE.

THE LEAVES ARE FAILING FAST AND SOON MOST
OF THE FEATHERED TRIBE WILL
LEAVE The PLACE.
The careful observer, as he walks quietly through
Central Park even these last days or the ran
will find much TO interest him. The dying tonnage
gives the PARK a yarlegated look. Inc mapiss nave
nut on their multi-coiored shrouds. and az the
leaves drop silently TO the ground, one might al
most imagine them to be flight OF tropical butter
dies The oaks-for there are several species OF
them in the Park-are fast putting on their coat or
light greenish-yeow different in degree with each
kind The black oak alone turns to deep proh2e'
with thin fringe OF scarlet The eIms are al
most bare The American beech mas put on Il
deeper bronze, ard its leaves fall In showers b'S
chestnut leaves half shriveled up, are fast drop
Ming from the parent stems, and with them tuHn-
h,a tho chestnuts too. The Arsenal, the Casino
and every wall and rock up which has crept the
virginia creeper are glory OF color. The mrs are
dropping myrads OF their spikelke leaves put the'e
will be plenty left on the boughs to keep up their
evergreen character The willow and acanthus trees
sill cling 10 their foliage. but the leaves OF Do'h
are beginning to be tlnged with a pale yehow' anu
with the first sharp frost they VIII folo" the o'"e
leaves in their downward path.
This trimming OF the foliage gives the ornitholo-
elst a good chance OF watching the habits OK the
birds tina; still remain in the Park There are
many left yet The Ramble and other places
where the tlmberng is heavy ana thsle - P'e"'s
Of underground have still members OF the DF1
family. The tunco or snow birds have come oacN
from the South, having raised their broods ana
brought ,ome with them. They can be seen in
small nocks about the underground. struttns among
the fallen leaves or perchei on some small t"ig'
spreading out their tails that are fringed on eher
side with three white feathers. The stomach Is
also white This pleasant lit;le bird remains mere
all the winter and seems TO have no quarre!s with
the sparrows and its CHEEKY little song Is always
the first harblnger OF spring. Another winter vsl-
tant and resident Is the golden crested knglet lie
the fir trees In which he chiefly makes MS nome
and hs hunting-ground. The PEABODY pru or
white throated sparrow, can be seen In the shrub
berries He IL considerably larger ana hansouler
than the common species and beng gregarious. Is
not interfered with by his smaller spltetul cousin
The white patch the throat with three wnlte
neck ought 10 enable any one TO recognize thls
useful bird, many OF which remain throughout the
winter Among the higher trees can be heard the
cry OF the chickadee, or black-capped utmous@.
ever busy among the boughs looking for the eggs
and larvae OF the moths whose caterplars played
such havoc with the trees last summer.
II looks carefully under the oVernanging
bushes on some hillside no may be rewarded with
seeing a hermit thrush scrapng away the leaves,
looking for worms. or these birds there are only a
few more about the Ramb-. and they VIII be gone
soon The Carolina or white-stomached nuthatch.
though il lives IN the Park all the year round. s
hard little fellow 10 observe In the summer, as he
makes his nest In hole high up In the tree and
spends his time among the leaves with these gone,
one can watch these useful birds busy on every
bough searching for food. There are stu few
robins left, who cannot tear themselves away from
the d1gwooi berries When these are eaten 40 the
birds will hasten southwark, though generally one
or two remain In the PARK throughout tne w.n.er,
The writer has often noticed that the sparfoWs
which had returned from their autumn visit TO the
wheat zelda were busr picking W nesting material