The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26
BIRD, BEAST, AND HUNTER.
oPPoRTUNITIEB IN NEW FORK
ron THE sTUDY OF BIRDS.

Valuable photographs that May ne Take,
by Nsturaiists ssd sportsmsn-Tnie'
Told or roseherp-Lurss for wild Tur.
heVs-wboIe-aie s~iauEhter or Game
News or the Trout s~trsnB--Otter Hunt
i-e-The Bisgest Tiger on Record KiiIss
in Irdis by "a w~oman-Bieyeies for
pport.men-A Deer with Gold 4. lts
Tseth-Obiections TO the Use or smaii-
e.iibre Buiiets for Sporting Purposes,
Central Park Is being visited these days
very frequently by naturalists who are com
pelled TO remain in the city. Not a few OF
them are women ornitholoeists. Only q few
days ago n woman with n pair OF small opera
glasses and n bird book was seen sitting on q
rock on the hillside opposite Seventy. eighth
street. She was watching tho arrivals from
the south that wero TO DO seen flying among
tho new. leaved branches. Within five min
utos six different kinds Of small birds. besides
English sparrows, were seen, and ut least two
other kinds were heard.
Down by the little pond just of Eighth ave-
nue. at Seventy fourth street were several crow
blackbirds in the bushes, while out on the
grass, Just above the wire netting fence, were
\ robin and a gray squirrel. Already the free
loving cowbird is looking for another birds
rest in which to deposit eggs, an outcast In
bird land, with which no bird associates save
the other hobos. English sparrows.
The bluebird's cong. which breathes OF love
-turwee, turwee-is often heard, sometimes
20 tho tune Of the brown thrushes. And there
IA n grist Of others to come north in May
thrushes, sparrows. warblers and wrens. Some
will stay in the Park to mate and nest. others
will hurry on north. not stopping long enough
to say ''Peep!"
Ono hundred and thirty.fve different
kinds Of birds have been observed In
Central Park, and within fifty miles of
New York city 34s different kinds have
been recorded. or the 34S, 10 live here
the year round. % are summer residents.
nesting in this locality, and 80 varieties are
winter residents; that is, they come rs far
south as this to spend the winter. Most of
the winter residents are sea birds gulls,
ducks, s~cooters. and the llke-but there are n
good many smaller birds from the Maine and
other northern woods. There are eighteen
that are summer visitors, tourists, as II were.
and sixteen winter visitors-birds from the
routh In the one case and from the north In the
other. Then there are eightv-two birds that
come along regularly in fall or spring. or both.
These are birds that spend the winter sky
larking down about Cane Hatteras. for in
stance, then 90 up to Labrador to raise their
young. Then there are birds. mostly from the
west, thirty of them. which arc not usually
found east Of the Mississippi Valley. but which
sometimes como east during the migrations,
as " looking for new routes.
A curious lot of birds are those known as
accidental visitants. of which there are thirty
nine. These are birds which have been blown
by storms across the ocean. rs the European
woodcock. European wideeon. Eurorean green
winged teal. and little gull. or from the Arctic
regions. as the fulmnr. There are birds from
the south. boobies. .ibises. ground doves. vul-
lures. and others. besides western birds.
A man living in New York city who wants
TO become an ornithologist has opportunities
not often excelled In the United states. A.
miles in diameter would inclosc territory in
which more kinds of birds have heen seen than
in Kansas. Michigan. Indiana. or the vicinity
of Ontario. Canada. or the District Of Column
hia. which has been excelled in this respect
only by Massachusetts, lone more) and Illinois
-four orel. 90 far "a known.
New York citv seems to be on the dividing
line between northern and southern birds.
Eanpciallv is this true of south Long Island.
where many feathcred wanderers and lost
birds have been seen.